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The estate Forsthof has quantity, but quality.” A quality that existed since 1758. While initially needs to be preserved and cultivat- manufacturing various products, ed in the cellar, and in order to to the enterprise has evolved into a that, high quality storage products pure wine-growing estate in the are a basic requirement. past 30 to 40 years. The company’s 11 hectares of are in the The estate includes a modern sales competent hands of wine grower room and a room, the Andreas Roth and the entire Roth tavern as well as a barn. Also big- family. ger events can be organised in the idyllic location. The Forsthof pro- Roth follows his own path and is duces between 70,000 and 75,000 continuously preparing the enter- litres wine annually. prise for future challenges. In 2003 the sales rooms and taprooms were In recent years the estate has been modernized and a new winery was growing steadily, despite of some built. The cellar for wood barrels constant challenges posed by the was modernized in 2006. “We in the past years. “We had always try to expand and remodel to use all our sophistication and ourselves”, Roth describes his know-how to get the best out of the investments. grapes”, Roth describes the effort put into the recent . Since 2012 the wines of the estate have been certified under the strict The Forsthof’s main vari- “Naturland-Bio” guidelines. For eties are , and Roth, “Bio” is not only a seal. The Trollinger, but also has been wine maker lives the responsibility grown for a long time. In addition, contained in these guidelines. “For the fungus-resistant varieties us, organic farming means more Cabernet and Muscaris are work on the ”, he explains. important to Roth. “We do not want to maximise growing for highest quality standards: Wine maker Andreas Roth The winemaker describes his own Speidel, however, is very good at wines as “honest”. Since Roth does that”, Roth acknowledges Speidel’s not want “commonplace and imper- commitment. sonal wines”, he aims to preserve the individual character of each Altogether, the Forsthof has 54 single variety and “elaborate“ the Speidel tanks of all sizes available. structures of the grapes. “The first Speidel tank we ever bought is still in use. Its price- Roth’s goal is to preserve the performance ratio convinced us. Forsthof as it is. “The size of our Since then we have only purchased enterprise allows a well-balanced at Speidel’s”, Roth explains. alternation of tasks. If we were bigger, we would have to deal with He particularly appreciates the more administration.” For Roth, the handling of the tanks, their stability preservation of the high quality of and the fact that they are easy to his wines is more important than clean. “I’ve never had to use brine sales figures. on a Speidel tank. We also have tanks from other manufacturers Roth is one of Speidel’s longtime and we always have to deal with customers. For years he has been tartar deposits at their weld seams, sharing his expert knowledge and a problem that we’ve never had his everyday experiences with with Speidel tanks. They are so Speidel’s tank designers, a contri- incredibly easy to clean. All it needs bution Speidel both appreciates and is water and pressure.” benefits from. Roth also agreed to test some of Speidel’s prototypes. “Every winemaker has his own requirements and looks for other things in a tank and of course it is difficult to please everybody. TANKS MADE WITH PASSION

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