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Andy Mann was born in 1990. The winery is located in Eckelsheim, a small village of around 450 people in the southwest of Rheinhessen, near the border with the neighboring wine-producing region of Nahe to the west. His family runs a multi-farming farm that dates back 300 years, and in addition to grape growing, they have also grown grains and vegetables and raised livestock. Winemaking has been the focus of his family's business since his father's time, and the family currently owns 10 hectares of vineyards.

Andy Mann, who was born and raised in this region, helped his father with farm work and winemaking from a young age. However, he wasn't actually interested in winemaking as a teenager. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the German Army for nine months to serve in the military. After completing his military service, he studied business administration at university. During his time as a student, he realized that working for a large corporation might not be what he wanted to do in life. At the same time, friends and acquaintances were very interested in his family's winery and his childhood there. During his time away from home after graduating from high school, he began to reflect on his family home, his father's work, and the farming tradition that had been passed down through generations. It wasn't long before he decided to return home and pursue winemaking.

He then spent four years studying winemaking at the world-renowned Geisenheim University, where he was incredibly lucky to meet such ambitious friends.
Living under the same roof and learning from them had a huge impact on his life and the direction of his winemaking (one of them was Martin Werner, also from Rheinhessen). As he was nearing graduation, he discovered that the wine cellar in their apartment was filled with natural wines from around the world, and this experience made him feel like he had found the path he truly wanted to take. In 2015, while still a student, he found the time to return to his parents' home and begin making natural wine outside of his studies. His first vintage was in 2015.

In 2017, he graduated from Geisenheim and took over his family business, determined to make only natural wine. He seems like a cool, nice guy at first glance, but in fact, he's actually a very cheerful, lively, intelligent, and kind person—that's the impression you get when talking and drinking wine with him. "I want to capture the energy of the Rheinhessen vineyards in a bottle and share it with people all over the world. The first step to that is to carefully observe and understand the vineyards, discovering and understanding their individuality—becoming friends with them," he says. As he begins to talk about soil and nature, another, more passionate side emerges. He says the vineyards will teach him how to interact with the grapes and all the necessary care. He says the most important thing in winemaking is to maximize soil biodiversity and create vineyards teeming with greenery and microorganisms. He says this is the only direct path to truly expressing the individuality of the grapes themselves. He says this is the only way to create sparkling natural wines without additives and with minimal use of antioxidants.

Andy Mann believes that the biodiversity and natural cycles of the vineyards offer clues to enriching our lives, and that they should also apply to human life, bringing happiness to humans. All of this has been taught to him by the vineyards, and he says he wants to express that spirit in the wines he makes and bring a little happiness to everyone. This is his driving force and the reason he works in the vineyards.