A Leiwen estate with parcels in the Leiwener Laurentiuslay, Trittenheimer Apotheke and Piesporter Goldtropfchen. Precise dry and fruity Riesling plus a little Weissburgunder.
Address: Romerstrasse 28, 54340 Leiwen, Germany, Mosel
A Leiwen estate celebrated for the ungrafted old-vine Maximin Herrenberg and the Laurentiuslay. Christopher Loewen makes detailed dry and fruity Rieslings, including the 1896 Riesling from pre-phylloxera vines.
Tasting: Tastings and sales at the Leiwen estate; visits by arrangement.
A small, sought-after grower who revived the steep Dhroner Hofberg. Andreas Adam makes concentrated dry and fruity Rieslings that have become collector favourites.
Tasting: Small estate; tastings and sales by appointment in Neumagen-Dhron.
A young, ambitious Leiwen grower working old-vine parcels in the Trittenheimer Apotheke and Leiwener Laurentiuslay. Precise, mostly dry Rieslings from steep slate.
Tasting: Small estate; tastings and sales by appointment in Leiwen.
Ulli Stein's individualist estate around St. Aldegund and Alf, known for low-intervention, sometimes provocative Rieslings from steep, near-abandoned slate sites and a hilltop tasting house.
Tasting: Tastings at Haus Waldfrieden above Alf and at the Bullay estate; by arrangement.
A cult micro-estate proving the slate Mosel can make serious Pinot Noir. Daniel Twardowski's Pinot Noix is grown on Devonian slate and made in a Burgundian, low-yield style.
Tasting: Very small estate; visits and tastings strictly by appointment.
A Leiwen estate celebrated for the ungrafted old-vine Maximin Herrenberg and the Laurentiuslay. Christopher Loewen makes detailed dry and fruity Rieslings, including the 1896 Riesling from pre-phylloxera vines.
Tasting: Tastings and sales at the Leiwen estate; visits by arrangement.
A small, sought-after grower who revived the steep Dhroner Hofberg. Andreas Adam makes concentrated dry and fruity Rieslings that have become collector favourites.
Tasting: Small estate; tastings and sales by appointment in Neumagen-Dhron.
A young, ambitious Leiwen grower working old-vine parcels in the Trittenheimer Apotheke and Leiwener Laurentiuslay. Precise, mostly dry Rieslings from steep slate.
Tasting: Small estate; tastings and sales by appointment in Leiwen.
Ulli Stein's individualist estate around St. Aldegund and Alf, known for low-intervention, sometimes provocative Rieslings from steep, near-abandoned slate sites and a hilltop tasting house.
Tasting: Tastings at Haus Waldfrieden above Alf and at the Bullay estate; by arrangement.
A cult micro-estate proving the slate Mosel can make serious Pinot Noir. Daniel Twardowski's Pinot Noix is grown on Devonian slate and made in a Burgundian, low-yield style.
Tasting: Very small estate; visits and tastings strictly by appointment.
A charitable-foundation estate in Trier sitting atop Roman-era cellars, with parcels in the Scharzhofberg, Serriger and Trier sites. Classic Mosel and Saar Riesling supporting the hospital foundation.
Tasting: Tastings and sales in central Trier; visits to the historic Roman cellar by arrangement.
