NeighbourhoodZorn (Heidenrod, Untertaunus, outside the Rheingau)
HoursFarm shop Tuesday and Friday afternoons; Wiesbaden market stall Wednesday and Saturday 7:00 to 14:00. The farm posts its holiday closures on its news page.
KindFarm
Visitingfarm shop on Tuesday and Friday afternoons, stall at the Wiesbaden Wochenmarkt on Wednesday and Saturday mornings
BookingShop only
Herd50 dairy cows plus followers (the farm's own figure)
OrganicDemeter

Cheeses: Zornickel (white-mould soft cheese, Camembert style), Brie-style soft cheese, Zedoner (white mould and red smear), Zornella (semi-hard cheese), Tomme Zorn

Website: hofzorn.de

Rheingau wine and cheese

Spundekäs with Dry white wine (light to medium-bodied dry Rheingau Riesling)

Local tradition

German Wikipedia says Spundekäs is classically eaten with white wine and served in practically every wine house and Straußwirtschaft of the Rheingau. It names no grape; these dry Rieslings, light to medium in body, are our examples, their high acidity cutting the cream and onion.

Source

4.6 Kiedricher Klosterberg Riesling Erste Lage Weingut Robert Weil 4.6 Kiedricher Turmberg Riesling Erste Lage Weingut Robert Weil 4.5 Kiedricher Riesling Trocken Ortswein Weingut Robert Weil 4.5 Hochheimer Stielweg Riesling Alte Reben Weingut Kunstler

Hessischer Handkäse with Dry Rheingau Riesling (light to medium-bodied)

Our pick

Apple wine is the usual drink with Handkäse, and German Wikipedia names dry white wine for areas such as Rheinhessen and the Palatinate. A dry, high-acid Riesling meets the onion and vinegar marinade with acidity of its own.

4.6 Kiedricher Klosterberg Riesling Erste Lage Weingut Robert Weil 4.6 Kiedricher Turmberg Riesling Erste Lage Weingut Robert Weil 4.5 Kiedricher Riesling Trocken Ortswein Weingut Robert Weil 4.5 Hochheimer Stielweg Riesling Alte Reben Weingut Kunstler

Spundekäs with Fruity Rheingau Riesling (Kabinett or Spätlese)

Our pick

Rheingau.de, the region's tourism site, says Spundekäs goes perfectly with a fruity Rheingau Riesling. In these off-dry and medium-sweet wines, fruit and a little sweetness soften the raw onion and spice, and racy acidity cuts the butter and cream.

4.7 Gruenlack Riesling Spaetlese Schloss Johannisberg 4.7 Kiedricher Graefenberg Riesling Spaetlese Weingut Robert Weil 4.5 Schloss Vollrads Riesling Spaetlese Schloss Vollrads 4.4 Schloss Vollrads Riesling Kabinett Schloss Vollrads

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Location

Address: An der Ganswiese 1, 65321 Heidenrod-Zorn, Rheingau

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Käserei Horst ★ 4.1

Groß-Gerau (Hesse, outside the Rheingau)DairyShop only

Handkäse dairy in Groß-Gerau, a family business since 1862, which calls itself Germany's oldest sour-milk dairy. Handkäse is sold at the dairy, which publishes no opening hours.

Cheeses: Hessischer Handkäse

Visiting: buy Handkäse directly at the dairy (its site says Handkäse is not suited to shipping)

Schützenstraße 24, 64521 Groß-Gerau

Käserei H. Birkenstock ★ 4.1

Hüttenberg, Lahn-Dill (central Hesse, outside the Rheingau)Factory shop Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 8:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 15:30, Tuesday 8:00 to 14:00, Friday 8:00 to 13:30; vending machine open 24 hoursDairyShop only

Family dairy making Handkäse in Hüttenberg since 1959; its site calls the town Hesse's Handkäse capital. Visitors can buy at the factory shop on weekdays or from the 24-hour vending machine.

Cheeses: Hessischer Handkäse

Visiting: factory shop (Werksverkauf) on weekdays, 24-hour vending machine, refilled daily

Weserstraße 1, 35625 Hüttenberg

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