67 editor-picked Spaetburgunder (Pinot Noir) producers across 2 regions.
A guide to Spaetburgunder (Pinot Noir) worth seeking out, by region. We list the estates, how each region expresses the grape, and the bottles that show it best.
Malterdingen estate on weathered muschelkalk in the Breisgau, working 35.3 hectares across the Bienenberg, Sommerhalde and Schlossberg Grosse Lage sites with Spaetburgunder as the house specialty.
Tasting: Vinothek tastings and cellar visits by appointment at the Malterdingen estate, focused on the Bienenberg and Schlossberg Grosse Lage sites.
Tip: Bienenberg Grosse Lage bottlings sell out quickly; ask the Vinothek about mailing-list allocation.
Burgundy specialist above Oberrotweil on the Kaiserstuhl's volcanic and loess soils, farming the Kirchberg, Eichberg, Henkenberg and Steingrubenberg Grosse Lage sites under Konrad Salwey.
Tasting: Tastings at the Oberrotweil estate, with a cellar that runs 12 metres underground into the Kaiserstuhl's volcanic rock.
Tip: The Kirchberg vineyard runs hot in summer; ask about the older, deep-rooted parcels that anchor the estate's top bottling.
Third-generation Ihringen estate on the Kaiserstuhl's Winklerberg, farming 37.6 hectares of mostly dry Burgunder and Riesling on volcanic soil, with a second site on the Achkarren Schlossberg.
Tasting: Tastings at the Ihringen estate on the volcanic Winklerberg, with cellar tours covering the estate's horse-drawn vineyard work.
Tip: 98 percent of the range is bottled dry; ask specifically if you want an off-dry Spaetlese.
Oberbergen estate on the Kaiserstuhl's volcanic Bassgeige and Eichberg sites, run by Friedrich Keller alongside the Schwarzer Adler restaurant his family has kept since 1969.
Tasting: Gravity-fed, three-level winery built into the Oberbergen slope, paired with the estate's Schwarzer Adler restaurant on site.
Tip: Book the Schwarzer Adler restaurant alongside a cellar visit; the two share the same Kaiserstuhl address.
Burkheim family estate tracing winemaking back to 1457, farming 38.3 hectares of the Kaiserstuhl's Feuerberg volcanic terraces, mostly Spaetburgunder and Grauburgunder.
Tasting: Tastings in the estate's 1756 wooden barrel cellar in Burkheim's historic village centre.
Tip: The Feuerberg Kesselberg and Haslen parcels are the estate's warmest sites; ask which vintage is currently pouring.
Ihringen estate on the Vorderer Winklerberg, one of Germany's warmest vineyard sites, farming 13.9 hectares of mostly Burgunder varieties with a small Riesling and Chardonnay planting.
Tasting: Cellar-door tastings in Ihringen covering the Vorderer Winklerberg and Freiburg Schlossberg Grosse Lage bottlings.
Tip: Ask for the Winklerberg Spaetburgunder GG "Backoefele", the estate's flagship red from the site's steepest parcel.
Achkarren estate on the Kaiserstuhl's Schlossberg, farmed by Josef Michel across more than 80 small parcels, roughly 40 percent Grauburgunder alongside Spaetburgunder and Weissburgunder.
Tasting: Family cellar-door tastings in Achkarren across more than 80 individually farmed parcels on the Schlossberg.
Tip: Michel joined the VDP only in 2018; ask about back-vintage library bottles from before that.
ECOVIN-certified organic estate in Bischoffingen on the Kaiserstuhl, farming 35 hectares of Burgunder varieties and Muskateller alongside a Cremant program.
Tasting: Cellar-door tastings at the Bischoffingen estate, which also produces Cremant.
Tip: Ask for the Cremant if you want the estate's sparkling take on Kaiserstuhl Burgunder.
Bischoffingen estate on the Kaiserstuhl built around Spaetburgunder and Chardonnay, with a sister winery the family also runs in New Zealand's Central Otago.
Tasting: Cellar-door tastings at the Bischoffingen winery on the Kaiserstuhl.
Tip: Ask how the Kaiserstuhl and Central Otago bottlings compare; the estate pours both at the cellar door.
