16 editor-picked Bacchus producers across 3 regions.
A guide to Bacchus worth seeking out, by region. We list the estates, how each region expresses the grape, and the bottles that show it best.
Run by the Becksteiner winemakers' cooperative on shell-limestone terroir, this daily-open vinothek offers free tastings of Tauberfranken Mueller-Thurgau, Bacchus and Silvaner alongside a wine tavern and sun terrace.
Tip: Ask staff about the curated tasting packages, priced from roughly EUR 32 for a themed selection of bottles to take home.
Escherndorf specialist farming 21.5 hectares including the VDP.Grosse Lage Am Lumpen 1655, with Silvaner and Riesling from the steep, south-facing Lump slope.
Tasting: Tastings for groups up to 28 by appointment; walk-in sales during posted weekday and Saturday hours.
Tip: The Escherndorfer Lump gradient runs 40 to 60 percent, so the estate's Grosses Gewaechs bottlings reward a decant.
Naturland-certified organic estate in Escherndorf farming 16.6 hectares, with Silvaner past 60 percent of plantings on the Lump and neighbouring Muschelkalk slopes.
Tasting: Weekday and Saturday cellar-door sales; tastings by appointment.
Tip: Ask for the Escherndorfer Lump Silvaner trocken, the estate's calling card since Naturland conversion.
The Steigerwald's founding Silvaner estate on gypsum keuper, site of the earliest documented Franconian Silvaner planting on 6 April 1659, farming 73.4 hectares today.
Tasting: Vinothek tastings and cellar tours at the Schlossplatz estate office.
Tip: The estate's own records cite 25 vines planted in 1659, ask staff to point out the historical planting documentation.
Ten-generation Randersacker family estate farming 13.2 hectares of shell-limestone Sonnenstuhl, Marsberg and Pfuelben sites, with Silvaner leading the range.
Tasting: Weekday and Saturday cellar-door sales in Randersacker.
Tip: Randersacker's Sonnenstuhl site runs 50 hectares total; ask which parcel the current Grosses Gewaechs comes from.
Small family estate on the Escherndorfer Lump, farming 5.8 hectares under Peter and Sophie Schaeffer since 2022, with Silvaner leading a dry Franconian range.
Tasting: Cellar-door sales in Volkach-Escherndorf, Monday to Saturday.
Tip: Recently planted Chardonnay is a new departure for the estate, worth asking about alongside the core Silvaner.
Randersacker family estate farming 9 hectares of Sonnenstuhl and neighbouring Muschelkalk sites, with Silvaner leading a low-intervention, naturally styled range.
Tasting: Weekday and Saturday cellar-door sales in Randersacker; Sunday by arrangement.
Tip: The estate's stated philosophy is that a wine's beauty should develop naturally, not be manufactured, reflected in a minimal-intervention cellar approach.
Organic-certified fourth-generation estate at Franken's western edge near Alzenau, farming 11 hectares with Riesling leading over Mueller-Thurgau, Silvaner and Domina.
Tasting: Tastings for groups up to 18, cellar tours, and the annual Hofweinfest on the second weekend of July.
Tip: Domina, a Franken-bred red crossing, is a distinctive pour here alongside the more common Riesling and Silvaner.
Thuengersheim estate on the Buntsandstein-to-Muschelkalk transition, farming 11 hectares with Mueller-Thurgau and Silvaner leading, a VDP member since 1997 under Thomas Schwab.
Tasting: Tastings with cellar tours, guest rooms, and events hosting up to 70 people, Fair'n'Green certified.
Tip: The transition zone soil here differs from the pure Muschelkalk further downriver, giving the wines a distinct mineral edge worth asking about.
Sandy soil vineyard planted in 2007 by winemaker Simon Woodhead, specialising in aromatic still whites from Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc and Bacchus alongside classic method sparkling.
Tasting: Winemaker tours with tasting every Saturday at 11am and 2pm from April to October, bookable online
Family owned vineyard and winery eight miles from Brighton, established in 2010, pouring Bacchus, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in a tasting room that looks towards the Downs.
Tasting: Tasting room open 11am to 6pm Saturday and Sunday from April to October, with small group tours and cheese boards
Family owned vineyard off Vowels Lane near East Grinstead, open seven days a week, with a Tithe Barn wine shop and cafe, a wine garden and bookable tours.
Tasting: Open 10am to 5pm seven days a week for the Tithe Barn wine shop and cafe, with bookable tours and tastings
Tasting room on the Albourne farm north of Brighton, built around Bacchus, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, with vineyard tours and pop-up dining through the season.
Tithe barn shop and tasting room at Mill Place Farm near East Grinstead, open daily, with Bacchus, Chardonnay and Solaris poured in the wine garden.
Sussex Bacchus at under £20. The estate calls it pale and crisp with a light mouthfeel, running from tomato leaf, basil and nettle through lime zest and grapefruit to tropical fruit.
Tip: Buy it at the tasting room eight miles from Brighton and you can taste the Chardonnay and Pinot alongside before deciding.
Bacchus off the Weald sandstone at East Grinstead, sold by the bottle from the Tithe Barn shop that opens 10am to 5pm seven days a week, so it needs no appointment.
Tip: Older vintages sit on the same shelf cheaper: the 2017 Bacchus was still listed at £19 when the 2025 came in at £24.
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