H.Sichel Söhne

Blue Nun Gets a Makeover

Blue Nun wine reinvented itself a few years ago — I wrote about it in a chapter in Wine Wars called “The Curse of the Blue Nun.” It stopped being that rather mediocre sweetish German white wine that some of us remember from the 1970s (along with Matteus Rosé) and became something a bit different.

The classic Blue Nun

The classic Blue Nun white wine got better. It became Riesling, not a Liebfraumilch blend, for...

The reassurance of the SICHEL SUPERIOR VINIFICATION guarantee that the best vineyards with only the best grapes are chosen, best care in pressing cold fermentation, maturing and bottling.The cold fermentation guarantees the fine fruity aromas which are characteristic for the fresh and fruity German wine and especially the Riesling variety. 

This peerless quality process guarantees, from the vineyard to the glass, that the aroma of ripe grap...

CRAFTING CLASSIC WINES FROM THE VINEYARDS OF THE ROMANTIC RHINE SINCE 1857

Many stages are involved before a finished bottle of Blue Nun wine is ready to be consumed.

Throughout the year a wine-grower has various tasks to tend to in order to ensure the right flavour, aroma and quality is achieved. Here´s a quick run through some of the most important elements.

In January or February, the old wood is pruned away, a procedure that influ...

Pressing – After picking, the grape vats are unloaded at a pressing station. In white wine production, the bunches of grapes are destemmed and afterwards immediately pressed as gently as possible. The thick liquid produced by pressing the grapes is called the “must”.

Red wine production generally involves one of two methods, which extract the red colour off the skin. One is the fermentation on the skin, during which the skins are left in th...