Member-owned cooperative in Achkarren farming the Kaiserstuhl's Schlossberg, pouring Burgunder wines from its village cellar door and hosting the annual Achkarrer Weinfest.
Tasting: Cooperative cellar-door sales and tastings in Achkarren village, on the Kaiserstuhl's Schlossberg.
Tip: Time a visit to the Achkarrer Weinfest or the autumn Fackelweinwanderung torch-lit vineyard walk.
Central Baden cooperative winery in Breisach founded in 1952, processing grapes from around 4,000 member growers farming roughly 1,400 hectares across the region, including the Markgraf von Baden estate brand.
Tasting: Central cooperative cellar in Breisach with a visitor shop and tastings drawing on member growers across all seven of Baden's growing districts it processes for.
Tip: The visitor shop stocks the Markgraf von Baden label alongside the cooperative's own Burgunder range.
Munzingen cooperative on the flatter Tuniberg west of Freiburg, around 160 members farming roughly 70 hectares known for Spaetburgunder red wines, Weissherbst rose and Gewuerztraminer.
Tasting: Cooperative cellar door in Munzingen village on the Tuniberg, serving its roughly 160 member growers' Spaetburgunder and Weissherbst.
Tip: Weissherbst, a pale rose pressed from Spaetburgunder, is the Tuniberg's local specialty; ask for it by name.
Independent Munzingen grower on the Tuniberg producing still Burgunder wines alongside its own estate Sekt, distinct from the village's larger cooperative.
Tasting: Estate tastings in Munzingen on the Tuniberg, including sparkling Sekt made in-house.
Tip: Ask specifically for the estate Sekt; most Tuniberg producers sell still wine only.
Schliengen estate dating to 1847, farming the Sonnenstueck Grosse Lage on the Markgraeflerland's calcareous soils with Gutedel alongside its Burgunder range.
Tasting: Tastings at the Schliengen estate, which also runs the on-site Fritz Weinbar.
Tip: Stop at the on-site Fritz Weinbar for a by-the-glass flight after the cellar tour.
EU-Bio certified estate in Schliengen-Mauchen farming the Frauenberg Grosse Lage, with Spaetburgunder and Gutedel as the Markgraeflerland's characteristic pairing.
Tasting: Cellar-door tastings in the secluded Mauchen valley, with an on-site restaurant.
Tip: The on-site restaurant is open alongside the tasting room; book both together.
Small-production Laufen estate on the Altenberg Grosse Lage in the Markgraeflerland, farming 9.5 hectares of Spaetburgunder, Weissburgunder and Gutedel with guest rooms attached.
Tasting: Tastings in a heritage-protected building in Laufen village, with guest rooms on site.
Tip: Rooms above the tasting room make this a good overnight stop on a Markgraeflerland day.
Efringen-Kirchen family estate at the southern edge of the Markgraeflerland, known for single-site Gutedel and Spaetburgunder bottlings named for individual vineyard parcels.
Tasting: Family-run cellar-door tastings in Efringen-Kirchen, in the far south of the Markgraeflerland.
Tip: Ziereisen names its wines after specific parcels rather than village Lagen; ask which site is currently pouring.
Bad Krozingen-Schlatt estate on the Breisgau's limestone slopes south of Freiburg, built around Burgunder varieties with Spaetburgunder as the house lead.
Tasting: Cellar-door tastings in Bad Krozingen-Schlatt, on the Breisgau's loess and limestone soils.
Tip: Schlatt sits between the Kaiserstuhl and Markgraeflerland; pair a visit with either neighbouring district.
Durbach estate on the Ortenau's granite and gneiss Plauelrain slope, majority Riesling (locally called Klingelberger) with a 2016 Eiswein that won the AWC Vienna world championship.
Tasting: Three generations work the Durbach estate together; tastings by appointment on the Plauelrain slope.
Tip: Riesling here is sold under the local name Klingelberger; don't expect Kaiserstuhl Burgunder styles.
Offenburg estate held by the von Franckenstein family since the 18th century and farmed today under Stefan Huschle, EU-organic Riesling and Spaetburgunder from Ortenau's granite sites.
Tasting: Tastings at the Offenburg estate, family-owned for more than three centuries and VDP member since 1926.
