A 20.4 ha Schweigen border estate under Gerd Bernhart, VDP member since 2004; certified organic with the Radling Pinot Noir GG as flagship and roughly two-thirds of the vineyard land lying in France under the Pfalz wine-law exception.
Address: Hauptstrasse 8, 76889 Schweigen, Germany, Pfalz
A 31.8 ha Schweigen-Rechtenbach estate under Werner and Johannes Julg, VDP member since 2021; certified organic, with Sonnenberg, Kammerberg and Guldenwingert Grosse Lage Pinot and Riesling on Muschelkalk limestone at the French border.
Tasting: Vinothek at Hauptstrasse 1 by appointment; Pinot-focused tastings of Sonnenberg, Kammerberg and Guldenwingert GGs and the estate-bottled Sekt program.
A 31.8 ha Schweigen-Rechtenbach estate under Werner and Johannes Julg, VDP member since 2021; certified organic, with Sonnenberg, Kammerberg and Guldenwingert Grosse Lage Pinot and Riesling on Muschelkalk limestone at the French border.
Tasting: Vinothek at Hauptstrasse 1 by appointment; Pinot-focused tastings of Sonnenberg, Kammerberg and Guldenwingert GGs and the estate-bottled Sekt program.
A 30.8 ha Mittelhaardt-South estate at Duttweiler under Carolin Bergdolt, VDP member since 1993 and certified organic; Pinot Blanc specialist with Grosse Lage parcels at Reiterpfad, Duttweiler Kalkberg and Kirrweiler Mandelberg.
Tasting: Vinothek at the Klostergut courtyard by appointment; tastings of Reiterpfad An den Achtmorgen, Duttweiler Kalkberg and Kirrweiler Mandelberg GGs and the estate Sekt.
A 30.2 ha Burrweiler estate under the Messmer family, VDP member since 1997 and certified organic; Schawer (Burrweiler) and Michelsberg (Weyher) Grosse Lage Riesling on slate-rich soils of the southern Mittelhaardt.
Tasting: Vinothek at Gaisbergstrasse 5 by appointment; tastings of Burrweiler Schawer and Weyherer Michelsberg GGs.
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.
A 17 ha Zellertal estate at Zell under brothers Stephan and Georg Schwedhelm; flagship Zeller Schwarzer Herrgott Riesling Grosse Lage on calcareous clay at the northern edge of the Pfalz.
Tasting: Vinothek by appointment in Zell; tastings of the Schwarzer Herrgott Riesling Grosse Lage and the Burgunder lineup.
A 58 ha Bissersheim estate in the north Pfalz under brothers Frank and Thomas Pfaffmann; vineyards on Goldberg, Held, Orlenberg and Steig in Bissersheim, Steinacker in Kirchheim and Burgweg and Osterberg in Grosskarlbach.
Tasting: Vinothek at Bissersheim by appointment; tastings cover Bissersheim Goldberg Sauvignon Blanc Fume Reserve and Bissersheim Kalkmergel Chardonnay Reserve.
