A sought-after small grower working steep, organically farmed parcels in the Enkircher Ellergrub and Trabener Gaispfad. Detailed, low-intervention Riesling in dry and fruity styles.
Address: Wilhelmstrasse 11, 56841 Traben-Trarbach, Germany, Mosel
A storied Urzig label held by the Christoffel family for four centuries and now made and distributed by Robert Eymael of Monchhof. Classic, delicately sweet Riesling from the Urziger Wurzgarten and Erdener Treppchen.
Tasting: Tastings at the Monchhof Vinothek, where both estates' wines can be tasted and bought.
One of the oldest estates in the Mosel, with records back to the Cistercian abbey of Himmerod in 1177. Robert Eymael makes traditional fruity Riesling from the Urziger Wurzgarten and Erdener sites.
Tasting: Vinothek tastings of both Monchhof and Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben wines; visits by arrangement.
An Erden family estate with prime holdings in the steep Erdener Pralat and Treppchen and the Urziger Wurzgarten. Classic fruity-style Mosel Riesling across the Pradikat ladder.
Tasting: Tastings and sales by appointment at the riverside estate in Erden.
A Wehlen estate housed in a 1920s reform-style villa, with parcels in the Wehlener Sonnenuhr and Graacher Himmelreich. Now led by Saskia Prum, producing classic and dry Mosel Riesling.
Tasting: Tastings and sales at the listed villa estate in Wehlen; visits by arrangement.
A long-established Wehlen family estate, the Maximinhof, with parcels in the Wehlener Sonnenuhr and Graacher sites. Traditional Mosel Riesling and a riverside cellar door.
Tasting: Tastings and sales by arrangement at the Maximinhof estate in Wehlen.
A nine-generation family estate in Wehlen with parcels in the Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Graacher Domprobst and Bernkasteler sites. Riesling-focused, with a small amount of Spatburgunder.
Tasting: Vinothek and Riesling cafe in the garden; tastings and sales at the Wehlen estate.