Tip: Offenburg sits at the Ortenau's northern gateway, a convenient first or last stop on a Black Forest wine route.
Historic Schloss Neuweier estate north of Baden-Baden, owned by Robert Schaetzle since 2012 and majority Riesling from steep granite terraces cooled by evening Black Forest air.
Tasting: Tastings at the Schloss Neuweier grounds north of Baden-Baden, on steep granite slopes at 200-400 metres elevation.
Tip: The Mauerwein bottling from the Mauerberg Grosse Lage is the estate's most site-specific Riesling.
Lahr estate organic-certified since 1991, farming four Grosse Lage sites on the Ortenau's southern edge with Auxerrois, grown there since the 1950s, alongside the core Burgunder range.
Tasting: Tastings at the Lahr estate, certified organic since 1991.
Tip: Ask for the Auxerrois; Woehrle is one of the few Ortenau estates with old-vine plantings of the variety.
Buehl cooperative in the Affental valley at the Ortenau's northern reach, best known outside the region for its distinctive monkey-relief Affenflasche bottle of Spaetburgunder.
Tasting: Cooperative cellar door in Buehl-Eisental, at the Ortenau's northern edge, known for its monkey-embossed "Affenflasche" bottle.
Tip: The Affenflasche bottle shape is a regional collector's item as much as the wine inside it.
Kraichgau estate first documented in 1251 below the ruins of Burg Ravensburg, Demeter-certified biodynamic and majority Riesling on gypsum-keuper clay-loess soils.
Tasting: Vinothek tastings at the Heitlinger Genusswelten site in Oestringen-Tiefenbach, covering both estates' Grosse Lage wines.
Tip: Taste alongside sister estate Heitlinger; both pour at the same Genusswelten vinothek.
Kraichgau estate on calcareous soils at Oestringen-Tiefenbach, farming 72.7 hectares of mostly Burgunder varieties within the Heitlinger Genusswelten resort complex.
Tasting: Tastings at the Heitlinger Genusswelten complex, which combines the winery with a golf resort, hotel and restaurants.
Tip: The Genusswelten site bundles the tasting room with a hotel and restaurants; book ahead in peak season.
Leimen estate on the Badische Bergstrasse near Heidelberg, farmed by the Seeger family across thirteen generations on muschelkalk and bunter sandstone soils.
Tasting: Tastings at the Leimen estate near Heidelberg, family-run for thirteen generations.
Tip: Leimen is a short trip from Heidelberg, making this the easiest Baden estate to reach without a full Kaiserstuhl detour.
Two-site estate run by the House of Baden, Schloss Salem above the Bodensee and Schloss Staufenberg in the Rhine Valley, majority Burgunder varieties on glacial soils near the lake.
Tasting: Tastings across two sites, Schloss Salem on the Bodensee and Schloss Staufenberg in the Rhine Valley; wines also sold through the Badischer Winzerkeller's shop in Breisach.
Tip: Schloss Salem is a working monastery-turned-palace as well as a winery; the grounds are worth the extra time.
State research-institute winery in Freiburg farming the Schlossberg Grosse Lage in the city itself plus a second site at Ihringen on the Kaiserstuhl, ECOVIN organic-certified since founding in 1926.
Tasting: Two vinotheks, one in Freiburg and one at Blankenhornsberg, plus an online shop; part of the state viticulture research institute.
Tip: The Freiburg Schlossberg vineyard is walkable from the city centre, no separate Kaiserstuhl trip required.
Salwey's tasting room sits above a cellar that drops 12 metres into the Kaiserstuhl's volcanic rock, with flights moving from entry-level Spaetburgunder up through the estate's Grosse Lage bottlings.
Tip: Ask to see the cellar itself; the basalt walls are as much the draw here as the wine.
Dr. Heger pours its Winklerberg Grosse Lage bottlings at the Ihringen cellar door, and cellar tours cover the estate's continued use of horse-drawn ploughs on the steepest volcanic terraces.
Tip: Book ahead for the cellar tour if the horse-drawn vineyard work interests you as much as the wine.
Tastings run in Bercher's 1756 wooden-barrel cellar in Burkheim's walled village centre, a working barrel cellar that sits in deliberate contrast to the estate's modern Burgunder style.
