Hotel and wine tavern on the Drosselgasse opened 1927 and run by the third generation of the Ohlig family. Sixty rooms around a courtyard, plus the Weinfass option to spend the night inside a giant wine barrel.
The list: Wine tavern with Rheingau Riesling and Spatburgunder; Drosselgasse vinothek access alongside
Address: Drosselgasse 4, 65385 Ruedesheim am Rhein, Germany, Rheingau
Hotel attached to the Weinhaus Sinz restaurant in Wiesbaden-Frauenstein, in the middle of the city's vineyards. Seventeen rooms across the main building and three guest houses, with regional Rheingau wines in the dining room.
The list: Rheingau wine list in the restaurant; estate visits from the Wiesbaden vineyards nearby
Estate suite at Weingut Balthasar Ress on the Hattenheim riverfront, in the former bishop's residence beside the vinothek. Estate Rieslings and Pinot tastings on site at the working VDP winery.
The list: Estate VDP Rheingau range on tap at the vinothek; in-house tastings and guided cellar visits
Guesthouse of Weingut Balthasar Ress on the vineyard slope above Hallgarten, run from the Hattenheim estate. Vineyard-view rooms with breakfast and access to the Hallgartener Jungfer parcel that the estate works.
The list: Estate Hattenheim and Hallgarten Rieslings on the breakfast list; tasting visits to the main winery in Hattenheim
Historic Rheingau castle hotel reopening as part of IHG's Vignette Collection in January 2026. Fifty-three rooms and suites, three restaurants and a wellness area on the riverbank in Erbach.
The list: Marcobrunn gourmet restaurant; estate wine programme from Schloss Reinhartshausen, the 680-year-old castle winery
Castle hotel above the Rheingau vineyards in Geisenheim-Johannisberg, with rooms split between the historic castle, Park Residence and Guest House. Vineyard views over the Rhine valley and Burgrestaurant Schwarzenstein.
The list: On-site Burgrestaurant Schwarzenstein and Brasserie Schwarzenstein; vineyard-view dining with Rheingau wine list
Family-run 4-star hotel and gourmet restaurant in central Hattenheim, with a painted-ceiling dining room and head sommelier Florian Richter (Sommelier des Jahres 2023).
The list: Award-winning wine list led by sommelier Florian Richter; cellar selections across Rheingau, France and beyond
