Sigrid and Wil Carroll
Estate Owners
Born in the excellent wine vintage 1971 in Frankfurt, Sigrid is the daughter of Dagmar Böcking von Maltzahn and is a direct descendant of Richard Böckings; she and is the 15th generation with the Estate. After she moved to United States at age 3 her earliest memories of the vineyards had undoubtedly become a part of her. She returned regularly to Traben-Trarbach first with her parents and siblings later when she was a teenager to work summers in the vineyards.
Sigrid was fascinated by the involvement of the entire community in the wine business including the retail outlets and restaurants where she also worked. Her passion never flagged and she was pulled back to the distinctive cultural landscape of the Mosel when her father assumed responsibility of the Estate in 2012.
Sigrid along with her husband, Wil took over ownership of the winery in 2024. Since then, Sigrid is the Geschäftsführerin.
Sigrid graduated from Sweet Briar College in Virginia, and received her M.B.A. degree from the College of William and Mary also in Virginia.
Philipp Buchkremer
Vintner
Born in 1982 to a family of winegrowers on the Mosel, Philipp has winemaking in his blood. His love of the winemaking trade runs like a red thread through his entire childhood and youth in neighboring Enkirch. Accordingly, Philipp worked in his father's and grandfather's vineyards as a child and teenager.
After an early career in electrical plant engineering, the magic of these experiences finally brought him back to his roots at Böcking.
After his apprenticeship, Philipp joined the Böcking winery as winemaker in 2016. Thanks to his ambition, talent and openness to embracing new challenges, Philipp successfully took the opportunity to prove his skills. Due to his love of viticulture and winemaking, his goal is for his wines to be recognized as the best in their class.
He has received more than 30 top honors and wine awards, including scores of over 90 points in international competitions.