Tip: Burkheim's fortified old town is worth the extra walk before or after the tasting.
This Achkarren cooperative shop pours member-grower Spaetburgunder from the Schlossberg's steep volcanic terraces, with walk-in tastings that don't require the appointment many Kaiserstuhl estates ask for.
Tip: No appointment needed, unlike most Kaiserstuhl cellar doors; good for a spontaneous stop between vineyard walks.
The Breisach cooperative, founded in 1952, pours a full cross-section of Baden styles at its visitor shop, drawing on member growers across all nine Bereiche rather than a single estate's range.
Tip: This is the one Kaiserstuhl tasting room set up for casual walk-ins and bulk case orders, not appointment-only sipping.
The state viticulture institute's Freiburg vinothek pours its research-estate wines by the glass, a rare city-centre tasting stop backed by the same institute that runs Baden's official grape trials.
Tip: A second vinothek at Blankenhornsberg near Ihringen covers the estate's Kaiserstuhl-grown Grosse Lage sites.
This family cellar door in the far south of the Markgraeflerland pours single-site Gutedel alongside a Syrah that is unusual for Baden, a reminder the estate reaches beyond the region's Burgunder default.
Tip: The Syrah bottlings sell out first each vintage; ask what's still available before committing to a flight.
Tastings run inside a heritage-protected building in Laufen village, and the estate keeps guest rooms on site for visitors who want to turn the flight into an overnight Markgraeflerland stop.
Tip: Pair a tasting with an overnight stay; the estate's own guest rooms open the option without a separate booking.
This Buehl-Eisental cooperative pours nothing but Spaetburgunder, poured from the monkey-embossed Affenflasche the co-op has bottled under since the 1950s, at the Ortenau's northern edge.
Tip: The embossed monkey bottle makes a distinctive souvenir if you're buying a case to take home.
Thirteen generations of the same family have worked this Leimen estate minutes from Heidelberg, and tastings here are the easiest Baden cellar-door stop for visitors based in the Rhine-Neckar area.
Tip: The closest VDP tasting room to Heidelberg; a realistic half-day add-on to a Heidelberg trip.
Set inside the former Cistercian Kloster Bronnbach on the Tauber, this vinothek pours wines from 24 growers across the Taubertal, a single stop for the district's Mueller-Thurgau and Silvaner.
Tip: Pair a tasting with the adjoining monastery shop and gardens, which keep the same Wednesday-to-Sunday hours.
This Ortenau cooperative's vinothek sits on Durbach's vineyard edge, pouring the Klingelberger Riesling the village is named for alongside Spaetburgunder from its steep terraces and a scheduled open tasting.
Tip: The Offene Weinprobe cellar tour needs no advance booking; just show up during the scheduled slot for a three-wine flight.
A family Wonnegau estate at Floersheim-Dalsheim, 21 ha under Julia and Klaus-Peter Keller across Grosse Lage sites Hubacker, Buergel, Frauenberg, Kirchspiel and Morstein in Rheinhessen and Schubertslay in Mosel. G-Max is the micro-cuvee Riesling flagship.
Tasting: Visits are by appointment only at Bahnhofstrasse 1, with cellar tours focused on the Hubacker, Buergel, Frauenberg and Morstein Grosse Lage sites. Allocation customers join the annual G-Max release queue separately.
Signature wines: G-Max Riesling, Hubacker Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Buergel Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Kirchspiel Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Morstein Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Frauenberg Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Pettenthal Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Hipping Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Von der Fels Riesling, Limestone Riesling
A Westhofen estate working 30 ha biodynamically under Philipp Wittmann; EU-Bio since the late 1980s and biodynamic since 2004, in respekt-BIODYN and La Renaissance des Appellations. Morstein, Kirchspiel, Brunnenhaeuschen and Aulerde Riesling GGs.
Tasting: Estate tastings and cellar tours by appointment at the 1829 barrel cellar; vineyard walks on the Westhofener Morstein, Kirchspiel and Aulerde slopes seasonally. Vinothek open weekdays.
