ECOVIN-organic Lorch estate of 6 ha across Lorcher Schlossberg, Krone, Pfaffenwies and Bodental-Steinberg plus an Assmannshausen Hollenberg parcel.
Address: Rheinstrasse 21, 65391 Lorch am Rhein, Germany, Rheingau
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.
A four-generation Koegler family estate in Eltville town centre with the Hof Bechtermunz Weinhotel; 34 ha of mostly Riesling on Sonnenberg and Langenstuck.
Tasting: Family Vinothek and Hof Bechtermunz Weinhotel in Eltville town centre with tastings and Strausswirtschaft.
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.
