{"title":"Van Volxem","description":"\u003cp\u003eVan Volxem is part of a fashionable group of rising stars in the Saar that are returning to their roots to produce old-fashioned, terroir-focused wine. Probably the most famous name among these is Peter Lauer. But while Lauer specializes in the terroir of Ayl, Van Volxem occupies the hallowed grounds of Wiltingen, the same village where Egon Müller makes his magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere, the winery takes \"returning to their roots\" very seriously. They literally pored over 19th century tomes to learn their ancestors' lessons (who were monks, by the way; the winery used to be a Jesuit monastery). Back in the 19th century Rieslings fetched prices as high as Bordeaux. Van Volxem figured they must have been doing something right!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRoman Niewodniczanski of van Volxem has spent his life reimaging the expressions possible in the inimitable Saar valley. He's not dogmatic in terms of style or residual sugar, but looks to the past, to the styles of wine produced before the advent of cultured yeasts and temperature control, allowing the character of each site to express itself fully, whether dry or sweet. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the vineyards, he utilizes integrated crop management, never sprays herbicides, and does the picking by hand. All the fermentations are long and slow, the wines are never fined or filtered and then held back an extra year in the cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/sf.flatiron-wines.com\/collections\/van-volxem.oembed","provider":"Flatiron SF","version":"1.0","type":"link"}