Signature wines: Morstein Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Kirchspiel Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Brunnenhaeuschen Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Aulerde Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Hoellenbrand Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, La Borne Riesling, Westhofener Riesling Ortswein, 100 Hill Silvaner, Weissburgunder S, Spaetburgunder S
A 50-hectare Hohen-Suelzen estate under H.O. Spanier and Carolin Spanier-Gillot, EU-Bio certified and in La Renaissance des Appellations, with Frauenberg and Kirchenstueck Grosse Lage Riesling parcels.
Tasting: Vinothek and cellar tours at Bahnhofstrasse 33 by appointment, with vineyard walks on the Frauenberg and Kirchenstueck Grosse Lage parcels at Nieder-Floersheim and Hohen-Suelzen.
Signature wines: Frauenberg Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Frauenberg CHF Riesling, Kirchenstueck Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Am schwarzen Herrgott Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Hohen-Suelzer Riesling Ortswein, Weissburgunder Battenfeld-Spanier, Chardonnay Battenfeld-Spanier
A 25-hectare Hohen-Suelzen-based estate co-managed by Carolin Spanier-Gillot and H.O. Spanier with sister estate Battenfeld-Spanier. EU-Bio certified with a Roter Hang Riesling programme on Pettenthal, Hipping, Oelberg and the Nackenheimer Rothenberg cliff above the Rhine.
Tasting: Vinothek and tastings at the Hohen-Suelzen cellar shared with Battenfeld-Spanier by appointment; vineyard walks on the Roter Hang Pettenthal, Hipping, Oelberg and Nackenheimer Rothenberg parcels arranged for allocation customers and trade visitors.
Signature wines: Pettenthal Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Hipping Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Oelberg Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Roter Hang Riesling, Qvinterra Riesling, Rothenberg Wurzelecht Riesling, Bodenheim Riesling Ortswein, Spaetburgunder Kuehling-Gillot
An 1890-founded Nackenheim estate under Johannes Hasselbach, 23.2 ha EU-Bio certified, with Roter Hang Rothenberg, Pettenthal and Hipping Grosse Lage Riesling parcels. The Rothenberg Wurzelecht ungrafted-vines bottling is a Roter Hang historical reference.
Tasting: Vinothek and cellar tours at Carl-Gunderloch-Platz 1 by appointment; vineyard walks on the Nackenheimer Rothenberg and Pettenthal slopes on the Roter Hang seasonally.
Signature wines: Nackenheimer Rothenberg Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Pettenthal Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Hipping Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Roter Hang Riesling, Drei Sterne Riesling Trocken, Jean-Baptiste Riesling Kabinett, Gunderloch Riesling Ortswein, Rothenberg Auslese Goldkapsel
A 14.1-hectare Nierstein Roter Hang estate under Kai Schaetzel, Demeter-certified biodynamic and EU-Bio. Joined the VDP in 2016. Pettenthal, Hipping and Oelberg Riesling GG with low-intervention winemaking define the modern Roter Hang renaissance.
Tasting: Cellar tours and tastings at Oberdorfstrasse 34 by appointment, with Roter Hang vineyard walks on the Pettenthal, Hipping and Oelberg slopes; biodynamic vineyard work is the central focus.
Signature wines: Pettenthal Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Hipping Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Oelberg Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Niersteiner Riesling Ortswein, Roter Hang Riesling, Reverse Riesling, Silvaner Roter Hang
A 48.9-hectare Nierstein estate owned by the Meyer family with Dirk Wuertz as managing director. Demeter-certified and EU-Bio across the Roter Hang Pettenthal, Hipping, Oelberg and Orbel Grosse Lage sites.
Tasting: Vinothek and cellar tours at Wilhelmstrasse 4 by appointment, with biodynamic vineyard walks on the Roter Hang Pettenthal, Hipping, Oelberg and Orbel parcels and Blaufraenkisch micro-plots on the Roter Hang.
Signature wines: Pettenthal Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Hipping Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Oelberg Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Orbel Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Niersteiner Riesling Ortswein, Blaufraenkisch Roter Hang, Riesling Reserve
A 25.30-hectare Siefersheim estate under Daniel Wagner, EU-Bio certified and a VDP member since 2004, working porphyry-and-slate parcels on the Heerkretz and Hoellberg Grosse Lage sites at the western Rheinhessen-Nahe boundary.
Tasting: Vinothek and cellar tours at Woellsteiner Strasse 10 by appointment; vineyard walks on the Heerkretz and Hoellberg Grosse Lage porphyry-and-slate parcels at the Rheinhessen-Nahe border.
