 With over 70,000 annual bottle production, he is one of the larger producers in the Mosel region.He is particularly known for the quality of his Rieslings, having won "Riesling of the Year" in 1989 as awarded by the German wine trade magazine "Feinschmecker".In 2001, Gault-Millau named Ernst Loosen as the German winemaker of the year, and in 2005, Ernst Loosen was selected as "Decanter"'s "Man of the Year".