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Oldest winery of the worldPhoto: Staffelter Hof
Oldest winery of the world. The Staffelter Hof in Kröv has probably existed since the 4th century. However, the first documentary mention is from 862, making it the oldest winery in the world and the third oldest still existing company. Its name and the wolf as its heraldic animal go back to the imperial abbey of Stablo-Malmedy in what is now the Belgian town of Stavelot (derived from Stav'leu, the Walloon word for wolf stable). The Staffelter Hof has been in the family since 1805, when the former estate manager Peter Nikolaus Schneiders bought the vineyard at auction from the French state. His great-great-granddaughter married the winegrower and cooper Kilian Klein in 1894. The current owner, Jan Matthias Klein, converted the business to organic viticulture and is increasingly focussing on fungus-resistant grape varieties.