Basserman Jordan

The Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan winery is not just one person's wine. The collaboration of many individuals and the joy of further developing our vision is what makes success possible. We create enjoyable moments and great wines for everyone. Our focus is on the grape to create exceptional, top-quality wines. And for this we need one thing above all: grapes from the best vineyards of the Palatinate and a lot of time. This creates exceptional wines that will be remembered for a long time.

The traditional winery Dr. Von Bassermann-Jordan was founded in 1718 by Pierre Jordan and continued and founded as a quality winery by Andreas Jordan. Quality viticulture means waiting for the right moment during the harvest until noble rot occurs, processing the grapes in the cellar and giving preference to noble grape varieties. Innovative and curious, we build on these basic pillars, try out new things and continuously develop ourselves. Speaking of trying… With our wines from the specialty line, our dynamic team bridges the gap between classic and modern. Or tradition and innovation

THE HISTORY OF THE WINERY STATE COUNCILOR DR. VON BASSERMANN-JORDAN IS THE STORY OF A FAMILY DYNASTY THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF QUALITY WINE MAKING AND HAS HAD A SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE ON IT FOR MORE THAN 300 YEARS

Pierre Jordan (1693-1781), from a family of winemakers in the Savoie region of France, laid the foundation for the current winery by purchasing the first vines. The resourceful businessman cleverly increased his estate by marrying two wealthy widows with significant vineyards in what is now the Palatinate. He also married his sons to daughters from wealthy families who brought into the family some of the most excellent vineyards in Forst, Deidesheim and Ruppertsberg.

The first-born son Johann Peter Jordan (1753-1795) settled in Deidesheim with Apollonia Reichhardt, who came from Forst. In 1783 they built the Jordan Winery opposite the Ketschauer Hof. The Bühlsche Kellerei followed in 1789. The French Revolutionary Wars put an abrupt end to the family's happiness and even led to the family's flight. Johann Peter and Apollonia Jordan died far too early from typhus, which was spread by the armies.

Andreas Jordan (1775-1848), then only twenty years old, took over the seriously damaged winery from his deceased parents and was faced with diminishing assets. While studying at the University of Mainz, he learned about quality viticulture in the nearby Rheingau and implemented his vision in his own winery. He began to cultivate vineyards of one grape variety, harvesting and developing vineyards separately and bottling them under his own name, instead of the barrel viticulture previously common in the Palatinate. Through his increasing wealth of experience and constant experimentation with new methods, he began to revolutionize viticulture. He is considered the first winemaker in the Palatinate region, which was then part of France, to initiate the production of quality wine

Jordan took advantage of the free land market of French state policy and began to expand the winery. One of the most important purchases was a significant part of Count Lehrbach's property. Andreas Jordan was the first to achieve quality wine awards for the wines of his homeland, making him one of the highest-taxed and highest-earning citizens of the canton of Dürkheim. In 1806, following the example of his fathers, he married the very wealthy Josefine Stengel and also arranged excellent matches for his daughters, of course with well-known families from the wine industry. After the end of the French occupation, Jordan and his brother acquired the Ketschauer Hof in 1816. This former aristocratic residence in the heart of Deidesheim was considered the center of the winery until 2006. Mrs. Margrit von Bassermann-Jordan lived in the beautiful building until 2002, which is now a hotel.

The further development of technologically very revolutionary viticulture did not remain undiscovered for long. For example, Wiesloch pharmacist and winemaker Johann Philipp Bronner became acquainted with the winery during his study tour through the most important wine-growing regions of the German Confederation. As his later notes show, he not only emphasized the special qualities of the wine, but also praised its “high level of intelligence.” Furthermore, he recognized that the methods used had the potential to produce significantly improved wines. Andreas Jordan continued to expand his customer base in the following years. He delivered not only to Frankfurt, Darmstadt and Gießen, but also to Augsburg, Munich, Nuremberg and Regensburg, but also to Hamburg and Berlin.

