The German elite

Admitted as member of VDP, the Association of German Quality Wine Estates, in 1999, Ernst Dautel’s accomplishments gained wide recognition. With numerous prizes like the reknown German Red Wine Prize (Deutscher Rotweinpreis), and entries in Hugh Johnson’s standard wine guides, in the monumental wine book „Wein spricht Deutsch“ by Stuart Pigott, and Stephan Reinhardt’s „The Finest Wines of Germany“ together with top ratings in the German wine guides „Gault Millau Wine guide“ and „Eichelmann – Germany’s wines“ for many years Christian and Ernst Dautel’s meticulous work is honoured.