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.
Address: Weinstrasse 34A, 67147 Forst, Germany, Pfalz
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.
A 24.9 ha Bad Durkheim estate at Weinstrasse Nord 51 under Johann Fitz, nine generations of family ownership and a VDP founding member; Grosse Lage parcels at Durkheimer Michelsberg and Ungsteiner Herrenberg.
Tasting: Vinothek at Weinstrasse Nord 51 by appointment; cellar tour of the 1785 vaulted cellar; on-site Park Hotel Fitz-Ritter for estate-stay packages.
A 44 ha north-Mittelhaardt estate at Freinsheim under brothers Steffen and Andreas Rings, VDP member since 2015; spontaneous-ferment dry Riesling and Pinot Noir from Saumagen, Annaberg, Weilberg and Felsenberg in a new underground cellar.
Tasting: Estate Vinothek at the new (2018) cellar at Am Gottesacker 10, set 70 percent underground in the Schwarzes Kreuz vineyard; tastings by appointment of Kallstadter Saumagen, Annaberg and Ungsteiner Weilberg GGs.
An 18.1 ha Leinsweiler estate under the Siegrist and Schimpf families, VDP member since 2000; barrique-aged Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Kalmit and Leinsweiler Sonnenberg GGs in a 1555 tithe cellar overlooking the Max Slevogt summer residence.
Tasting: Vinothek by appointment at Am Hasensprung 4; tastings in the 1555-built tithe cellar; Kalmit and Sonnenberg vineyard walks bookable in season.
A 27.6 ha Sudliche Weinstrasse estate at Ilbesheim under Boris Kranz, VDP member since 2012; Grosse Lage Riesling and Pinot Blanc from Ilbesheimer Kalmit and Kirchberg and a share of Birkweiler Kastanienbusch.
Tasting: Vinothek at Morzheimer Strasse 2 with views over Kalmit; tastings of Kalmit, Kirchberg and Kastanienbusch GGs by appointment.
A 19 ha Godramstein Burgunder specialist under Gunter and Friedrich Kessler, VDP member since 2000; flagship Munzberg Schlangenpfiff Weisser Burgunder GG and a Pinot Noir-led portfolio on calcareous soils.
Tasting: Vinothek at Bochingerstrasse 51 by appointment; tastings of Munzberg Schlangenpfiff Weissburgunder GG and the Godramsteiner Erste Lage bottlings.
