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New 2019 Vintage Wines From Weingut Lutz
I’m always happy to be rolling around in wine and I’m delighted to be hanging out with the new 2019 vintage wines from Weingut Lutz. Stefan Lutz (@stefan.rhh) got in contact with me over the summer and sent me some of his wines – the Grundstock range and two of his Lutz wines. I really enjoyed them (you can read my blog from last July on my ‘links page’ link in my bio!) and my overall impression was that these were modern German wines for the global palate: ‘all at around the 13% ABV mark, these are wines that challenge the cool-climate expectations in more ways than one.’ (Yes, I just quoted myself.)
Weingut Lutz: German wines for the global palate
Rhinehessen (or Rhine-Hesse as we often call it in England), located on the left bank of the Rhine river between Worms and Bingen, is Germany’s largest wine region. It is here, we find winemaker Stefan Lütz and his estate, Weingut Lütz. Stefan focuses on making vegan wines for every day pleasure, that will pair with all kinds of food or just good conversation and laughter.
His Grundstock range is born from one of the best terroirs in Rhinehessen. In case you need to polish up your German, Grundstock is the word for ‘basis; foundation; root; core; basic stock’. I guess, in this context, it means ‘upon which everything else is built’, which can refer to winemaking, community, friendships and all sorts of other great things.
Black Forest Wine Club
Black Forest Wine Club. It just sounds cool, doesn’t it. Do you have to know about Black Forest wines to be part of the club? No. Do you even have to know about the Black Forest at all? No. Just come with a thirst for great wine and the appetite of a hungry German.