The winery is located in the municipality of Großheubach in the "lower mill" (Mainviereck area) in the German wine-growing region of
Franconia. The family specialised in viticulture in 1975 and the old mill was converted into a hedge farm. The parental farm was taken over by viticultural technician Stefan Kremer in 1990, which he has run with his wife Christine ever since. The vineyards, most of which are steeply terraced, cover five hectares of vines on heat-retaining red sandstone weathered soils. They are 60% planted with the white wine varieties Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau, Bacchus, Kerner, Riesling, Scheurebe, Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc, and 40% with the red wine varieties Pinot Noir, Portugieser, Regent, St. Laurent and Cabernet Dorsa
The vineyards are cultivated in an environmentally friendly manner according to the guidelines of natural viticulture. Quality-enhancing measures include
short pruning,
fertilisation with organic
composts, intensive
foliage care,
cover crop and
thinning. Only fully ripened, healthy grapes are processed through selective manual harvesting. After gentle pressing, the white grapes are fermented at a controlled temperature in stainless steel to produce aromatic, fresh white wines. After destemming, the red grapes undergo a classic
maceration and are then matured in large wooden barrels, the top products partly in barrique. A bottle-fermented sparkling wine and Secco are also produced. The new premium line "The FIRST" was introduced in 2013. For this, Chardonnay, Silvaner and Pinot Blanc are harvested with strictly selective hand-picking. They are aged in gentle processing with slow aromatic fermentation and months of yeast storage in wooden barrels.