Urban vinothek of Weingut Balthasar Ress in the Wiesbaden pedestrian zone, open since 2013. Six days a week of Rheingau Riesling and Spatburgunder by the glass with estate-price bottle sales.
Address: Mauergasse 10, 65183 Wiesbaden, Germany, Rheingau
Hilltop Vinothek of Schloss Johannisberg above the Rhine in Geisenheim, where Riesling was first documented as a varietal name on the 1720 estate. Tastings of the estate's Riesling range with views over the slopes.
Vinothek and tasting venue at the 800-year-old Riesling-only estate above Oestrich-Winkel. Tastings take place in the converted coach house with the orangery and seventeenth-century squire's house alongside.
Vinothek and WineBar1136 in the 1136 Cistercian abbey buildings of Kloster Eberbach. Pours and bottle sales from the Hessische Staatsweinguter, the 200-hectare estate of the abbey foundation.
Tasting room of the VDP estate at the foot of the Kiedricher Graefenberg slope. Flights of estate Rieslings including the Graefenberg Grosses Gewaechs and noble-sweet Auslese to Trockenbeerenauslese range.
Vinothek and 300 square metre Kellerwelt in central Ruedesheim showing labels, glass collections and presses. Tastings of Berg Schlossberg, Berg Roseneck and the estate's Riesling and Pinot range.
Tasting room at Johannes Leitz's Ruedesheim estate, working from VDP Grand Cru parcels in Berg Schlossberg, Berg Roseneck and Berg Rottland. Steep-slope Rieslings shown alongside the Eins Zwei Dry entry range.
