Philipp Konig's thirteen-generation Assmannshausen Pinot specialist; 90% red varieties on Hollenberg, Frankenthal and Drachenstein, plus Riesling and Pinot Blanc.
Address: Landhaus Kenner 1, 65385 Rudesheim-Assmannshausen, Germany, Rheingau
An 1826-founded Lorch family estate of about 12 ha on grey-slate Lorch slopes; tastings, restaurant and apartments inside the UNESCO Upper Middle Rhine valley.
Tasting: Lorch family estate at Binger Weg 2 with tastings, a restaurant and vacation apartments; restaurant open Thursday to Sunday.
Blaes family Rudesheim Strausswirtschaft and winery on the road to Marienthal; vineyards in Magdalenenkreuz, Kirchenpfad and Rottland with Riesling and Pinot Noir.
Tasting: Year-round Magdalenenhof Strausswirtschaft with sun terrace, winter garden and rooms in the former pressing house; only estate wines poured.
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.
