currently 176,949 Wines and 25,379 Producers, including 3,415 classified producers.
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The winery is located in the municipality of Freinsheim (Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstraße area) in the German wine-growing region of Pfalz. The foundation stone for today's winery was laid by the parents with their mixed agricultural business with fruit growing and viticulture until well into the 1990s. Steffen Rings joined the business in 2001 and switched exclusively to viticulture. After completing his training at the Wagner-Stempel winery in Rheinhessen, Andreas Rings also returned and has been running the winery together with his brother since 2008.

The newly built winery in the hills of the Freinsheim "Schwarzes Kreuz" vineyard was opened in 2018. Most of the cellar area is located under the hills. The temperatures there are consistently cool, meaning that no energy-intensive cooling is required. A photovoltaic system on the roof produces its own electricity. The "green roof" of the wine press house stores precipitation and contributes to cooling the building, humidifying the air and filtering fine dust through evaporation.
The vineyards have been expanded with the purchase of plots in prime locations. In 2010, a plot in the Berntal nature reserve was recultivated on special terroir with limestone rocks and the old dry stone walls were rebuilt. The vineyards cover 40 hectares of vines in the single vineyard sites Saumagen and Steinacker (Kallstadt), Schwarzes Kreuz (Freinsheim), Weilberg (Ungstein) and Felsenberg (Leistadt). They are planted with the white wine varieties Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Sauvignon Blanc, as well as the red wine varieties Pinot Noir, Blauer Portugieser, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, St. Laurent and Syrah.
Three rainwater cisterns with 60,000 litres are used to irrigate the green areas and protect the vines. The vineyards are cultivated according to certified organic viticulture rules. The course for a quality-orientated, strictly reduced yield is already set during pruning. Each individual grape is allowed to ripen evenly through appropriate foliage work. Thinning out takes place in summer. Rigorous, selective hand-picking ensures that only physiologically ripe and healthy grapes are processed.

All wines are fermented spontaneously and mature for a long time on the lees. The wines are marketed according to the VDP classification model in the lines estate wines, local wines, wines from Erste and Grosse Lage vineyards as well as a Réserve line and red wine cuvées from the "Das Kreuz" series. Bottle-fermented sparkling wines are also produced. The winery has been a member of the VDP since 2015. Around 200,000 bottles of wine are produced each year.