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.
Address: Am Rosengartchen 25, 65366 Geisenheim-Marienthal, Germany, Rheingau
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.
A 2013-founded Oestrich-Winkel estate by Pascal Bibo and Christian Runge, working Hallgartener Jungfer and Schonhell with skin-contact Rieslings and basket Pinot.
Tasting: Tastings and Vinothek visits by appointment at Eberbacher Strasse 5 in Oestrich-Winkel; skin-contact, basket-pressed Rieslings and Pinot Noir.
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.
Bernd and Ralf Schonleber's 11.7 ha Oestrich-Winkel estate, 94% Riesling; about 22,000 bottles a year of traditional-method Lagen-Sekt alongside still wines.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment in Oestrich-Winkel; speciality in single-vineyard traditional-method Sekt with extended bottle ageing.
Hamm family Oestrich-Winkel estate of 6 ha, EU-organic and over 90% Riesling, with a Gutsausschank wine-tavern at Hauptstrasse 60.
Tasting: EU-organic family estate with a Gutsausschank wine-tavern in Oestrich; tastings paired with seasonal Rheingau dishes.
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.
