Peter Bernhard Kühn

The Climb

Since 2002, Peter Bernhard Kühn has been inhaber:in and kellermeister:in of VDP.Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn. That long run marks a steady accumulation of responsibility, not a break with the past but an extended exercise in managing harvest by harvest, vintage by vintage, and the daily repetitions that define serious winemaking. The role asks for judgment and patience in equal measure, and his path at the estate reflects exactly that kind of measured continuity.

Today

The current English titles are owner and cellarmaster, from 2012 to present. Kühn puts the scale of the estate in plain terms: "We are just a family winery with great employees." His other statement goes further into the trade mindset: "I learn, love and hate, am king and servant, find freedom and connection." It describes a job that demands constant negotiation, where the work can be exacting without losing its human shape.

Signature

Peter's signature wines include 2023 Rüdesheimer Berg Schlossberg Riesling GG, Riesling GG aus dem Berg Schlossberg, Jahrgang 2023, Sankt Nikolaus, Jacobus, and 2020 Oestricher Lenchen Trocken GG. Read together, the names point to a clear house style: site-specific, firmly dry, and built on the idea that the best vineyards can be expressed with precision rather than decoration.

In Their Words “I learn, love and hate, am king and servant, find freedom and connection.” “We are just a family winery with great employees.”

Recognition

The key recognition here is the formal weight of ownership paired with cellar responsibility at the estate. Those titles are not ornamental; they confirm a role earned over time and sustained through continuity. The stated craft basis remains the same: Dry Rieslings from his best sites. That is where Peter Bernhard Kühn’s work is most legible—controlled, attentive, and precise, with the estate’s identity carried through wines that aim to show place cleanly.