Signature wines: Heerkretz Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Hoellberg Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Siefersheimer Riesling Ortswein, Heerkretz Spaetburgunder Grosses Gewaechs, Weissburgunder Wagner-Stempel, Silvaner Wagner-Stempel
A small 7-hectare Westhofen estate under Friedrich Groebe, VDP member since 2000, working the Westhofener Aulerde and Kirchspiel Grosse Lage sites with a tight Riesling focus and a small Silvaner and Burgunder programme alongside.
Tasting: Estate tastings at Mainzer Strasse 18 by appointment; small-batch cellar tours and vineyard walks on the Westhofener Aulerde and Kirchspiel slopes seasonally.
Signature wines: Aulerde Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Kirchspiel Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Westhofener Riesling Ortswein, Silvaner Westhofen, Spaetburgunder K. F. Groebe, Grauburgunder K. F. Groebe
A 25-hectare Appenheim estate under brothers Bjoern and Tobias Knewitz, EU-Bio in conversion and a VDP member since 2021, with three Grosse Lage sites at Hundertgulden (Appenheim), Honigberg and Steinacker (both Nieder-Hilbersheim).
Tasting: Vinothek and cellar tours at Rheinblick 13 by appointment, with vineyard walks on the Appenheimer Hundertgulden Kalkmergel slope and the Nieder-Hilbersheim Honigberg and Steinacker calcareous parcels.
Signature wines: Hundertgulden Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Honigberg Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Steinacker Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Appenheimer Riesling Ortswein, Weisser Burgunder Knewitz, Spaetburgunder Knewitz
A 23.5-hectare Appenheim estate under brothers Christian and Matthias Runkel, EU-Bio certified and a VDP member since 2019, with three Grosse Lage sites at Hundertgulden (Appenheim Kalkmergel), Heerkretz (Siefersheim porphyry) and Scharlachberg (Bingen quartzite).
Tasting: Vinothek and cellar tours at Sonnenhof 15 by appointment, with vineyard walks on the Appenheimer Hundertgulden Kalkmergel slope, the Siefersheimer Heerkretz porphyry parcels and the Binger Scharlachberg quartzite slope.
Signature wines: Hundertgulden Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Heerkretz Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Scharlachberg Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Appenheimer Riesling Ortswein, Weisser Burgunder Bischel, Chardonnay Bischel
A 25.5-hectare Dittelsheim estate under Stefan Winter, VDP member since 2013, with the Wonnegau Geyersberg, Mondschein and Leckerberg Grosse Lage sites carrying the Riesling line and a small Burgunder programme.
Tasting: Vinothek and cellar tours at Heilgebaumstrasse 34, Dittelsheim, by appointment; vineyard walks on the Westhofener Morstein, Kirchspiel and Geyersberg parcels seasonally.
Signature wines: Geyersberg Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Mondschein Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Leckerberg Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Dittelsheimer Riesling Ortswein, Weisser Burgunder Winter, Spaetburgunder Winter
A 17.2-hectare Gundheim estate under Michael Gutzler, EU-Bio certified and a VDP member since 2006, with a strong Wonnegau Spaetburgunder programme on the Westhofener Morstein, Kirchspiel and Floersheimer Frauenberg Grosse Lage sites.
Tasting: Vinothek and cellar tours at Rossgasse 19, Gundheim, by appointment; vineyard walks on the Westhofener Morstein, Kirchspiel and Floersheimer Frauenberg parcels.
Signature wines: Morstein Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Frauenberg Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Kirchspiel Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Morstein Spaetburgunder Grosses Gewaechs, Frauenberg Spaetburgunder Grosses Gewaechs, Weisser Burgunder Gutzler
An 11.4-hectare Ludwigshoehe estate under Lotte Pfeffer-Mueller and Hans Mueller, Demeter-certified, Ecovin and EU-Bio; VDP member since 1971. Tafelstein Riesling and Silvaner anchor the dry programme.
Tasting: Vinothek and biodynamic cellar tours at Mainzer Strasse 3-7 by appointment; vineyard walks on the Tafelstein, Sonnenberg and Roter Hang parcels with a Demeter farming focus.
