It is always dangerous to write that someone is crazy. Most of the time it's an un-formulation, but in special cases it's praise. In the case of Frank Höflich, the situation is relatively stable: he is one of the Teste Matte, the crazy heads. This is the self-proclaimed name of initially four and now five winemakers who once studied together and now run their family wineries in different countries. Together they make two wines: a red cuvée and a white one. Crazy Heads, Teste Matte is written on the label of both, along with the names of the winemakers.
The two cuvées are European wines in which ideas and grapes are exchanged across borders. When you taste them at the winery on the edge of the vineyards of Großostheim, you naturally have to think about several things: first of all, of course, the answer to the question of where Großostheim is! In Churfranken, a little south of Aschaffenburg! But then of course: what about terroir, what role does it play in European wine from several regions? And, from the German consumer's point of view: why do many people still think that cuvées are less good than single-varietal wines? Answer: it can all be explained quite well under the principle "it has to taste good!", which is quietly and secretly accepted even among professionals. And perhaps winegrowers should simply admit that head and cellar work is also important to them: "Quality is created in the vineyard!" they always say, which is not wrong - because turning bad material in the vineyard into good material in the cellar is probably infinitely more difficult than turning good grapes in the vineyard into something insignificant in the cellar.
