The winery is located in the centre of the municipality of Neustadt-Mußbach (Mittelhaardt-German Wine Route area) in the German wine-growing region of Pfalz. Both of Bernd Weik's great-grandfathers were winemakers and cellar masters. After training as a viticultural engineer in Geisenheim and internships in France and Australia, the business has been run by Bernd Weik since 1982, who has also worked for many years as a consulting oenologist at the Dienstleistungs-Zentrum Ländlicher Raum Rheinpfalz in Mußbach. His wife Joan is responsible for the vineyards, internal operations and customer care. Bernd Weik does the mechanical work in the vineyard and is responsible for the wines. In addition, events such as weddings and corporate functions are organised.
The vineyards cover 6.5 hectares in the single vineyards Eselshaut, Beim Steinernen Bild, Am Rothenstein and Glockenzehnt (Mußbach), Biengarten and Schlössel (Gimmeldingen), Bürgergarten and Herzog (Haardt), and Idig (Königsbach). They are 70% planted with the white wine varieties Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Scheurebe, Auxerrois, Viognier and Gewürztraminer, and 30% with the red wine varieties Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Environmentally friendly viticulture is practised with, for example, cover crop, fertilisation only after soil analysis and the real need, as well as renunciation of herbicides and insecticides.
The product range is divided into litre wines, estate wines, site wines and the premium line Löwenherz (outstanding wines of the vintage, late harvested grapes from the best vineyards, low yields). The majority of the grapes (85%) are harvested by hand. The average yield is usually a low 5,000 to 6,500 litres per hectare. The white wines are mostly matured in stainless steel to achieve an optimum of fruit. The red wines mature exclusively in French barriques. Great importance is attached to a pronounced tannin structure in order to give the wines complexity and fullness. Sparkling wines have been produced in the winery using the classic bottle fermentation method since 1986. The winery is a member of the Forum Pfalz.
