A large historic estate with holdings across the Mosel, Saar and Ruwer, based at the listed Schloss Marienlay above the Ruwer. Riesling from grand crus including Scharzhofberg, Josephshofer and Kaseler Nies'chen.
Address: Schlossgut Marienlay, 54317 Morscheid, Germany, Mosel
A pioneer of dry, terroir-driven Lower Mosel Riesling from the terraced Winninger Uhlen and Rottgen sites. Powerful, parcel-specific, spontaneously fermented wines on the Terrassenmosel.
Tasting: Tastings and sales at the Winningen estate by appointment.
A leading Terrassenmosel grower with prime parcels in the Winninger Rottgen, Uhlen and Hamm. Matthias Knebel makes precise, mineral, mostly dry Riesling from the terraced Lower Mosel.
Tasting: Open Monday to Saturday by prior telephone appointment at the Winningen estate.
A biodynamic pioneer in Punderich working the single Marienburg slope as separate blue, red and grey-slate parcels. Organic since 1984 and certified biodynamic since 2015; characterful, often skin-influenced dry Riesling.
Tasting: Tastings and sales by appointment at the Punderich estate.
The leading estate of Piesport, with the lion's share of the perfumed Goldtropfchen. Family vineyard ownership documented since 1337; aromatic, peach-and-citrus Riesling of great finesse.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment at the riverside estate in Piesport.
Thomas Haag's estate at the castle village of Lieser, with parcels in the Brauneberger Juffer, Wehlener Sonnenuhr and Niederberg Helden. Multiple-time German winery of the year for its precise Rieslings.
Tasting: Vinothek tastings and sales at the estate in Lieser; visits by arrangement.
One of the oldest estates on the Mosel, revived by Gernot Kollmann around the old-vine Enkircher sites of Batterieberg, Steffensberg and Ellergrub. Dry, spontaneously fermented, low-intervention Riesling.
Tasting: Tastings and sales by appointment at the estate in Enkirch.
