Peter Mertes

Peter Mertes KG was founded in 1924 by winery owner and master winemaker Peter Mertes in Minheim on the Middle Moselle (Rhineland-Palatinate) and has had its headquarters in Bernkastel-Kues since 1969. Initially, the company focussed on the production and distribution of Moselle wine from the famous wine villages between Piesport and Bernkastel. In the 1950s, Dr Gustav Willkomm and his wife Edith Willkomm, née Mertes, took over their late father's family business and expanded the company's activities to include well-known wine villages on the Rhine such as Bingen, Nierstein and Oppenheim, followed shortly afterwards by the Palatinate. In the 1960s, the range was expanded to include wines from the Rheingau and Nahe regions. As the range grew, so did the customer base and sales markets, making it necessary to expand the buildings. The company headquarters were therefore moved from Minheim to Bernkastel-Kues in 1969.

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