Riesling enjoyment at the highest level!

The classified, top locations of Brauneberger Juffer and Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr extend for about 2 km on the left bank of the Mosel opposite the village of Brauneberg.

Until 1925 the village was called Dusemond (sweet hill) and then changed its name to Brauneberg vineyard. The terroir is pure, south-facing slate with fine, weathered Devonian slate, which seems almost "greasy" and is constantly regenerated from below. The Juffer vineyard comprises approx. 32 ha and encloses the top location of Juffer Sonnenuhr with approx. 10.5 ha, which is situated around the rocks of the middle section. With a slope of up to 80% and gentle wave troughs in the vertical, a persistent microclimate develops here, which gives the wine its character. Here, on very fine slatey soil – sometimes deep, sometimes on slate rocks – only the Riesling grape grows, which gives the wine great mineral and unmistakable potential.

From Thomas Jefferson through Theodor Fontane to the English royal house, Brauneberger Juffer is the quintessence of Riesling enjoyment at the highest level! Napoleon counted the location amongst the pearls of the Mosel. The name "Juffer", which was given to the location, goes back to the early days of the 18th century. After the Napoleonic occupation, a chamberlain, by the name of Wunderlich, owned the majority of this vineyard. The three daughters of the chamberlain did not comply with the wishes of their parents to marry and they remained spinsters.
Instead, they devoted their joy and love to the best wines of their parents’ vineyard, which grew on the steep slopes of the present-day "Juffer". Out of displeasure at this development, the parents referred to these vineyards as “Juffer”, the Mosel-Franconian dialect name for spinster, because of their unmarried daughters.