The Legends of Mythopia

Mythopia strikes as a project that blends innovation, deep respect for nature, and a willingness to challenge conventional approaches. It’s more than just a vineyard—it’s a philosophy, a way of reconnecting agriculture with ecosystems, and an example of how patience, experimentation, and dedication can redefine what’s possible in winemaking.

Facing the highest summits of the Alps, the steep slopes of the Mythopia vineyard have become a paradise, home to fragrant flowers, fruit trees, rare birds and more than 60 species of butterflies. It’s a vineyard exuding biodiversity where the ecosystem is sustained by a symbiotic network of uncountable species. The vineyard is no longer a hostile monoculture with naked soil but a beautiful natural system...

In the spring of 2016, I received a call from Andalusia. In a slight Bavarian accent, I was asked whether I could imagine creating an experimental vineyard and winery in one of the hottest and driest regions of Europe. I had just returned from a reforestation project in Nepal, and the request didn’t exactly align with my life plans. But what a disservice life plans would do if one weren’t open to such...

The story of Mythopia in the South of France (Occitania) is still in its early stages. With only one harvest so far, we have not yet transformed the vineyards but instead observed how the vines respond to a regime of very low intervention. Below, you’ll find a short interview with Hans-Peter explaining the motivations behind this new Mythopia adventure.

A wine contains up to 1000 different substances, although their individual functions are by no way completely known. Why does a vine take the trouble to produce such an enormous chemical library in every grape? And what happens with all those molecules between harvesting the grapes and filling the wine into bottles?