There is nothing we can say about Peter Leiopold's wines that hasn't already been said better by importer Stephen Bitterolf of Vom Boden:

"There is a clarity to Leipold’s wines, a very specific type of brilliance that makes the wines feel essential, honest, buoyant –  like the sun shining in a winter sky and the warm sunlight falling upon your skin.

...Leipold’s wines feel good. They are deeply refreshing – they are mouthwatering. The wines seem to me to smile; they conjure a certain optimism.

Frankly, the fact that we’ve found a strong market for these wines speaks to their inherent quality.

After all, we are largely talking about grapes that not many people care about (Silvaner, Scheurebe, Bacchus), from a region nearly no one knows anything about (Franconia, huh?).

Many of these wines arrive to us in bizarre bottle shapes (the Bocksbeutel, yes, named after a goat’s scrotum) that are impossible to stock and store easily and all of which have a label design from say 1985 (god bless them – remind me to finish my essay on the saving grace of explicitly unhip wine labels).

Yet despite all of these significant liabilities, people want these wines.

People open them, taste, smile, and then buy more. Honestly, in this age of marketing slick-ness and Instagram-inspired sameness (oh look – a hip and insultingly expensive wine from the Jura!), the fact that wildly uncool wines have found a passionate fan base almost makes me believe we’re not absolutely ****ed, as a civilization I mean... 

This bottling is light and fresh, beautiful herbal notes, rainwater citrus, a bevvy of garden greens and a lovely percolating acidity. Just absolutely transparent wine that feels like it bubbled up from a spring."  -  Stephen Bitterolf, Vom Boden 

Grape: Silvaner

Pairings: Garden parties, Boat parties, just ANY party.

Soil: Limestone, Sandstone, Marl

Farming: Sustainable, Practicing Organic