Signature wines: Tafelstein Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Ludwigshoeher Riesling Ortswein, Tafelstein Silvaner, Scheurebe Brueder Dr. Becker, Spaetburgunder Brueder Dr. Becker, Sonnenberg Silvaner
An 1881-founded Ingelheim estate, 15 ha at 70 percent Spaetburgunder with Chardonnay, Weissburgunder and Fruehburgunder alongside; EU-Bio certified and a VDP member since 1971. The Pares Grosse Lage Spaetburgunder is the Ingelheim Pinot Noir flagship.
Tasting: Vinothek and cellar tours at Bahnhofstrasse 96 by appointment, with vineyard walks on the Ingelheimer Pares Grosse Lage and the Spaetburgunder Erste Lage parcels.
Signature wines: Pares Spaetburgunder Grosses Gewaechs, Ingelheimer Spaetburgunder Ortswein, Fruehburgunder Ingelheim, Chardonnay J. Neus, Weisser Burgunder J. Neus
A 17.2-hectare schloss-based Ingelheim estate under Ivonne and Johannes Graf von Schoenburg-Glauchau; VDP member since 1984, with 70 percent Burgundersorten and 30 percent Riesling on the Westerhaus monopole and adjacent Ingelheim parcels.
Tasting: Schloss-based tastings and cellar tours at the Westerhaus estate above Ingelheim by appointment; vineyard walks on the Schloss Westerhaus monopole and Ingelheimer Hoeller parcels.
Signature wines: Westerhaus Spaetburgunder Grosses Gewaechs, Westerhaus Chardonnay Grosses Gewaechs, Westerhaus Riesling, Westerhaus Weisser Burgunder, Westerhaus Grauer Burgunder
A 36.4-hectare Alsheim estate under Klaus and Elisabeth Muth, VDP member since 1971, with the family in continuous ownership since the 16th century on the Rheinterrasse between Oppenheim and Worms; Riesling, Burgunder and Gewuerztraminer programme.
Tasting: Vinothek and cellar tours at Bachstrasse 47-49, Alsheim, by appointment; vineyard walks on the Alsheimer Frueheste Lage and Mettenheim parcels.
Signature wines: Alsheimer Riesling Ortswein, Riesling Rappenhof, Spaetburgunder Rappenhof, Weisser Burgunder Rappenhof, Gewuerztraminer Rappenhof, Roemerberg Riesling
A 21-hectare state-owned teaching estate in Oppenheim under Director Dr. Bernd Prior, VDP member since 1926. Wormser Strasse 162 is the historic Lehranstalt cellar; the Oppenheimer Sackttraeger and Kreuz Grosse Lage sites anchor the Riesling programme.
Tasting: Vinothek and teaching-cellar tours at Wormser Strasse 162 by appointment; vineyard walks on the Oppenheimer Sackttraeger and Kreuz parcels and St. Laurent micro-plots.
Signature wines: Sackttraeger Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Kreuz Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Oppenheimer Riesling Ortswein, Silvaner Oppenheim, St. Laurent Oppenheim, Spaetburgunder Oppenheim
A Bechtheim estate under Jochen Dreissigacker working approximately 30 hectares with EU-Bio certification, focused on Riesling and Silvaner from the Wonnegau Geyersberg and Morstein slopes with a small Burgunder programme. Independent of VDP.
Tasting: Vinothek and cellar tours at Untere Klinggasse 4, Bechtheim, by appointment; vineyard walks on the Bechtheimer Geyersberg and Westhofener Morstein parcels.
Signature wines: Morstein Riesling, Geyersberg Riesling, Bechtheim Riesling, Silvaner Dreissigacker, Weisser Burgunder Dreissigacker, Spaetburgunder Dreissigacker
A Weinolsheim estate under Eric Manz working Rheinterrasse sites including the Oppenheimer Sackttraeger and Niersteiner Roter Hang parcels with a Riesling and Spaetburgunder focus. Independent of VDP.
Tasting: Vinothek and cellar tours at Muehlweg 18, Weinolsheim, by appointment, with vineyard walks on the Oppenheimer Sackttraeger and Niersteiner Roter Hang parcels.
