Christian Hirsch Weine e.K.

Christian Hirsch returned to his family's Württemberg winery in 2013, taking it fully over in 2015. Now in its third generation, the house works vineyards at the Heuchelberg with PIWI varieties, disease-resistant grapes that cut pesticide use by up to 80 percent. No herbicides touch the land. Weeds are controlled mechanically.

Hirsch studied and worked at Robert Mondavi Institut in California before returning home. Red wines ferment on skins for 10 to 30 days. The program's top reds move through rolling oak for three to four weeks, rotated up to five times daily, then age 18 to 50 months in a sandstone barrel cellar. The oak itself is air-dried for 36 months, sourced from surrounding forests. All wines are vegan. The Grauburgunder Edition Junior reached Lufthansa First-Class cabins in autumn 2022 and summer 2023.