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Delheim Staying Alive Riesling

Together with Christoph Hammel, Delheim believes that Riesling is one of the world's great white varieties, and although plantings have declined in South Africa with only a handful of producers making wine from this cultivar, Riesling's ability to make great wines shows the variety is still definitely alive and kicking. With the Hammels making wine for eight generations, and Delheim now in their third generation, Staying Alive also underscores the longevity and the important role of family-owned wineries throughout the wine world. The result is a precise, clean and focussed rendition of the Riesling variety, a cultivar known to accurately express its sense of place. As far as the irreverent retro label of this wine is concerned.. "In Germany, retro is currently in big fashion, and this was part of the inspiration for the label. It also underscores the fact that Delheim and Hammel might have been around for a long time, but we are still very much a part of the exciting developments in the wine world and for sure are not going anywhere! Staying Alive... and kicking... and continuing our lifelong odyssey to create quality, inspiring wines. Because this is our lives, and we are staying with it."