The "RHEINGAU HELD" helps young upcoming artists
The Rheingau Music Festival and VDP.Weingut Balthasar Ress present a jointly conceived Rheingau Riesling to support and promote young artists
The close relationship between the Rheingau Music Festival and the Balthasar Ress Winery stems from the friendship that has existed for decades between festival founder Michael Herrmann and Stefan Ress, co-owner of the Balthasar Ress Winery.
The managing director of the Rheingau Music Festival, Count Marsilius von Ingelheim, and Christian Ress, managing director and co-owner of the Balthasar Ress Winery, are determined to continue cultivating this connection. Their first joint project was already decided on during their first personal meeting in spring 2021: A wine to support and promote young up-and-coming musicians whose young careers have often suffered, or are in danger of suffering, a bitter setback as a result of the Corona crisis.
The wine is called "RHEINGAU HELD" and will also contribute to the support of young up-and-coming musicians in future years. "Here, the wine is not to be understood as a hero, but rather the wine drinker who chooses this wine. With his contribution, he becomes the hero of culture in the Rheingau!" Christian Ress explains the catchy name emblazoned in large letters on the label.
Of the retail price (recommended retail price €12.90) of each bottle of Rheingau Riesling trocken from Balthasar Ress, €1.00 net goes to the Rheingau Music Festival initiative.
In its very first year, sales of the "RHEINGAU HELD" generated a donation of €4,597.00 to benefit "Zukunft Klassik e. V.". As soon as the new vintage is filled in the spring, the "RHEINGAU HELD" will again be available in the Balthasar Ress online store at the web address www.rheingau-held.de and in the Balthasar Ress Weinbar & Vinotheques.
Count Marsilius von Ingelheim explains: "The Rheingau Music Festival has been promoting young talent in the music industry for many years. Particularly in the current climate, it is especially important for young artists to have opportunities to perform in order to further develop their own careers. This is exactly where we come in with our support programs and prepare the stages for the stars of tomorrow to present their own art. Help that goes directly to where it is needed."
The wine has everything that makes a true Rheingau Riesling so distinctive: hints of bright fruit, such as apple and peach, paired with fresh citrus aromas on the nose, rounded off by spicy herbal notes and a touch of minerality and fine grip! The "RHEINGAU HELD" is simply fun to drink!"
About the Rheingau Music Festival:
The Rheingau Music Festival is one of the largest music festivals in Europe, hosting over 170 concerts each year throughout the region from Frankfurt to Wiesbaden to the Middle Rhine Valley. Unique cultural monuments such as Eberbach Monastery, Johannisberg Palace, Vollrads Palace or the Kurhaus Wiesbaden as well as picturesque wineries are transformed every summer into concert stages for stars of the international classical music scene and interesting up-and-coming artists from classical music and jazz to cabaret and world music. In over 30 years, the Rheingau and its festival have become a magnet for music enthusiasts from all over the world in a unique interplay of culture and nature, music, enjoyment and joie de vivre.
Here you can purchase and enjoy the "RHEINGAU HELD":
Online Shops
rheingau-held.de
Wine Bars (here is also a free tasting possible)
Balthasar Ress Wine Shop, Rheinallee 50, 65347 Hattenheim, Germany
Balthasar Ress Wine Bar, Mauergasse 10, 65183 Wiesbaden, Germany
Balthasar Ress Wine Bar, Markt 13a, 60311 Frankfurt (New Old Town)
Press contacts for further information, pictures etc.
Rheingau Music Festival
Marsilius Count of Ingelheim
Managing Director
Tel: 067 23 91 77-12
Mobile: 0175 52 66 774
E-mail: voningelheim@rheingau-musik-festival.de
Rheingau Music Festival Concert Ltd.
Rheinallee 1
65375 Oestrich-Winkel
Photos provided may be used and printed free of charge in connection with reporting on the "RHEINGAU HELD", provided the name of the photographer "Adrian Vesenbeck" is given. In this case, we ask for a specimen copy or proof.
