Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Quand le Chat, Alsace, France Terre Nobili How - Organic / Biodynamic

How - Organic / Biodynamic

tell you the stories behind them

selected for the warmer weather and marly soils of Montalcino and planted densely to reduce yields with cover crops of berries

which led him to Sicily where he worked with another of our fave producers

Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Quand le Chat, Alsace, France Terre Nobili How - Organic / BiodynamicThe Rietsch estate in Alsace has been in the family for seven generations; the land was previously used for tobacco and crops. It was Jean Pierres parents who started cultivating vines in 1970s and handed them on to JP in 1987. The domaine is still very much driven by a family led culture and JP is moving back to a degree of mixed farming, in part to improve the biodiversity of the farm. Vines are raised naturally, with terroir at the heart of the