Weingut Darting
Bad Dürkheim, Pfalz
News from the winery
Caren the first takes over the crown of the wine princess.
Caren Entenmann, the niece of Helmut Darting, was honoured in the second week of the sausage market, the world’s biggest wine festival, as Bad Dürkheim’s wine princess. Caren will be representing wine from Dürkheim out of the season 2011/2012 and will also act as a city representative for Bad Dürkheim.
The 20 year old completed in 2011 her Abitur at the Werner Heisenberg Gymnasium in Bad Dürkheim and as a next career step she would like to accomplish an apprenticeship as a professional tax clerk. At the moment Caren Entenmann is working for the Darting winery and has already been able to gather many different experiences. What Caren especially enjoys is the customer consultation. At the Pro Wine fair in Düsseldorf and at the Pfälzer Barrique forum Caren was able to collect valuable experiences.
“I am looking forward to the tasks that are waiting for me – I especially would like to pass on to other people my passion for wine and for my hometown. Bad Dürkheim offers all that you need: A great landscape, good wine, great wine festivals and last but not least Bad Dürkheim has many friendly, outgoing people” - these were the introductory words in Caren’s welcoming speech.
02. December 2011 presentation of the state award of honours – chamber for agriculture Rheinland Pfalz
State award of honours - Certificate of honours 2011
The state of Rheinland Pfalz rewarded Helmut Darting with the state award of honours for his wine and sparkling wine prizes and achievements 2011.
Find out more about the award here:
http://www.lwk-rlp.de
Five times Gold at the DLG award 2011
DLG (German agricultural corporation) federal wine award 2011
This years DLG award has been rewarded to the best agricultural companies in Germany. The results of the best wine and sparkling wine producers have been made public and we made it under the top 10! This year we have been rewarded with 5x Gold and belong to the best TOP 100 wine producers in Germany.
The following wine out of our range received the gold award:
2009 Schwarzriesling, Qualitätswein dry
2010 Scheurebe, Spätlese sweet
2009 Dornfelder, Qualitätswein dry
2010 Riesling, Kabinett dry
2008 Saint-Laurent, Qualitätswein dry
London, May 2010
Darting BEST IN CLASS – double GOLD win in LONDON
In May two renowned competitions took place in London and our Darting Vineyard was part of these special events, presenting some of our finest wine.
At the "International Wine & Spirits Competition 2010 (IWSC)" in London we received for our "2007er SCHEUREBE Beerenauslese" the award as GOLD - BEST IN CLASS– At the "Decanter World Wine Awards 2010" in London we were honoured with the "GOLD" award, also for our Scheurebe Beerenauslese 2007.
Our Vineyard was the only Pfälzer Company to be honoured at the events. Both awards were made public at the opening of the Londoner International Wine Fair.
Wine workshop at the vineyard Darting
Our vineyard Darting offers you workshops all about wine. The Themes will be (amongst many others):
> Cheese and wine
> Chocolate and wine
> Sensory Analysis – Knowledge about tasting
> International red wine workshop
The course instructor will be Martin Darting, a well known sensory expert and lecturer at the German wine and sommelier school, as well as being a training supervisor at the Swiss college for sommeliers und wine gourmets.
To be able to describe Martin Darting you could fill books – but how about making your own picture through visiting his website www.martin-darting.de
We would be more than pleased to see you at one of our workshops, and be sure: these workshops are very rewarding.
2008 DC Spätburgunder- official Chopin Wine produced by Darting
Pfälzer Wine - Special edition to celebrate Fryederyk Chopin’s 200th Birthday Anniversary
Wanting to celebrate the 200th birthday anniversary of Fryederyk Chopin the Pfalzweinwerbung in cooperation with the polish consulate general have elected two sorts of wine as the official Fryederyk Chopin special edition. An established jury of experts carried out the election. Both wines will be presented to a wide audience at different venues. The polish artist Barbara Widlek from the Krakow art school designed the wine etiquette.
Historically there are tight connections between the Pfalz and Poland. Around 1832 Poland had a big delegation marching to the Hambach Castle during the German democracy movement.
The 2008 Spätburgunder has a great nose and tastes of cherry, marzipan and vanilla. Its full-bodied and strong bouquet is at the same time very smooth – a perfect wine to accompany a splendid meal. Of course you can also enjoy the wine whilst listening to the great chimes of Fryederyk Chopin.
Wine and Sparkling Wine fair: Pinot Noir Wachenheier Mandelgarten- Red Newcomer of the year
Elegant Pinot Noir
On the 22. Wine and Sparkling Wine fair on April 2009 in the Salier hall in Bad Dürkheim our 2007ner Pinot Noir – Wachenheimer Mandelgarten was announced as the discovery of the year. The Jury was of the opinion that this wine had “inner strength, richness and is very elegant”. We would like to thank the jury for this great judgment.
Darting always on top!
Helmut Darting – wine grower of the year
For Helmut Darting the vine rises up to the sky.
The 46 year old man, head of the family business, located at Falltor,
with 20 hectars of vineyards gets the best decorated wine maker of
Bad Dürkheim: Federal award of the DLG, federal state award of honor
from the state wine award of Rheinland Pfalz; a Schwarzriesling here
and a Dornfelder there each as the best of the specific type of wine,
a Sauvignon Blanc best rated by the “Feinschmecker” magazine, as well
as Portugieser who gained the award at the regional wine contest
in “Weisenheim am Sand”.
The german agriculture society upgrades his rating in the top-100 wine
growing estates from place 10 to 7.
Source: Die Rheinpfalz, 2nd of January 2009
05 th of December 2008 – State of Honor Award
Ministery for Agriculture 2008
Helmut Darting receives the state of honor award for outstanding performances at the wine and champagne award in rheinland pfalz – in the name of the government.
