Blaes family Rudesheim Strausswirtschaft and winery on the road to Marienthal; vineyards in Magdalenenkreuz, Kirchenpfad and Rottland with Riesling and Pinot Noir.
Address: Marienthaler Strasse 90, 65385 Rudesheim am Rhein, Germany, Rheingau
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 small Aulhausen family estate above Rudesheim of about 6.5 ha, working steep Rudesheimer Berg parcels for Riesling, Grauburgunder and a small Spatburgunder line.
Tasting: Family-run Aulhausen estate above Rudesheim; tastings, Strausswirtschaft and direct sales by appointment in the village cellar.
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 Geisenheim family estate documented to 1438 and now in the 25th generation; 40 ha and 90% Riesling across Geisenheim, Winkel, Oestrich and Kiedrich sites.
Tasting: Tastings and sales at the historic Nothgottesstrasse cellar in Geisenheim; visits cover Geisenheim, Winkel, Oestrich, Kiedrich and Hattenheim parcels.
A small Aulhausen family estate above Rudesheim of about 6.5 ha, working steep Rudesheimer Berg parcels for Riesling, Grauburgunder and a small Spatburgunder line.
Tasting: Family-run Aulhausen estate above Rudesheim; tastings, Strausswirtschaft and direct sales by appointment in the village cellar.
Denise and Pascal Sohns's fourth-generation Geisenheim estate of 10 ha under organic guidelines; flagship Riesling from Klauserweg and Lorchhauser Seligmacher.
Tasting: Fourth-generation family estate in northern Geisenheim with tastings, Strausswirtschaft and direct sales; organic guidelines and steep-slope Lorch parcels.
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.
A long-running Oestrich-Winkel family estate in family ownership since 1710; about 12 ha of Riesling-led, spontaneously fermented, lees-aged wines.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment at the Rheingaustrasse cellar in Oestrich-Winkel; focus on natural ferments and lees-aged Riesling.
