In the current issue of The Art of Eating (no. 84 “The State of Pork”), Dan Melia was asked to write a short piece on Ulli Stein’s manifesto, which he had translated (with the assistance of the wine critic David Schildknecht) and posted on our blog early this year.

Since publishing the plea, Ulli has since been able to save old Riesling vines from being cut down by retiring grape-growers in his village of St. Aldegund, namely in the site called Himmelreich. Various producers along the Mosel and local press have taken notice. Even the well-known British wine author Jancis Robinson asked to republish Dan’s translation on her website. All of this has been good to see, even if much more needs to be done to save precious old vines in steep slate sites from thorny shrubs, such as the blackberry.

Tags: Bergrettung, David Schildknecht, Jancis Robinson, St. Aldegunder Himmelreich, Ulli Stein

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