EU-organic Erbach estate on a former Eberbach monastery farmstead, owned by the Knyphausen family for over 200 years; 16.7 ha with a parcel of Erbacher Marcobrunn.
Address: Erbacher Strasse 28, 65346 Eltville-Erbach, Germany, Rheingau
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.
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.
An Eltville-Martinsthal family estate of 18.8 ha (82% Riesling, 18% Spatburgunder) run by the fifth-generation Seyffardts in a 17th-century barrel cellar.
Tasting: Fifth-generation family estate with tastings by appointment in a 17th-century barrel cellar in Martinsthal.
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.
ECOVIN-organic Lorch estate of 6 ha across Lorcher Schlossberg, Krone, Pfaffenwies and Bodental-Steinberg plus an Assmannshausen Hollenberg parcel.
Tasting: ECOVIN-organic estate offering tastings, cooking classes and a casual Strausswirtschaft at Rheinstrasse 21 in Lorch.
Winemaker Martin Störzel will guide you on this fascinating tour, which lasts around three hours and takes place on Saturdays from April to October, through the beauti...
Embark on a wine tour along the Riesling route of the Rheingau region in the Rhein Valley. Learn about the king of white wines, Riesling, and try unique German Pinot N...
The ride on the Winzerexpress is one of the incomparable moments in Rüdesheim.
