Moderated wine tastings for groups of up to 45 guests, with a cellar visit and a Franconian supper for groups of up to 35, can be booked at Weingut Knapp in Miltenberg, on the river Main in Lower Franconia. The family designs each tasting to the group's wishes, in its tasting cellar at the estate or, for smaller groups, in its new Vinothek in the old town.
Seminars and company events
The estate does not offer meeting rooms or seminar equipment. For a company, it suits a team outing, a client evening or the closing programme of a conference held in the region. Group tastings are run on advance booking and are presented by the winemakers, so they work for wine lovers and for guests with no special knowledge alike. A visit of the wine cellar can be added. Groups of up to 35 can pre-order a Franconian supper, which turns the tasting into a full evening.
Rooms and capacities
The tasting cellar, the Probierkeller at the estate on Bürgstädter Straße, holds groups of up to 45 people. Up to 35 guests can be served a Franconian supper there on pre-order. The Vinothek at Ziegelgasse 20, in the centre of Miltenberg, is used for tastings with smaller groups by arrangement and for wine sales during its opening hours. The site does not give a seat count for the Vinothek.
Catering
The food offer is the Franconian Vesper, a cold supper of regional specialities, served on pre-order to groups of up to 35. The site does not describe a full menu or outside catering. The wines come from the estate's own vineyards: whites, reds, sparkling wine and secco from the Churfranken area, made under the family motto of class rather than mass.
History and setting
Both grandfathers of the present owner, Hermann Knapp and Josef Bube, ran farms in Miltenberg's old town and made wine on the side, pouring it in a Häckerwirtschaft, the local form of a seasonal wine tavern. Miltenberg had about 180 hectares of vines in the Middle Ages, but winegrowing had almost disappeared by the early 20th century. Josef Bube, a pioneer of winegrowing around Miltenberg, and later Otto Knapp revived it over the last fifty years.
Today the estate is in its third generation and farms almost all of Miltenberg's 5.5 hectares of vineyards, plus one hectare in Bürgstadt, the largest red wine village in Franconia. Johannes Hermann Knapp and his wife Claudia, both trained in viticulture, run it together, with their nephew Jan Holzinger, a graduate of Geisenheim University.
Miltenberg is a half-timbered town in the valley of the Main, between the slopes of the Spessart and the Odenwald, often called the pearl of the Main. Its old town and riverside setting make an easy addition to a group programme.
Getting there
The estate is at Bürgstädter Straße 21 and the Vinothek at Ziegelgasse 20, both in Miltenberg. The town has a regional rail station on the line along the Main, and Frankfurt Airport is the nearest major airport.
