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Weingut St. Antony

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Location
  
Nierstein, Germany

Founded
  
1918

Key people
  
Felix Peters

Phone
  
+49 6133 509110

Other labels
  
Heyl zu Herrnsheim

First vintage
  
1920

Parent company
  
Detlev Meyer (private)

Address
  
Wilhelmstraße 4, 55283 Nierstein, Germany

Hours
  
Closed today SundayClosedMonday8AM–6PMTuesday8AM–6PMWednesday8AM–6PMThursday8AM–6PMFriday(Good Friday)8AM–6PMHours might differSaturday10AM–3PMSuggest an edit

Similar
  
Heyl zu Herrnshei, Weingut und Gästehau, Weingut und Gästehau, Weingut Gehring, Weingut Hans‑Her Staiger

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St. Antony is a wine estate in the Rheinhessen wine-growing region in Germany, that has been making wine since the end of the First World War.

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The small-scale winery is located in Nierstein on the Rhine and owns around 26 hectares of vineyards. It is member of the Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter (short VDP). Chief oenologist is the Geisenheimer Felix Peters.

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History

In 1912 the Gutehoffnungshütte (later MAN AG) purchased a lime pit in the south of Nierstein including the neighbouring vineyards. The limestone is needed as raw material for the production in the ironworks of Oberhausen (Ruhr Area). After the First World War the demand for limestone decreased drastically and the management decided to use the purchased area for viticulture. In 1920 the first vintage is vinified. The wines of the estate „Gutehoffnungshütte“ were consumed only within the company or donated, later sold, to key customers. The lime pit was sold in 1955, with the proceeds reinvested in the winery. As part of this transaction top Nierstein vineyard sites were purchased and became assets of the estate and the oenologic equipment was modernized.

In the 1980s the corporate structure was changed and the Gutehoffnungshütte run under the MAN label. Also the Weingut received a new name in 1995 and is called Weingut St. Antony, after the first ironworks, St.-Antony-Hütte, in Oberhausen.

The responsibility for the winery had been directly located at the corporate management, chief oenologist was Alexander Michalsky. During this time St. Antony gathered a place in the top 100 wineries in Germany.

In 2005 Detlev Meyer, a private investor who is a textile merchant, acquired the estate. Since July 2008 another top Nierstein winery „Heyl zu Herrnsheim“, with another 13 hectares, was long time rented by Meyer and merged with St. Antony. The winemaking of both is located now in the former Gustav Adolf Schmitt winery.

Geography

The estate stretches across the so-called „Roter Hang“ (red slope) with steep slope viticulture and presence of red slate in Nierstein and comprises part of the top vineyard sites „Orbel“, „Pettenthal“, „Hipping“ and „Ölberg“. The „Brudersberg“ site is in exclusive possession of „Heyl zu Herrnsheim“. St. Antonys vineyards in the Rheinhessen wine region are within the boundaries of the collective sites (Großlagen) of Spiegelberg, Rehbach and Auflangen, which are not displayed on the label. The basic wines are simply labelled with grape variety and estate name. Only the Erstes Gewächs designation which claim to be highly "terroir-expressive", display the Lage on the label.

Visitors

The estate is not open to the public.

Assessment

  • Jancis Robinson ranks the winery among the 30 best wineries in Germany
  • Weingut St. Antony was awarded four stars in Eichelmann Deutschlands Weine 2009
  • References

    Weingut St. Antony Wikipedia


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