Jochen Dreissigacker is a particularly high achiever among the new generation of winemakers in the Rheinhessen (about whom Michael will be writing soon, wondering why Dreissigacker has not been invited to join the VDP).
His dry Rieslings were wines of the week in 2008 and 2009. He learned at the knee of Klaus Peter Keller – what better training? – and here's what KP had to say about him in 2008: 'Jochen Dreissigacker is a former apprentice of ours whose winery is located in Bechtheim, which is 7 km [4.5 miles] away from Dalsheim. He has loess-loam soils in...