Karl May

May Karl

The traditional "Weingut Karl May - Love Hof" is located in the municipality Osthofen (range Wonnegau) in the German wine-growing area Rheinhessen . The love Hof was first mentioned in 1309. It was determined by the Napoleon Bonaparte Secularization in 1815 it was acquired by the ancestors of the current owners family. Today the business is run in the sixth generation of Karl and Irmgard May, supported by their children, Caroline, and Peter Fritz. In 2010 the 300 year old renovated half-timbered house, put a new barrel storage and put into operation a wine shop finished. The vineyards cover 14 hectares of vineyards in the individual layers Geyersberg (Bechtheim) and Goldberg and Liebenberg (Osthofen).

They are the white varieties Riesling, Sylvaner, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Kerner, Huxelrebe, Scheurebe and Muller-Thurgau, and planted with the red varieties Pinot Noir, Frühburgunder, Portuguese, Dornfelder and Cabernet Sauvignon. The management has been increased since 2007, according to ecological guidelines waiver Herbicides and synthetic chemical agents. The philosophy is to lay and to intervene with the aim of varietal wines with great aging potential as little as possible in the natural fermentation process. You will be expanded depending on the type of wine in steel tanks or oak barrels. The winery is a member of the vintners association Message in a Bottle .

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