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Hanno Rothweiler of Bensheim-Auerbach never planned a career in the cellar or vineyard. He rst did an apprenticeship in carpentry and felt „right at home among the sawdust“, as he says. But life can get expensive and Rothweiler sought a second job, landing up at „Blauer Aff“, a xture on Hesse‘s wine and food scene since it opened in 1861. Its owner, Peter Maria Poth, was not only highly satis ed with Rothweiler‘s work in the kitchen, but also was impressed by his af nity for wine. „You should do something with that,“ he advised the young cook, who did not need to be told twice. Rothweiler did not have to search long for his next step. In the immediate vicinity, he found in vintner Georg Seitz an experienced teacher, who taught him everything about viticulture in general and the Hessische Bergstraße wine region in particular.
From the kitchen
to the cellar
Hanno Rothweiler‘s meandering path to winemaking
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