Wine-pairing Dinner at Weingut Kruger-Rumpf's Wine Tavern Altes Rathaus in Bingen, with Stefan Rumpf – Germany-North Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Picture: Wine-pairing Dinner at Weingut Kruger-Rumpf's Wine Tavern Altes Rathaus in Bingen, with Stefan Rumpf

You probably know that Weingut Kruger-Rumpf has a fantastic restaurant just next to the winecellar at the estate. Previous visits of ombiasy WineTours have included dinner or lunch t the Weingut Kruger-Rumpf restaurant. You probably do not know that Weingut Kruger-Rumpf since the middle of last year also runs a wine tavern in the town of Bingen, which is on the Rhein River opposite to Rüdesheim, just a few minutes away from Münster-Sarmsheim, where Weingut Kruger-Rumpf is located. This time, we did not visit the winery, but went to the new wine tavern Altes Rathaus in Bingen for a wine-pairing dinner with Stefan Rumpf, the senior boss of Weingut Kruger-Rumpf.

See:
Wine Dinner with Tour at Weingut Kruger-Rumpf in Münster-Sarmsheim, Nahe, with Georg Rumpf – Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015), Germany

Following the impressive tasting at Weingut Schäfer-Fröhlich, we drove to Bingen and checked in at the NH-Hotel in Bingen, which is right on the banks of the Rhein, with a gorgious view of Rüdesheim and the Rüdesheimer Berg vinyard on the opposite site of the river. We then had dinner with Altes Rathaus in Bingen.

Stefan Rumpf joint us for the dinner and presented his wines.

Pictures: Arriving at Altes Rathaus

Pictures: Wine Tavern Altes Rathaus

Weingut Kruger-Rumpf

“In our family, viniculture has been tradition since 1708 - a tradition that we have been cultivating in our vineyards as well as in our manor house which was built back in 1830” said Georg Rumpf. Stefan Rumpf, Georg’s father, brought Weingut Kruger-Rumpf up to where it is today: After completing his studies in agricultural sciences, including stints in Californian wineries, and conducting research at the Geisenheim research institute, Stefan Rumpf took over the estate from his parents in 1984. Up until then, the wines were sold almost entirely in bulk. Stefan Rumpf changed this and started to bottle his wines and to market the bottles himself. Less than 10 years later, in 1992, Weingut Kruger-Rumpf was invited to join the VDP, the about 200 German elite winemakers, a clear sign of what Stefan Rumpf had achieved over the course of just 8 years.

Today, Weingut Kruger-Rumpf has 3 (of 5) grapes in the Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland. The vineyard area totals 22 hectares and the annual production is 14.000 cases. The top sites are: Münsterer Dautenpflänzer (slate with sandy loam); Münsterer Pittersberg (slate); Münsterer Rheinberg (weathered quartzite and sandy loam); Binger Scharlachberg Rheinhessen (Rotliegend and porphyry).

Pictures: Visiting Weingut Kruger-Rumpf in Münster-Sarmsheim, with Georg Rumpf

Grape varieties: 65% Riesling, 10% each of Silvaner and Weissburgunder, 5% each of Chardonnay, Grauburgunder and Spätburgunder. In fact, Kruger-Rumpf was the first estate in the Nahe region to plant Chardonnay.

Georg Rumpf has taken over the winemaking aspect of Weingut Kruger-Rumpf, while his father is now more focusing on sales and general management.

Weingut Krueger-Rumpf sells 70% of its production in Germany and exports the remaining 30%. Accordingly, “80% of the wines we produce are dry wines” said Georg “and 20% are fruity-sweet and noble-sweet wines.” In the US, Weingut Kruger-Rumpf is imported by Terry Theise.

The Dinner with Stefan Rumpf

We had an excellent 5-course dinner, paired with 14 Weingut Kruger-Rumpf wines.