Germany ( Weinstraße 79, Herxheim am Berg )
The family came from the alp region by raft down the Rhine around 1655. The 30 year war had ended and 70 % of the population has died from war or famine. So people from the Alpine regions which are today from Switzerland ,Austria and Liechtenstein made their way down as economical refugees in search of uninhabited land, (that was obviously before they invented private banking) the Petri’s being one of them. On the way down the river Rhine they found many abandoned villages and they decided to settle at Herxheim the highest point on the German wine route. They first worked as barrel makers but soon they were also producing their own wine. Maximilian and his younger brother Philipp are currently taking over the business which will be the 14th generation.
Hard to say as Maximillian and his brother Phillip are taking over as the 14th Generation of Petris while their mother and father are still keeping an eye on things.
The two brothers have split the tasks, while Max is concentrating on the sales and administrative side his brother Phillip is Vitri- and vioniculurist. Both of them studied winemaking in Geisenheim, worked abroad Max in California, South Africa and Burgundy, Phillip in Australia, Champagne and also in Burgundy both have an undeniable affinity for the Burgundy grapes and their way of wine making.
