18 editor-picked estates growing Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) in Rheingau.
Where to taste Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) in Rheingau: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
Hessian state wine estate at the 1136 Cistercian abbey of Eberbach, working 168 ha across the Rheingau with the walled Steinberg monopole and Assmannshausen.
Tasting: Daily monastery and winery tours from 10:00, Vinothek and tasting flights at the abbey; seasonal cellar concerts at Kloster Eberbach.
Theresa Breuer's Rudesheim estate, 40 ha across Rudesheimer Berg, the Rauenthaler Nonnenberg monopole and Lorcher Pfaffenwies; left the VDP in 2000 over GG.
Tasting: Vinothek at Grabenstrasse 8 with cellar tastings by appointment; vineyard walks on the Rudesheimer Berg available in season.
Florsheim-Wicker family estate, 20 ha and 81% Riesling, with monopole sites Wickerer Nonnberg and Hochheimer Konigin Victoriaberg (British royal supplier 1850).
Tasting: Tastings and sales Mon-Fri 15:00 to 19:00 and Sat 10:00 to 14:00 at the Strassenmuhle estate; visits to the Hochheimer Konigin Victoriaberg monopole by appointment.
An 1882-founded Hattenheim foundation estate of 21 ha working 80% Riesling and 15% Pinot family; cellars double as a contemporary art venue with exhibitions.
Tasting: Tastings paired with contemporary art exhibitions in the historic cellar; group visits by appointment.
Mark and Christine Barth's 23 ha Hattenheim estate, EU-organic and focused on traditional-method Lagen-Sekt from Hassel and Wisselbrunnen.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment at the Bergweg estate; Lagen-Sekt traditional-method sparkling is the speciality alongside dry Riesling.
The Hesse family estate at Grund 1 in Johannisberg, 36 ha and 92% Riesling under chairman Donatus Landgraf von Hessen; VDP member since 1969.
Tasting: Tastings and group tours by appointment at the Grund estate; year-round Vinothek hours posted on the producer site.
Tenth-generation Eser family estate in Johannisberg, 14.1 ha of 99% Riesling working Berg Rottland, Klaus and Johannisberger Holle; VDP member since 1994.
Tasting: Tenth-generation family estate offering tastings by appointment at the Johannisberg cellar; specialised in Berg Rottland and Holle Riesling.
Alexander Jung's 20 ha Erbach family estate, 80% Riesling with Spatburgunder, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Sauvignon and Merlot; VDP member since 1997.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment at the Eberbacher Strasse estate; VDP.Grosse Lage focus on Erbacher Hohenrain and Siegelsberg.
Achim von Oetinger's restored Erbach estate (relaunched 2008), 12.3 ha and 85% Riesling across Marcobrunn and Siegelsberg VDP.Grosse Lage parcels.
Tasting: Vinothek open Mon and Fri from 16:00, weekends and holidays from noon; the Marcobrunn and Siegelsberg parcels are the headline tastings.
Jonas Freimuth's 12.1 ha Geisenheim-Marienthal estate, 65% Riesling and 35% Pinot family; three VDP.Grosse Lage sites in the Rheingau and whole-bunch fermentation.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment at the Marienthal hamlet above Geisenheim; whole-bunch fermentations and lengthy lees ageing.
A Lorch family domain documented from the 13th century, 14.5 ha on grey slate and quartzite; 70% Riesling, 28% Burgundy family, and tastings in a 14th-century tower.
Tasting: Tastings inside the 14th-century tower cellar at Rheinstrasse 49 in Lorch; group programmes and Lorcher Schlossberg vineyard walks by appointment.
A Johannisberg family estate documented from 1670, 15 ha on Taunus quartzite around Johannisberg; named Discovery of the Year by Gault Millau in 2008.
Tasting: Family Vinothek and tastings at the Johannisberg estate; visits cover the Taunus quartzite parcels and the Frisian island offshoot.
Philipp Konig's thirteen-generation Assmannshausen Pinot specialist; 90% red varieties on Hollenberg, Frankenthal and Drachenstein, plus Riesling and Pinot Blanc.
Tasting: Family Pinot specialist with tastings and a Strausswirtschaft at Landhaus Kenner above Assmannshausen; Hollenberg, Frankenthal and Drachenstein parcels.
A six-generation Rudesheim family estate documented from 1826; 90% Riesling across Berg Schlossberg, Berg Roseneck and Berg Rottland on the Rudesheimer Berg.
Tasting: Rudesheim town-centre Vinothek with tastings of dry and noble-sweet Riesling from Berg Schlossberg, Berg Roseneck and Berg Rottland; visits by appointment.
A Lorch family estate working steep grey-slate slopes for Riesling-led dry whites and Pinot Noir; Weinwirtschaft Laquai in the half-timbered village centre.
Tasting: Lorch Weinwirtschaft in a half-timbered house in the village centre with regional home-cooked food paired with estate wines; tastings and direct sales.
An Erbach family estate operating in the Rheingau since 1824, now fifth and sixth generation; 16 ha across Siegelsberg, Steinmorgen and Hallgartener Jungfer.
Tasting: Fifth- and sixth-generation Erbach family estate with tastings, direct sales and a Strausswirtschaft; Erbacher Siegelsberg and Steinmorgen the focus.
Matthias Crass's family Erbach estate, working Steinmorgen, Hohenrain, Michelmark and Kiedricher Sandgrub; runs a restaurant in the historic Burg Crass since 2016.
Tasting: Burg Crass estate restaurant and Gutsausschank in the historic Erbach buildings; tastings, gardens and barrier-free Vinothek.
A sixth-generation Hattenheim family estate of 9 ha along the Rhine from Erbach through Hattenheim, Oestrich and Mittelheim; Riesling and Burgundy varieties.
Tasting: Sixth-generation Hattenheim family estate with a Rheinallee Vinothek and tastings across parcels from Erbach through Hattenheim to Mittelheim.