With the 2024 vintage, a new chapter begins: Our CHARTA Riesling is being released for the first time under the name BTHVN – a tribute to one of the world's greatest composers and to a friendship unparalleled in German wine history. Franz Gerhard Wegeler, Julius Wegeler's grandfather, was a close confidant and lifelong friend of Ludwig van Beethoven. Their connection – based on music, intellect, and mutual trust – dates back to the 18th century. Today, it lives on in a wine that, like Beethoven himself, embodies poise, depth, and character. The BTHVN Riesling is a classic CHARTA Riesling – dry, terroir-driven, and stylistically clear. The CHARTA movement, co-founded by Wegeler in 1983, continues to represent the timeless style of dry Rheingau Rieslings: precise, complex, balanced, and age-worthy. With the 2024 vintage, Wegeler is consciously raising the quality of this wine to a new level – to do justice to its illustrious name. The BTHVN comes exclusively from classified Grand Cru vineyards in the Rheingau, is selectively harvested, and aged in large wooden casks or stainless steel tanks, depending on the vintage. BTHVN is not an entry-level wine, but a statement. A subtle soloist with a long finish – and a cultural commitment: €1 from every bottle sold goes to the Beethoven-Haus Foundation in Bonn to support young musical talent. Vineyard & Terroir: A cuvée from our best vineyards in the middle and lower Rheingau, stretching from Hallgarten to Rüdesheim. For this wine (as for all Wegeler wines), no purchased grapes are used; only estate-grown grapes from our own vineyards are employed. Terroir: A combination of mineral-rich and soft soils.