Dedicated to the highest quality standards

Since its founding in 1868, Weingut Robert Weil has pursued a philosophy of high quality. This is a tradition that has lasted for over 140 years, and has resulted in acclaim from even the German Emperor Wilhelm II. To maintain the quality of the grapes harvested at our Gräfenberg vineyards, we have lowered average yields to 40 hr/ha^*, less than one-half the German average. The grapes for our noble wines are carefully handpicked by the individual cluster. Fermentation tanks are separated for use by specific fields so that the unique characteristics of their grapes can be maintained, and fermentation occurs with care from the miniature vats used for noble wines to our various larger tanks.

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Providing the highest quality with safety

Building a system that allows us to create a safe product that our customers can enjoy with peace of mind is one of Weingut Robert Weil's top priorities. We are members of the VDP (Verband Deutscher Pradikats und Qualitatsweinguter), an association of top quality wine producers who self-impose harsh standards for product quality, particularly during grape cultivation and fermentation.

In combating insects that can damage vine growth, our goal is to eliminate pesticide usage and we are working hard toward that goal. We are also working to protect the environment in other ways by, for example, using recycled paper in our office and changing from disposable paper towels in our restrooms to reusable cloth ones.

Relations with business partners

When locating sources for such items as packaging materials, warehouse refits, and bottling line equipment, we always use a fair and impartial bidding process while still maintaining our utmost priority on product quality and safety.

Contributing to the local community

Weingut Robert Weil works with local agricultural cooperatives and other wineries to keep our village Kiedrich clean. We also actively take part in other local volunteer activities.

Supporting various styles of work

We are a small winery with only 21 employees. This makes it all the more important that we provide a comfortable workplace that promotes the long-term employment of those who represent the accumulation of our knowledge of winemaking. In 2007, 2 of our employees took maternity and child-care leave, as established by the German government. We further extended this to 2 months of working at home, to better enable our employees to balance their home and professional lives.

Supporting career development

We actively help our employees to develop new skills to help further their careers, such as by planning technical training courses at other notable wineries.