Our clients August / September 2015

Tell us a bit about your business.

We’ve been involved in the wine business for more than 20 years. We supply restaurateurs in the Münster area and operate a beverage shop that includes a Vinothek (wine shop). Our focus is on providing our retail customers with advice and service. We welcome wine novices and connoisseurs alike.

 

What is your role in this business?

Mr. Homann and I share the responsibility of professionally assisting our customers – both consumers and restaurateurs – and we conduct wine tastings for them in house or on their premises. Personal contact with our customers and attention to their individual needs have always been one of our high priorities.

 

What do you particularly enjoy about working with wine?

What I like most is being able to impart my own enthusiasm to customers. Even nicer is when they return and say thanks for the great advice and great recommendation. Fridays and Saturdays we always have a little surprise for our customers: new wines to sample, chocolates and pralines, cookies to go with coffee, chutneys for cheese, and more. We regularly conduct themed wine tastings. Not to forget: our wine forum on 7 November 2015 with 15-20 wine-growers, who prepare some 200 selected wines to sample. It’s a great event, and in the meantime, it’s taken place in Emsdetten 14 times. It has an ever-growing following, and many wine enthusiasts are willing to drive quite some distance to get here. This year, our wine forum will also feature the wines of Balthasar Ress. It’s only thanks to our regular staff that we’re able to hold our wine forum. They keep things running, thereby freeing up the time we need to organize the forum. We usually involve the staff in purchasing decisions, too – often in a casual round at one of the restaurants we service. The delicatessen division has grown through our “Lifestyle and Gift” concept, and it continues to grow.  

 

How did your contact with Balthasar Ress come about and what do you like about us and our wines?

We first learned about Balthasar Ress through media mentions many years ago. Then we ordered a few samples and were totally enthusiastic. With these wines, you notice quite clearly just what an effect gentle and respectful winemaking has on quality.

 

What have you always wanted to tell us as a wine estate?

Our customers like the individuality of your Riesling wines. They have just the right amount of crisp acidity. As members of the wine specialty trade, we view Balthasar Ress as a modern wine estate and reliable partner who leaves nothing to be desired in terms of support and service. The modernity of the wine estate and its innovative ideas – as evidenced by its website – give us as specialist dealers the feeling that we’re in good hands. The most widely sold wine in our house and our favorite is your Rheingau Riesling Kabinett. Our customers find it just right for all kinds of occasions.