Programme of guided abbey tours and wine tastings at the 1136 Cistercian monastery in Eltville, ranging from spontaneous weekend tours to private group seminars on Rheingau Riesling and Cistercian wine history.
Address: Kloster Eberbach, 65346 Eltville am Rhein, Germany, Rheingau
Member-driven Rheingau wine convent founded 1971 with seat at Kloster Eberbach, organising regular wine seminars, tastings and estate visits for around 650 members. Open to outside guests by invitation through member estates.
Member-driven Rheingau wine convent founded 1971 with seat at Kloster Eberbach, organising regular wine seminars, tastings and estate visits for around 650 members. Open to outside guests by invitation through member estates.
Moderated private tasting programme at the Robert Weil estate in Kiedrich, with structured flights from estate dry to noble-sweet wines from the Kiedricher Graefenberg site. Designed for small groups, by appointment.
Adult-education wine programme at the Volkshochschule Wiesbaden, the city's continuing-education institution. Course catalogue includes themed Rheingau and exotic-wine evenings and food-pairing seminars.
Estate tasting programmes at Schloss Johannisberg, including the Desire on Riesling tour with cellar visit and the Bibliotheca Subterranea, the underground library that holds 25,000 bottles dating to 1748.
State-recognised viticulture university in Geisenheim with around 1,350 students across degree programmes including the Viticulture and Enology BSc and the Vinifera EuroMaster MSc consortium with French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese partners.
