Fred and Florian Prinz's 12.6 ha Hallgarten estate, EU-organic and biodynamic-practising, working Jungfer, Schonhell and Hendelberg on the elevated Hallgarten slopes (around 270 metres).
Address: Im Flachsgarten 5, 65375 Hallgarten, Germany, Rheingau
The Hesse family estate at Grund 1 in Johannisberg, 36 ha and 92% Riesling under chairman Donatus Landgraf von Hessen; VDP member since 1969.
Tasting: Tastings and group tours by appointment at the Grund estate; year-round Vinothek hours posted on the producer site.
Tenth-generation Eser family estate in Johannisberg, 14.1 ha of 99% Riesling working Berg Rottland, Klaus and Johannisberger Holle; VDP member since 1994.
Tasting: Tenth-generation family estate offering tastings by appointment at the Johannisberg cellar; specialised in Berg Rottland and Holle Riesling.
Wegeler-Drieseberg family estate at Friedensplatz in Oestrich, 41.7 ha all Riesling working Berg Schlossberg, Lenchen, Doosberg and Geisenheimer Rothenberg.
Tasting: Gutshaus tastings, Vinothek and wine garden at Friedensplatz; visits by appointment; the family also runs estates on the Mosel.
Long-established Oestrich-Winkel family estate (cited to 1292) of 65.6 ha across the Rheingau; in conversion to organic with the Allendorf Weinforum tasting hub.
Tasting: Allendorf Weinforum tastings and restaurant in Oestrich-Winkel; flights, vineyard tours and seasonal events.
Peter Querbach's 10 ha Oestrich estate across Doosberg, Lenchen, Schonhell and Hasensprung; spontaneous ferments and long lees ageing.
Tasting: Family Vinothek and tastings by appointment in Oestrich; visits cover Doosberg, Lenchen, Schonhell and Hasensprung.
Desiree Eser's 12.2 ha Oestrich estate, 90% Riesling and 10% Spatburgunder, with traditional Stuckfass ageing in a 350-year-old vaulted cellar at Friedensplatz.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment in the 350-year-old vaulted cellar at Friedensplatz 19; estate wines mature in classical oak Stuckfass.
