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Environmentally friendly management: region: RHEINHESSEN Intergrow plants of varying : Oppenheim (Sackträger, Kreuz, Herrenberg) types in the vineyards to en- hance the content of our soil. : , , , In wetter seasons, we use , intergrowth plantings to produce flowers that at- Owner: the Heyden family tract bees, etc. Last year, Winemaker: Frank Heyden we spread 1500 tons of pine mulch to cover up the soil and Remarks: a new estate with a young talented to prevent weed growth. In winemaker, using the highly-rated vineyards vineyards that needed it, nu- trient compost was spread. of Friedrich Baumann On a regular routine, we do pedocal analysis so we know the status of our soil. This al- This is an exciting new estate, which has been established with the vineyards and assis- lows us to minimize the run tance of Friedrich Baumann, who has now retired. Dr Karl Heyden founded the estate of nutrients. We do not irri- gate our vines; our vines are in 1999 with his wife, Anita and their two sons, Frank and Harry. Frank has completed dry-farmed. We just use fun- his studies at the famous Geisenheim viticultural institute, and has already convinced the gicides that are in a low risk class for the living creatures German critics. This young talented generation is already crafting great from these in our vineyards. We work highly rated vineyards. Sadly, Dr Karl Heyden died in 2005. with a state research institu- tion that monitors incubation cycles in Oppenheim in order Traditional and meticulously detailed cultivation of the vines with strict pruning, careful to reduce spraying pesticides in our vineyards. To con- soil & foliage management, low yields and selective hand-picking, are coupled with mod- trol the apple-moth that can ern technology in the cellars, fermentation taking place in stainless steel under controlled cause serious damage to our , we constantly monitor temperature conditions. their flight pattern. We com- pletely switched to a biologi- cal friendly method to take Although dry-style in taste, the Oppenheimer Riesling (sourced from the Herren- care of the problem: We hang berg) shows a fine, smooth balance with delicious juicy peachy flavors. The Sackträger wines out small pheromone dispens- ers in all our vineyards by are even more complex with pronounced sweetness, as well as these typical juicy peach and hand. Those sex pheromones apricot flavors from the rich loamy soil. Apart from recently using stelvin closures for Kabi- distract the male moth from finding the female so that nett wines, Frank also uses the vinolok glass closure for his top-quality dry Diamant (dia- they can’t mate. Therefore mond) Riesling Spätlese. The Pinot Gris is harvested at a high Spätlese benchmark without we don’t have larva/caterpil- lars that drill small holes in Botrytis, fermented dry, but released as QbA. The Pinot Noirs are also harvested at simi- our grapes which produces rot lar readings, fermented traditionally on the mash, and matured in new and old for 12+ and makes the grapes unsuit- able for production. Our months. The free-run juice is also used in the cuvée with Portugieser to produce their ap- sprayer needs to undergo a pealing dry . state sprayer inspection that aids in minimizing the drift- off while spraying. If you do http://www.heydenwein-oppenheim.de/ not pass you lose your spray- ing license. We need to col- lect wastewater in a separate tank then we trans- port it to a treatment plant. We recycle plastic, paper, glass and organic material.

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