A 19.9 ha Birkweiler VDP estate (member since 1991) under Franz Wehrheim, respekt-BIODYN certified, with Grosse Lage parcels at Mandelberg, Kastanienbusch (Koppel) and Siebeldinger Im Sonnenschein.
Address: Weinstrasse 8, 76831 Birkweiler, Germany, Pfalz
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 1921-founded Forst estate at Weinstrasse 27 under Sabine Mosbacher-Duringer and Jurgen Duringer, certified organic since 2012, with all four Forster Grosse Lage sites in production: Kirchenstuck, Jesuitengarten, Pechstein, Ungeheuer.
Tasting: Vinothek at Weinstrasse 27 by appointment; tastings cover all four Forster Grosse Lage GGs and the estate's dry Spatburgunder.
A 10.9 ha Forst estate under Anna-Barbara Acham, VDP founding member from 1908 and certified organic; four Forster Grosse Lage parcels Kirchenstuck, Jesuitengarten, Pechstein and Ungeheuer and an on-site Gutsausschank wine-tavern.
Tasting: Vinothek and Gutsausschank restaurant at Weinstrasse 67; daily seasonal opening hours and a wine list of Forster Grosse Lage GGs poured by the glass.
A 17 ha Forst estate under Stephan Muller, with viticulture continuous since 1767; bottles from all four classic Forster Grosse Lage sites plus Freundstuck and a focus on long-aged Riesling Reserve releases.
Tasting: Vinothek at Weinstrasse 34A by appointment; tastings cover Forster Kirchenstuck, Jesuitengarten, Pechstein, Ungeheuer and Freundstuck bottlings.
A 17.6 ha Bad Durkheim estate under Patrick and Stephan Rach plus Martin Klein, VDP founding member since 1908; eight classified sites including Forster Pechstein, Durkheimer Michelsberg, Ungsteiner Herrenberg and Weilberg.
Tasting: Vinothek at Weinstrasse Sud 30 by appointment; tastings of Durkheimer Michelsberg, Forster Pechstein and Ungsteiner Herrenberg and Weilberg GGs in the 17th-century vaulted cellar.
