4 editor-picked estates growing Silvaner in Pfalz.
Where to taste Silvaner in Pfalz: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
A Schweigen Pinot Noir specialist at 29.8 ha under Friedrich Wilhelm Becker, VDP member since 2000, with 80 percent Burgunder plantings and Grosse Lage vines literally crossing the French border into Alsace.
Tasting: Vinothek and shop at Hauptstrasse 29 by appointment; Pinot-focused tastings of Sankt Paul, Sonnenberg, Kammerberg and Heydenreich GGs, with vineyard walks that physically cross into French Alsace.
A 12.5 ha Kallstadt traditionalist working Saumagen, Steinacker and Annaberg with spontaneous fermentation in old oak; the Saumagen R Riesling has been bottled in this house style since the Bernd Philippi era from the 1970s.
Tasting: Estate tastings by appointment in the Kallstadt Weinstrasse cellar; traditional spontaneous fermentation in old oak with extended lees contact, Saumagen R bottlings released years after vintage.
A 16.3 ha Ungstein estate at Pfeffingen 2 under Jan Eymael, VDP member since 1986; Herrenberg and Weilberg Grosse Lage Rieslings and the historic Pfalz Scheurebe reference bottling.
Tasting: Vinothek at Pfeffingen 2 by appointment; tastings cover Ungsteiner Herrenberg and Weilberg GG plus the estate's Scheurebe lineup, the Pfeffingen reference.
A 6.8 ha biodynamic Wachenheim estate at Odinstalweg under Thomas Hensel, Demeter-certified and VDP member since 2021; elevated basalt and limestone vineyards on the Odinstal monopole and a Kallstadter Saumagen parcel.
Tasting: Vinothek at the elevated Odinstal cellar above Wachenheim by appointment; biodynamic vineyard walks on the Odinstal monopole at roughly 300 metres on basalt.