March 12, 2025 (Carlsbad, CA) — The German wine industry lost one of its most impactful figures on Sunday March 9 with the passing of groundbreaking importer Rudi Wiest. Wiest was transformative in opening the U.S. market to German wines in the post-WWII era.

Jun 17, 2019 · When the auction house Acker Merrall & Condit announced the selection for its next sale in New York City, the news echoed like wind through a cove: Legendary wine importer Rudi Wiest is selling his personal wine collection.

Mar 13, 2025 · Wiest was transformative in opening the U.S. market to German wines in the post-WWII era. As a fierce advocate for dry Rieslings and Germany’s wide range of wines beyond …

rudi weiß - lebenslauf - in wort geb. 1957 in Mödling, aufgewachsen in Kaltenleutgeben im Wienerwald auf einem kleinen Bauernhof mit Kühen, Ochsen, Hendln und ohne Hund. 3 Geschwister. Matura am neusprachlichen Gymnasium in Mödling nach leichten Problemen in Mathik und Latein.

Jun 21, 2019 · Rudi Wiest Selections is a leading importer of fine German wines in the United States market. 󱙶

Rudi and his wife Erna are the founders of Rudi Wiest Selections. RWS is arguably the most significant portfolio of German wine in the states—a distinction it has laid claim to for over 30 years. As the producers have shuffled a bit over time, Rudi has, at some point, worked with a solid majority of the prestige German wineries.

Mar 14, 2025 · Few have done more to champion German wines in the U.S. than Rudi Wiest, who passed away March 9 in Henderson, Nev. He was 88. Rudi Wiest Selections, the import business he founded in 1978, offered one of the most influential German wine portfolios in the industry, including iconic estates J.J. Prüm, Karthäuserhof and Egon Müller.

Kurze einfühlsame Texte als spiritueller Wegbegleiter durch die Ortschaften am Jakobsweg – vortrefflich porträtiert durch die Zeichnungen Laf Wurms -, gewürzt mit einer Brise Selbstironie und immer am Boden der manchmal auch harten Pilgerrealität bleibend.

Rudolf „Rudi“ Weiß (* 12. Februar 1957) ist ein österreichischer Künstler.

Oct 23, 2020 · Soon after graduating Sonoma State U. with a degree in Business Management, Fields was hired by Rudi Wiest as his Los Angeles sales manager, later assuming portfolio management of the entire United States, dedicating hercareer to building German wine in the US.