Ernst Loosen is a German

winemaker A winemaker or vintner is a person engaged in winemaking. They are generally employed by wineries or wine companies, where their work includes: *Cooperating with viticulturists *Monitoring the maturity of grapes to ensure their quality and to de ...

and owner of the wine producer Weingut Dr. Loosen, located just outside

Bernkastel Bernkastel-Kues () is a town on the Middle Mosel in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is well-known for its winegrowing. The town is a state-recognized health resort (''Erholungsort''), seat of the ''Verban ...

in the

Mosel wine Mosel () is one of 13 German wine regions (''Weinbaugebiete'') for quality wines (''Qualitätswein'', formerly ''QbA'' and ''Prädikatswein''), and takes its name from the Mosel River (; Luxembourgish: ''Musel''). Before 1 August 2007 the regio ...

region. With over 130,000 annual bottle production, he is one of the larger producers in the Mosel region. He is particularly known for the quality of his

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s, having won "Riesling of the Year" in 1989 as awarded by the German wine trade magazine ''Feinschmecker''. In 1996 Ernst took over the historic J.L. Wolf estate, in the

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region of Germany. Now known as Villa Wolf, there he produces Riesling in the style of the

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, as well as the several Pinot varieties that are traditional in that area. In 2001,

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named Ernst Loosen as the German winemaker of the year, and in 2005, he got selected as ''

Decanter A decanter is a vessel that is used to hold the decantation of a liquid (such as wine) which may contain sediment. Decanters, which have a varied shape and design, have been traditionally made from glass or crystal. Their volume is usually equiv ...

s "Man of the Year". Weingut Dr. Loosen was awarded three stars in Eichelmann Deutschlands Weine 2009. Having always had a lifelong passion for

Pinot Noir Pinot noir (), also known as Pinot nero, is a red-wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. The name also refers to wines created predominantly from Pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French language, French words fo ...

, Ernst met Oregon Winemaker Jay Somers who was making Pinot Noir under the J. Christopher Brand. Later in 2010 Ernst acquired a 40 acre property in the

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, in Oregon's Northern

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where he would partner with J Christopher Wines and constructed the J Christopher Winery and the adjoining Appassionata Vineyard. Over the last decade, J. Christopher has earned international acclaim and was named a Wine & Spirits World Top 100 Winery in 2017. In 2020 Dr. Loosen counted among the top 50 wine destinations worldwide.worldsbestvineyards
Dr. Loosen, retrieved 31 October 2021.

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Website of Weingut Dr. Loosen

Website of Villa Wolf

Website of J Christopher Wines
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people German winemakers {{wine-bio-stub

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