Sigi's Philosophy

The wine is the wordless poem of the winemaker and it usually speaks for itself. This is how I feel about my relationship as a winemaker with my product and my approach to understanding the taste of wine with a poetic weightlessness. I see wine as a personal part of me, but also as an independent source of pleasure and inspiration. I find an overly involved and intimate relationship with one's own product to be uncomfortable and self-indulgent. Only distance and impartiality reveals character. The ambivalence between being there and not being there, the bridge between freedom and control gives me the conviction to do the right thing.

On the other hand, the consumers decide about the quality of the wine. Criticism - whether positive or negative - is important to me and will alway be taken into consideration. However, my wines don’t follow any fashion trend, nor are shaped on the common taste. Oppositely, they are bottled the way they taste most appealing to me, to preserve the joy of creation in the wine-making process. I have a feeling for how I want the wines to be, and I work accordingly. The more I know about the variety of tastes, types of vinification and methods of cultivation, the better will be the choices I make. What I love about being a winemaker is working in accordance with nature and being surrounded by nature, letting it affect me and being free. In the cellar, I like to pay attention to every single step of the vinification and to the choice of the right method for each wine I produce. Then, of course, one also needs help, several helping hands to make the effort easier. Thank you family & friends for your support! Only by working together can I achieve the wine quality that we all enjoy.