Annette and I attended Véritable 2019.
Véritable is a very special wine trade fair.
It takes place at the historic Weingut Aloisiushof, owned and run by the Kiefer family, right in the middle of St. Martin, a charming wine village in the Pfalz.
It is rather intimite event with about 100 hand-selected producers from all over Europe, but mainly Germany, presenting their wines.
Overwhelmingly elite producers are presenting their wines and it is not some sales representave who is pouring the wine, but typically the owners themselves. For instance, the Weingut Dr. Loosen wines were poured by Ernst Loosen himself. I saw Nic Weiss, Steffen Christmann, Sebastian Fürst, Guenther Künstler, Edel and Hanspeter Ziereisen, Anne Trimbach, Remy Grasser, Markus Schneider, Volker Raumland, Goerg Prieler, Lucas and Johanna Picjler, to name a few others, behind their table pouring the wines.
Among the people tasting the wines, you find restaurant owners, sommeliers, journalists, bloggers and wine retailers. They all pay Euro 50 for lunch finger food, coffee, water and the dinner party. If you want to participate, you have apply and wait for a confirmation by the organizer before you can pay and participate.
Véritable is a half-day event, but there are always side events including this year a welcome party at the Deidesheimer Hof the evening before and a special lecture by Fritz Keller from Weingut Franz Keller.
The invitation was sent out by Uwe Warnecke (Initiator) and Philipp Kiefer (Gastgeber).
Uwe Warnecke - friends call him Crazy Uwe - was for many years Maître d’Hôtel and Sommelier at the Deidesheimer Hof and has excellent contacts in the wine world. He is the mastermind behind Véritable. He selects the wine producers as well as the visitors.
Weingut Aloisiushof was founded in 1950 by Alois and Rita Kiefer. Today, it is owned and run by the families of the 3 sons of the founders. Philipp Kiefer joined the winery a few years ago and is now in charge of the cellar. Philipp Kiefer and Uwe Warnecke had the idea of organizing véritable.
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Véritable 2019 - Producers
Bulgarien
Thracian Valley
Rossidi
Deutschland
Baden
Bernhard Huber
Dr. Heger
Franz Keller
Ziereisen
Franken
Rudolf Fürst
Hessische Bergstraße
Griesel & Compagnie
Mosel / Saar
Cantzheim
Clemens Busch
Daniel Twardowski
Dr. Loosen
Fio Wines
Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken
Fritz Haag
Grans-Fassian
Matthias Knebel
Maximin Grünhaus
Peter Mertes
Markus Molitor
Nik Weis St. Urbanshof
Schloss Lieser
Van Volxem
Vollenweider
von Othegraven
Nahe
Dönnhoff
Emrich-Schönleber
Schlossgut Diel
Pfalz
Aloisiushof
A. Christmann
Axel Neiss
Bernhard Koch
Dr. Bürklin-Wolf
Bassermann-Jordan
Frank John
Fußer
Immengarten Hof
Jülg
Kranz
Knipser
Krebs
Lukas Hammelmann
Reibold
Reichsrat von Buhl
Seckinger
Scheuermann
Markus Schneider
Müller-Catoir
Motzenbäcker
Ökonomierat Rebholz
Philipp Kuhn
Pinotimes
Stern
Thomas Hensel
von Winning
Völcker
Rheingau
Künstler
Robert Weil
Schloss Schönborn
Rheinhessen
Dreissigacker
BattenfeldSpanier & Kühling-Gillot
Sekthaus Raumland
Württemberg
Aldinger
Dautel
Frankreich
Bordeaux
Château Cheval Blanc
Château Figeac
Château Haut-Bailly
Château Lafleur
Château Latour
Burgund
Marchand-Tawse
Champagne
André Roger
Ayala
Billecart-Salmon
Elsass
Rémy Gresser
Trimbach
Loire
Bouvet Ladubay
Griechenland
Nemea
Philos Wines
Italien
Barolo
Luciano Sandrone
Bolgheri
Ornellaia
Maremma
Monteverro
Piemont
Gaja
Villa Sparina
Sizilien
Tasca d’Almerita
Toskana
Il Carnasciale
Isole e Olena
Nittardi
Venetien
Anselmi
Österreich
Kamptal
Schloß Gobelsburg
Bründlmayer
Leithaberg
Kollwentz-Römerhof
Prieler
Mittelburgenland
Gesellmann
Neusiedlersee
Heike & Gernot Heinrich
Umathum
Velich
Oberösterreich
Reisetbauer
Südsteiermark
Tement
Sattlerhof / Dr. Pischetsrieder
Wachau
Josef Jamek
F. X. Pichler
Franz Hirtzberger
Wagram
Bernhard Ott
Portugal
Douro
Dirk van der Niepoort
Schweiz
Graubünden
Gantenbein
Wiggertal
Bisang
Spanien
Bierzo
Raúl Pérez
Dominio de Valdepusa
Marqués de Griñón
Campo de Borja
Cuevas de Arom
Priorat
Mas d’en Gil
Ribera del Duero
Viñas del Jaro
Vi de la Terra Mallorca
Can Axartell
Südafrika
Stellenbosch
Kaapzicht
Van Nahmen
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