A dry Scheurebe from Pfeffingen at Bad Duerkheim, one of the German benchmarks for the cassis-and-grapefruit grape. The estate's village-tier Scheurebe is the cheapest serious Pfalz pour of the variety.
Tip: Pfeffingen is the Pfalz reference for dry Scheurebe; pair the village-tier bottle with goat's cheese or Vietnamese herbs to read the cassis-grapefruit register.
The Gutswein-tier dry Riesling from Mosbacher at Forst, working basalt-soil parcels including Jesuitengarten and Ungeheuer. A Forster house style in miniature: stony, taut and fully trocken at an everyday Pfalz price.
Tip: Mosbacher's village Riesling is the cheapest taste of Forster basalt; pair it with smoked Pfalz Saumagen or Wurst to read the stony Mittelhaardt frame.
A Bordeaux-style blend from the Knipser brothers at Laumersheim, working Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc grown in the warmer northern Pfalz. One of the rare under-EUR-25 serious German Bordeaux cuvees.
Tip: Cuvee X is the cheapest serious German Bordeaux blend; drink it alongside roast lamb or pink beef to see what the warm northern Pfalz now ripens.
The Gutswein-tier dry Riesling from Christmann at Gimmeldingen, a Demeter-certified biodynamic estate working sites including the Idig and Reiterpfad. Clean, taut and dry, the cheapest read of the Christmann biodynamic house style.
Tip: Christmann Estate Riesling is the value step into one of the Pfalz's leading biodynamic estates; under EUR 25 and a fair read of the biodynamic Pfalz dry style.
Von Winning's entry-tier dry Riesling from Deidesheim, a fresh, fully trocken Pfalz Riesling in the under-EUR-15 bracket. The cheapest entry into the von Winning dry-Riesling programme.
Tip: Win Win is the easiest von Winning to find on a wine shelf abroad; drink it young as the everyday everyday dry Pfalz Riesling, not a cellar bottle.
The village-tier Deidesheimer dry Riesling from one of the historic Three-B Deidesheim houses: a Mittelhaardt village wine that fits cleanly under EUR 25 and reads the village's limestone-and-loess style.
Tip: Deidesheimer is the cheapest village-level Bassermann-Jordan; pair it with smoked fish or roast chicken to taste a classic Mittelhaardt house style.
The Gutswein-tier dry Riesling from Rebholz at Siebeldingen in the Suedliche Weinstrasse, certified organic and a long-standing reference for dry Pfalz Riesling at every tier. The cheapest taste of the Rebholz house style.
Tip: Estate Riesling is the under-EUR-20 read of one of the Suedliche Weinstrasse's most uncompromising estates; pair with cold meats or roast white fish.