An 85 ha Hainfeld estate in the 15th Lergenmueller generation since 1538; broad Burgunder-led portfolio, ownership of Weingut Sankt Annaberg from 1998 and a sustainability-driven cellar program.
Address: Weinstrasse 16, 76835 Hainfeld, Germany, Pfalz
An Essingen estate in the southern Pfalz, long-standing specialist in nobly sweet Pradikat wines from Auslese to Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein on a roughly 12 ha vineyard footprint.
Tasting: Vinothek by appointment at Essingen; the estate is a long-established Pfalz specialist in nobly sweet Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein.
An 1879-founded Deidesheim estate at Im Kathrinenbild 1, owned since 2012 by Fumiko Tokuoka and run by Ulrich Mell; 17 ha across Deidesheimer Grosse Lage sites and a parallel Sekt program.
Tasting: Vinothek and Sekt cellar at Im Kathrinenbild 1; tastings of Deidesheimer Grainhubel, Kieselberg and Hohenmorgen Rieslings and traditional-method Sekt.
A small Gimmeldingen estate at Hahnentor 1 under Steffen Mugler, working roughly 8 ha across Mandelgarten and Bienengarten on calcareous sandstone; soil-focused, terroir-driven program.
Tasting: Vinothek and Hofausschank at Hahnentor 1 in Gimmeldingen; tastings of Mandelgarten and Bienengarten village wines.
A Pfalz traditional-method Sekt manufactory founded in 1989 by Michael Andres and Steffen Mugler, sourcing from Deidesheim, Ruppertsberg and Maikammer vineyards for long-lees-aged Riesling and Pinot cuvees.
Tasting: Manufaktur visits in Deidesheim by appointment; flights of methode-traditionnelle Pfalz Sekt sourced from Deidesheim, Ruppertsberg and Maikammer Grosse Lage parcels.
An Essingen estate in the southern Pfalz, long-standing specialist in nobly sweet Pradikat wines from Auslese to Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein on a roughly 12 ha vineyard footprint.
Tasting: Vinothek by appointment at Essingen; the estate is a long-established Pfalz specialist in nobly sweet Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein.
The Pfalz arm of the Wegeler family wine estate, with a 14 ha Deidesheim footprint of Riesling-only plantings across Forster Pechstein, Jesuitengarten and Deidesheimer Grosse Lage sites.
Tasting: Estate visits at Weinstrasse 10 by appointment; Pfalz Riesling tastings cover Forster Pechstein, Jesuitengarten and Deidesheimer Kieselberg.
A 25 ha Bad Durkheim estate under Helmut Darting, long-time Pfalz benchmark for off-dry Spatlese and Auslese Riesling and Scheurebe from Durkheimer Michelsberg and Spielberg.
Tasting: Vinothek at An der Hochbenn 2 by appointment; tastings cover Durkheimer Michelsberg and Spielberg Rieslings and the Scheurebe Auslese line.
