A 23 ha Hambach estate under Thomas Mehling, working calcareous and Buntsandstein parcels around Hambacher Schlossberg and Diedesfelder Olgassel for Riesling and Pinot Noir.
Address: Im Speyerer Tal 4, 67434 Neustadt-Hambach, Germany, Pfalz
A biodynamic Gimmeldingen estate at 20.4 ha under Steffen Christmann, VDP member since 1994 and chair of the VDP national board 2007-2021; flagship Konigsbacher Idig Riesling GG.
Tasting: Vinothek and biodynamic vineyard walks at Gimmeldingen by appointment; Konigsbacher Idig vineyard visits arranged for cellar customers.
An 1718-founded Deidesheim estate working 51.9 ha across 11 Grosse Lage sites including Forster Kirchenstuck, Jesuitengarten, Pechstein, Ungeheuer, and Deidesheimer Hohenmorgen and Kalkofen.
Tasting: Vinothek and tastings by appointment at Kirchgasse 10; cellar tours of the 1718-founded estate showcase the historic 19th-century bottle library.
An 1849-founded Deidesheim estate working 60 ha across Forster Kirchenstuck, Jesuitengarten, Pechstein, Ungeheuer and Freundstuck, with traditional-method Riesling Sekt as a parallel program.
Tasting: Vinothek and shop at Weinstrasse 18-24; cellar tours bookable for groups of 10+ outside harvest (late August to early November); Riesling Sekt aged minimum 40 months on lees in the historic vaulted cellar.
An 1849-founded Deidesheim estate, since 2007 part of the Niederberger group with the Dr. Deinhard line under the same roof, working 93 ha across Forster and Deidesheimer Grosse Lage sites under Stephan Attmann.
Tasting: Vinothek and shop at Weinstrasse 10, Monday-Friday 08:00-18:00, weekends and holidays 10:00-18:00; group cellar tours bookable in advance.
A 1597-founded family estate at Wachenheim under Bettina Burklin-von Guradze, working 84.7 ha biodynamically (Biodyvin, EU-Bio) across 15 VDP.Grosse Lage and Erste Lage parcels in Forst, Deidesheim, Wachenheim and Ruppertsberg.
Tasting: Estate tastings and cellar tours at the Wachenheim courtyard by appointment; biodynamic vineyard walks on the Forster and Wachenheimer Grosse Lage parcels seasonally.
A biodynamic Gimmeldingen estate at 20.4 ha under Steffen Christmann, VDP member since 1994 and chair of the VDP national board 2007-2021; flagship Konigsbacher Idig Riesling GG.
Tasting: Vinothek and biodynamic vineyard walks at Gimmeldingen by appointment; Konigsbacher Idig vineyard visits arranged for cellar customers.
A 1744-founded Haardt estate now in the ninth Catoir generation under Philipp David Catoir; 23.3 ha across Burgergarten Im Breumel monopole, Eselshaut, Mandelgarten and Vogelsang Grosse Lage sites.
Tasting: Vinothek at Mandelring 25; estate tastings by appointment with a focus on Haardter Burgergarten and Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten GGs and the Scheurebe and Rieslaner specialties.
