Jan Eymael

The Path

At Weingut Pfeffingen in Bad Dürkheim, Germany, the work is defined by continuity: Jan Eymael is the owner and winemaker, and that position binds present practice to the estate’s own line of succession. Scheurebe sits at the center of that identity, and Eymael’s name is closely tied to it in a way that makes the grape the clearest entry point into his work. This is not a career spread across multiple houses; it is one built inside a single family winery, where daily choices, inherited practice, and the vineyard’s rhythm are handled within one frame.

The Work Today

Owner and winemaker at Weingut Pfeffingen means holding production, decisions, and family continuity in one role. The job keeps the practical and the personal in the same register, which is often how estate work actually functions. Timing still governs everything. On picking logistics, Eymael has said, "We would have started picking in August, but most of our team was still on vacation." It is a plain remark, but it points to the real structure of winery work: people, weather, and harvest schedules all moving at once.

Signature

Jan's signature wines include 2020 Dry Scheurebe and PFEFFINGEN 2018 SCHEUREBE DRY. Both bottlings return to the same point: Scheurebe as the grape through which Eymael’s work is most clearly read, and the estate’s voice expressed in the bottle. For anyone approaching the wines first, these names are the direct route into the style associated with his name.

In Their Words “We would have started picking in August, but most of our team was still on vacation.”

Acclaim

Scheurebe is the clearest marker attached to Eymael’s reputation, and it is the shorthand that places his work within German wine. A winemaker in Bad Dürkheim, rooted in one estate, with a defined specialty and a single family winery at the center of the story: that is the frame. The recognition is not theatrical; it comes from focus, and from the consistency of staying with one place long enough for the association to stick.