Signature wines: Sackttraeger Riesling, Pettenthal Riesling, Weinolsheim Riesling, Oppenheim Riesling, Spaetburgunder Manz, Weisser Burgunder Manz
An Engelstadt estate at An der Kirchpforte 10 in the Bereich Bingen, with a Riesling and Pinot focus. Independent of VDP. The Engelstadter parcels sit on calcareous loess and Buntsandstein in the western Rheinhessen plateau.
Tasting: Vinothek and tastings at An der Kirchpforte 10, Engelstadt, by appointment.
Signature wines: Engelstadter Riesling, Strub Riesling Trocken, Spaetburgunder Strub, Weisser Burgunder Strub
A 28-hectare Flonheim-Uffhofen estate under the Espenschied family, with Wilfried and Nico Espenschied as the eighth-generation operators working calcareous loess parcels on the Adelberg slope; on-site Landhotel and estate restaurant.
Tasting: Vinothek, Landhotel and Espenhof estate restaurant at Hauptstrasse 81, Flonheim-Uffhofen; cellar tours and tastings on request; the adjacent Landhotel Espenhof at Hauptstrasse 76 also operates as on-site accommodation.
Signature wines: Flonheimer Adelberg Riesling, Espenhof Riesling Trocken, Weisser Burgunder Espenhof, Grauer Burgunder Espenhof, Spaetburgunder Espenhof, Dornfelder Espenhof
A 12-hectare Bingen-Buedesheim estate under Erik and Carolin Riffel, EU-Bio certified and biodynamic, working the Binger Scharlachberg quartzite-and-slate Grosse Lage as the Riesling flagship. Independent of VDP.
Tasting: Vinothek and biodynamic cellar tours at Muehlweg 14a, Bingen-Buedesheim, by appointment; vineyard walks on the Binger Scharlachberg quartzite slope.
Signature wines: Scharlachberg Riesling Trocken, Scharlachberg Riesling Spaetlese, Binger Riesling, Spaetburgunder Riffel, Weisser Burgunder Riffel, Silvaner Riffel
A 22-hectare Gabsheim estate under brothers Christoph and Johannes Thoerle, working calcareous slopes around Saulheim and Gabsheim with a Riesling-and-Spaetburgunder focus on the Hoelle, Probstey and Schlossberg sites.
Tasting: Vinothek and cellar tours at Hauptstrasse 24, Gabsheim, by appointment; vineyard walks on the Saulheimer Hoelle, Probstey and Schlossberg calcareous slopes seasonally.
Signature wines: Hoelle Riesling, Schlossberg Riesling, Probstey Riesling, Saulheimer Riesling, Spaetburgunder Thoerle, Weisser Burgunder Thoerle
A family Nierstein-Schwabsburg estate on the southern Roter Hang under Christine Huff, working Riesling, Spaetburgunder and Burgunder parcels on the Niersteiner village periphery. Independent of VDP.
Tasting: Visits by appointment at Hauptstrasse 90, Nierstein-Schwabsburg; tastings cover Roter Hang Riesling and Burgunder bottlings.
Signature wines: Schwabsburger Riesling, Niersteiner Riesling Spaetlese, Riesling Trocken Huff, Spaetburgunder Huff, Weisser Burgunder Huff, Silvaner Huff
A Stadecken-Elsheim family estate at Schildweg 2 in the Selz valley working calcareous loess sites with a Riesling-and-Burgunder line and a Spaetburgunder programme. Independent of VDP, mid-size Rheinhessen producer.
Tasting: Vinothek and tastings at Schildweg 2, Stadecken-Elsheim, by appointment; cellar tours cover the Selz-valley calcareous loess parcels.
Signature wines: Stadecker Riesling, Hedesheimer Hof Riesling Trocken, Spaetburgunder Hedesheimer Hof, Weisser Burgunder Hedesheimer Hof, Grauburgunder Hedesheimer Hof, Silvaner Hedesheimer Hof
Bechtheim Wonnegau family estate near Floersheim-Dalsheim and Westhofen, 43 hectares of south-facing parcels with dry Riesling, Burgunder and Dornfelder.
Tip: Visit Spiess on a Wonnegau morning before tasting Keller in Floersheim-Dalsheim; the Bechtheim valley-basin context puts the Wonnegau renaissance into a calmer frame.
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