The death of 73-year-old Andreas Jordan was a serious blow to the fortunes of the family dynasty. Without a will, his property was divided equally among his three children. Taking stock of these divisions provided, for the first time, a revealing insight into Andreas Jordan's mobile and immobile assets. Government bonds, share packages, vineyards, homes and equipment were inherited. The division of the inheritance resulted in three wineries: Ludwig Andreas Jordan used his inheritance to form the Jordan Winery with a property of approximately 15.5 hectares. Josephine Jordan's husband Franz Peter Buhl founded the Buhl Winery. The third winery to emerge was the Deinhard winery (now owned by Winning), run by Andreas Jordan's daughter Auguste and her husband, the Koblenz wine merchant Friedrich Deinhard

Under the leadership of the new owner Ludwig Andreas Jordan (1811-1883), the operational organization changed. By purchasing numerous vineyards in prime locations around Deidesheim, Forst, Ungstein and Bad Dürkheim, he managed to expand the winery to approximately 27 hectares. However, the objectives of producing wines of the highest quality remained unchanged. Ludwig Andreas Jordan strove to continuously improve viticulture using scientific factors. In close collaboration with leading scientists such as Justus von Liebig, the knowledge acquired would be further disseminated through application in Deidesheim's model viticulture.

Ludwig Andreas Jordan managed to market his wine intelligently through competitions and trade fairs at national and international level. Due to the high quality of his wines, he has won numerous national competitions. The winery also managed to impress at an international level. Further prizes followed in Vienna, Paris, Philadelphia and Melbourne. Thanks to positive press coverage, the Jordan winery gained worldwide fame. In addition to participating in competitions, Ludwig Andreas Jordan was the first winemaker to organize prominent wine tastings with famous guests.

Jordan's son-in-law, Mannheim businessman Emil Bassermann, took over the winery in the 1970s. He helped the unprofitable but high-quality cultivation of Gewürz-Traminer in suitable locations to gain special fame and thus achieve noticeably high maximum prices. Passion and interest in a wide variety of economic areas runs like a common thread through the Jordan family. Emil also managed to gain a lot of recognition through his hard work and expertise and was awarded medals.

Ludwig and Friedrich Bassermann-Jordan took over together in 1899 after the death of their mother and significantly expanded the entire vineyard estate. Working together was the 'best happiness in life' for both of them. In 1914, Ludwig, like his grandfather and great-grandfather, held the office of honorary mayor of his hometown of Deidesheim. As a German representative of wine growing, he achieved great success for German wine growing at home and abroad through his expertise and great language skills. Not only was he present at the World Exhibitions in St. Louis, Brussels and Turin, but he also represented his wines and German wine culture in Vienna, Madrid and Montpellier. Despite medical concerns, the old reserve officer joined the First World War and died for his homeland in Alsace in 1914

After the death of their brother Ludwig during World War I, Ernst and Friedrich donated large sums to aid organizations and 400,000 Reichsmarks to the Bavarian state. The Bavarian King Ludwig III subsequently awarded them. as one of the last families in Bavaria to receive the hereditary noble title. Friedrich received the title of State Councilor for his services. Since then, the winery has operated under the name “Geheimer Rat Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan". While Ernst devoted himself to an academic career, Friedrich continued to direct the family fortune and was particularly notable as a specialist in wine history. The creation of the first historical wine museum in Speyer is partly due to him thank you

When Friedrich von Bassermann-Jordan died, his son Ludwig (1924-1995) continued the winery alone. Ludwig has shaped the family business by focusing on and perfecting traditional Riesling cultivation. Under his leadership, the winery's export activities were further boosted and the family became an integral part of the Palatinate through its involvement in numerous clubs in the area. He died in 1995 and left the estate to his widow and her only daughter.

Dr. After the death of her father, Gabriele von Bassermann-Jordan was the main owner of the winery until the company was sold. During this period, significant investments were made in viticulture and cellar technology. These have significantly contributed to the company once again gaining a place among the group of top international wineries.

After Ludwig's death, his wife Margrit von Bassermann-Jordan took over the management of the winery. She linked the quality standards of her predecessors to contemporary achievements in the field of viticulture and cellar technology. The company owes its current leading position in the wine market to her great personal involvement and her visionary view. Margrit von Bassermann-Jordan is still considered one of the most important female personalities in the wine world.

The von Bassermann-Jordan family sold the winery in 2002 to advertising entrepreneur Achim Niederberger from Neustadt, who extensively modernized the company in the following years

With the purchase of the Reichsrat von Buhl winery in 2005 and the former Deinhard von Winning winery in 2007, Achim Niederberger canceled the previously ruling Jordanian division of 1848 and united the individual wineries. Since 2013, the wineries have been run by Mrs. Jana Seeger and her husband Peter Hiplein-Seeger. The vision, the will and the goal to produce wines of a special level of quality have remained from the beginning to the present day and into the future.

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