3 editor-picked estates growing Elbling in Mosel.
Where to taste Elbling in Mosel: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
Vinotheque for Mosel Riesling set in the vaulted cellars of the St. Nikolaus-Hospital in Kues, the charitable foundation chartered by Nikolaus von Kues in 1458. Over 100 wines from the whole Mosel region can be tasted under one roof.
Vinothek and wine bar behind thick slate walls in the former cellar of an 1890 wine-trade villa in art-nouveau Traben-Trarbach. Curated Mosel selection with a small soulfood kitchen alongside.
Ulli Stein's maverick Bullay estate farms steep slate ecologically, making dry, zippy Riesling and rare old-vine Elbling, a natural-leaning Mosel cult.
Tip: Seek out Stein's Elbling and the steep St. Aldegunder Himmelreich Rieslings; the wines are made for the table, not the score sheet.