Paul Zahlen
Growing grapes is in my blood and veines. It all comes from my grandparents René & Emily who where grapegrowers their whole life. The path may have skipped a generation but now I am back on track. Back into grapegrowing I even extended the business by making my own wines, something my grandparents never did.
My Philosophies in the vineyard are very constant in growing healthy grapes due to healthy soils, no unnatural influence by using chemical fertilizer because I prefer to just naturally support my vineyards instead of dictating the direction by using an extensive amount of chemicals. I do only spray biological treatment products in my vineyards because I am currently in the transition from conservative (chemical) treatment to an exclusively biological treatment. This process will ensure that I will get the label “biological winemaker” in 2025.
One of our main goals is to reduce plastic in the vineyards and in the Winery to an absolute maximum. We do not use capsules on our bottlenecks, and we do recycle all plastic from the Isonets (biological pheromone traps to diffuse some insects). We also try to use biodegradable products as much as possible.
My Philosophie
“We don’t inherit the earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry