SCHUMAN WINES
SCHUMAN Wines
Wine region: Zgornja Štajerska (Upper Styra) – on the Border with Austria / Slovenia
Size of vineyards: 8 ha
Grape varieties: Laški Riesling (Welsch Riesling), Renski Riesling (Rhein Riesling), Pinot gris, Chardonnay, Traminec, Rumeni Muškat (Yellow Muscat), Sauvignon blanc, Pinot Noir
Philosophy: following highest biodynamic principles, farm based on biodynamic cycles, Demeter-certified
Winemaker: Radovan Schuman
His grapes are grown in the highest biodynamic standards, following cosmic cycles and respecting nature. His focus is to capture the essence and spiritual core of the vineyards. If you go and visit him, take some time for tasting his wines, be open-minded, listen well and listen actively. His presence and his lively and energetic wines will calm you down and motivate you to reflect.
Rado is outstandingly approachable, enthusiastic and super knowledgeable. Having kept the child inside alive, he is wild at heart and plays with winemaking. And when done with it, well, he really likes to drink his own wine.
Winemaker thoughts: „The basic idea is that the wine is purely made from grapes, with which we do not interfere. Grapes come from nature and the essence of wine are the basic processes during cellaring that we don’t obstruct. We follow the cosmic rhythms. It’s not enough to be a good wine maker, what is important is to preserve what nature created – that is all. “
Visiting Radovan Šuman is always a special experience. With Zorjan, Rado Schuman is a commissioner of Demeter Slovenia and lives according to the highest of biodynamic standards on his farm that functions as an organism on its own with the pivotal presence of his bees and sheep and chickens that range free between the vines in the vital vineyards.
“Whatever it is you love, intrinsically you would never change it by intervention, instead you help and guide it by just letting it be. Something in wine is possible when skilful having cosmic energy, the revitalizing processes of the soil's microorganisms, the vines, the animals on the land, the yeast cultures and bacteria all interconnected in the farm's circular naturally balanced biotope.”