11th July, 2016 by Darren Smith
16. Christiane Koebernik – Weingut Emmerich-Koebernik, Nahe
Weingut Emmerich-Koebernik is a winery where tradition meets modernity – a family-owned business of which Christiane is a ninth-generation winemaker. Historical records show that viniculture has been practiced on the estate since 1730.
Occupying 14ha in Waldböckelheim in the Nahe region, comprising a multitude of terroirs, from volcanic rock to loamy silt, limestone and loess, the estate focuses predominantly on Riesling and Burgundy varieties along with Silvaner and Scheurebe.
Twenty-nine-year-old Christiane’s aim, unsurprisingly, is to express the local terroir through her wines. She studied international wine business at Geisenheim, working for six months for TerraMater in Chile. She has been working in the winery since 2012.
Christiane produces two ranges: the family’s Emmerich-Koebernik range and her own ‘Bock auf Wein’ range, including a Riesling, a Grauburgunder/Weißburgunder blend and a Silvaner.
A keen hunter, Christiane felt this was a good reflection of her and her approach to wine: ‘Bock auf Wein’ is a pun: ‘Bock auf…’ means ‘I feel like…’ in German and ‘Bock’ is the German word for roe deer (as in ‘roebuck’), reflecting her love of nature and hunting. Her wines, she says, are “wild,….