Their story

Hunawihr is one of the prettiest villages on the Alsace wine road, its fortified church sitting right among the vines. The Mittnacht family has made wine here since 1963, and went organic in 1999 — early for Alsace — before moving to biodynamics. The starry label is a nod to the lunar calendar they farm by.

Today Pierre Mittnacht works 11 hectares on heavy Muschelkalk limestone, including Grand Cru Rosacker in Hunawihr and Grand Cru Osterberg in Ribeauvillé. Sheep graze between the rows, fruit trees and hedges are going in, and the wines age in old foudres, steel, barrels and amphorae. Expect dry, precise Riesling and Pinot Gris, and a Crémant that drinks far above its price.