History....

The Hähn family has been in the wine business since 1650. In 1892 Peter Hähn moved to Kobern and started a small winery. In 1956 his grandson Karlheinz Hähn expanded the winery by buying the Freiherr von Schleinitz estate and merged the two keeping the von Schleinitz name.

He started to expand the business by being a negociant but developed his vineyards at the same time. Focusing on his own production and quality the negociant part of the business was reduced and eventually eliminated as the estate grew and became recognized for quality.

The winery received more and more attention for its quality and achieved a national award in 1979. At that time Konrad Hähn, the son of Karlheinz and now owner of the estate, was already involved with the winemaking and is continuing the devotion to quality started by his father. The quality focus of the winery was confirmed by two additional national awards in 1995, 2001 and 2005. Weingut Freiherr von Schleinitz is certainly regarded as a leading winery in the area. For many years the winery has been recommended by Feinschmecker and is listed in the Eichelman German wine review. Furthermore, Winespectator awarded Von Schleinitz the title Value Winery of the year in 2010. Most recently, the BTI in Chicago awarded the 2008 Kabinett with: Best German Riesling $20 and under.

Before working in the winery, Konrad Hähn had gone through internships in larger estates in Germany and France and received his Master in oenology in 1981. He assumed ownership in 1991, when his father retired. He now runs the winery together with his Colorado-born wife Laurel Kerns-Hähn. She moved to Kobern from Denver, Colorado in 1981. The family now is a happy four with the children Cara (born 1987) and Felix (born 1989).