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NATURAL WINES BY DER GLÜCKSJÄGER
Der GlücksJäger is Andreas Pfaffmann-Wiedemann's small winery in Venningen in the Pfalz, founded in 2011 with a first vintage in 2012. It is based at the Doktorenhof, the family's wine vinegar estate, and started out on under 2 hectares, now around 4, with Riesling at its heart. The Dalmatian on every label is Anouk, their dog.
The wines are on the classic German side, but made with a lighter hand than most: hand-picked grapes, spontaneous fermentation until the wines are fully dry, then ageing only in wood, either traditional Halbstück casks or barriques, with minimal sulphur. That shows in bottles like the Grüner Veltliner Barrique and the Sauvignon Blanc Fumé. KnochenTrocken, which means bone dry, and the Junge Hunde Riesling are the easy starting points, and Glücksbrause is their pét-nat. Prices are very friendly for this kind of care.
