Keller gets closer to the Rhein

Klaus Peter Keller, passionate and perfectionist Riesling and Pinot producer in the Flörsheim-Dalsheim area of Rheinhessen, wrote to tell us that he has tentatively expanded eastwards by renting a parcel of vines in one of the best vineyards in Nierstein, the Rheinhessen's traditional fine wine strip along what is known as the Rheinterrasse or Rheinfront, very close to the river:

We had the possibility of renting some of the best vineyards along the Rheinfront. They belong to the Franz-Karl Schmitt winery, whose wines – especially the sweet ones – were very very famous 100 years ago. (A nice selection is...