currently 165,387 Wines and 25,033 Producers, including 3,160 classified producers.
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Riesling QW trocken Großes Holz
2018 - Berliner Wein Trophy |
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Riesling QW trocken Riffkalk
2019 - Berliner Wein Trophy |
The winery is located in the municipality of Herxheim am Berg (Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstraße area) in the German wine-growing region of Pfalz. The traditional winery was founded as early as 1655, when Caspar Gabel, an immigrant from Tyrol, settled as a cooper. Since studying viticulture and oenology in Neustadt an der Weinstraße and practical experience in Baden, Bordeaux, Burgundy and South Africa, Oliver Gabel has been responsible for the cellar technology since 2014. He runs the winery together with sister Lisa and parents Wolfgang and Rianne Gabel. Wine walks are also organised.
The vineyards cover 21 hectares of vines in the single vineyard sites Goldberg (Asselheim), Held and Steig (Bissersheim), Steinacker (Kallstadt), and Himmelreich and Honigsack (Herxheim). They are planted with the white wine varieties Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc and Kerner, as well as with the red wine varieties Pinot Noir, Dornfelder, Blaufränkisch, St. Laur ent and Lagrein.
The range is divided into three lines: estate wines, traditional wines (aged in 100-year-old large wooden barrels) and site wines (aged in barriques and large wooden barrels). Some wines are also bottled in magnums. Bottle-fermented sparkling wines are also produced. Around 100,000 bottles of wine are produced annually. The winery is a member of the winegrowers' associations Pro Riesling, Vinissima Frauen & Wein and Generation Riesling.