Andreas Durst Riesling and Sylvaner Angel Durst

Andreas Durst is a bohemian / artist / trickster / philosopher who feels most comfortable well outside of any sort of established norm. Setting up the context here is a bit difficult; I apologize and ask you to bear with me. Andreas Durst is a pretty well known photographer – this is how he makes most of his money as he’s working less than a hectare in TOTAL. Andreas moved to a forgotten part of the Pfalz, on the northern border with the Rheinhessen a few decades ago, to get closer to his true love, wine. If you’ve read the Brand brothers grower profile (they live in the same village), you already know that this region, very literally, has no identity. There aren’t even preconceptions. IMG_8128As we wrote for the Brand brothers: While we are only about five miles south of Keller’s village (Flörsheim-Dalsheim), in this short trip we cross from the Rheinhessen into the Pfalz, from fame to obscurity. The “famous” Pfalz, the Mittelhaardt region, is a good 45-minutes south. Here, however, i