VDP.Grosse Lage PfalzRiesling, Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc), Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir), Scheurebe, Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris)25.7 haFounded 1763Theo MingesWinemaker Theo Minges and Regine MingesORGANIC CERTIFIEDBirkweiler-Siebeldingen
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.
VDP.Grosse Lage PfalzSpatburgunder (Pinot Noir), Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc), Riesling, Chardonnay20.4 haFounded 1950Gerd BernhartWinemaker Gerd BernhartORGANIC CERTIFIEDSchweigen-Rechtenbach
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.
VDP.Grosse Lage PfalzSpatburgunder (Pinot Noir), Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc), Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris), Riesling, Chardonnay31.8 haFounded 1961Werner Julg and Johannes JulgWinemaker Johannes JulgORGANIC CERTIFIEDSchweigen-Rechtenbach
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.
VDP.Grosse Lage PfalzWeissburgunder (Pinot Blanc), Riesling, Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir), Chardonnay30.8 haFounded 1754Carolin BergdoltWinemaker Carolin BergdoltORGANIC CERTIFIEDKonigsbach-Mussbach
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.
VDP.Grosse Lage PfalzRiesling, Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir), Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris), Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc)30.2 haFounded 1960Familie MessmerWinemaker Gregor MessmerORGANIC CERTIFIEDBirkweiler-Siebeldingen
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.
VDP.Grosse Lage PfalzRiesling, Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc), Auxerrois, Silvaner, Rieslaner, Gewurztraminer6.8 haFounded 1715Thomas HenselWinemaker Andreas SchumannDemeter CertifiedORGANIC CERTIFIEDWachenheim
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.