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.
Address: Weinstrasse Nord 51, 67098 Bad Durkheim, Germany, Pfalz
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.
A 25.7 ha Flemlingen estate in the eighth Minges generation under Theo Minges, VDP member since 2008 and certified organic; Burrweiler Schawer, Gleisweiler Holle and Bochinger Rosenkranz GGs.
Tasting: Vinothek at Bachstrasse 11 in a 15th-century courtyard by appointment; tastings of Schawer, Holle and Rosenkranz GGs.
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.
Tasting: Vinothek at Hauptstrasse 8 in Schweigen by appointment; Pinot-focused tastings of the Kostert, Radling, Sonnenberg and Guldenwingert GGs.
