Weingut Salwey in Oberrotweil is proud of its history as a classic family-run estate. Yet that tradition only tells part of the story. Konrad is the third generation of Salwey to run the winery, which focuses on Pinot varieties traditional to the Kaiserstuhl region. The estate is renowned for its fine vineyards, including three "Erste Lagen": Oberrotweiler Henkenberg, Eichberg and Kirchberg. Konrad Salwey is renowned for his willingness to experiment. He knows it takes daring to try new techniques, and nerve to move on if need be - all in the interest of making better wine.

The wines are strongly shaped by the loess and weathered volcanic soils of the vineyards and are always fully fermented. In the cellar, nature is provided with plenty of time and space to do her work. Their job is to guide the other variables, including strict standards in the vineyards, a 100% selective hand harvest and wild yeast fermentation in large wooden barrels. Their hands-off approach in the cellar also means that the wines are neither fined nor filtered.

All in keeping to the motto: as much as needed, and not a whit more.

"Salwey's 2019 Grauburgunder Henkenberg GG opens with a deep, intense and complex nose with sur lie and calcareous notes along with fresh lemon juice aromas. Elegant and lush on the palate, this is a pure, tight and mineral, finely reductive and pretty Burgundian Pinot Gris with a long, fresh and saline finish that reveals serious grip and a complex finish. Impressive Pinot. 13.5% alcohol. Tasted in Wiesbaden, August 2022. Drink to 2037. 94 points."
Stephen Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate, (December 2022)