110 editor-picked Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir) producers across 3 regions.
A guide to Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir) worth seeking out, by region. We list the estates, how each region expresses the grape, and the bottles that show it best.
An ambitious estate spanning the Mosel and Saar with one of the largest collections of top sites in the region, plus serious Mosel Pinot Noir. Famous for its star-coded labelling of dry, off-dry and sweet styles.
Tasting: Vinothek open Monday to Friday 10:00 to 17:00, weekends and holidays by appointment.
A monastic-rooted Ruwer estate whose three monopole vineyards, Abtsberg, Herrenberg and Brudersberg, surround the manor. Filigree, long-lived Rieslings with documented winegrowing back to the 10th century.
Tasting: Open Monday to Friday 08:00 to 17:00; Saturdays 10:00 to 16:00 from May to October, and by appointment.
A nine-generation family estate in Wehlen with parcels in the Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Graacher Domprobst and Bernkasteler sites. Riesling-focused, with a small amount of Spatburgunder.
Tasting: Vinothek and Riesling cafe in the garden; tastings and sales at the Wehlen estate.
A cult micro-estate proving the slate Mosel can make serious Pinot Noir. Daniel Twardowski's Pinot Noix is grown on Devonian slate and made in a Burgundian, low-yield style.
Tasting: Very small estate; visits and tastings strictly by appointment.
An 1718-founded Deidesheim estate working 51.9 ha across 11 Grosse Lage sites including Forster Kirchenstuck, Jesuitengarten, Pechstein, Ungeheuer; Deidesheimer Hohenmorgen and Kalkofen.
Tasting: Vinothek and tastings by appointment at Kirchgasse 10; cellar tours of the 1718-founded estate showcase the historic 19th-century bottle library.
An 1849-founded Deidesheim estate working 60 ha across Forster Kirchenstuck, Jesuitengarten, Pechstein, Ungeheuer and Freundstuck, with traditional-method Riesling Sekt as a parallel program.
Tasting: Vinothek and shop at Weinstrasse 18-24; cellar tours bookable for groups of 10+ outside harvest (late August to early November); Riesling Sekt aged minimum 40 months on lees in the historic vaulted cellar.
An 1849-founded Deidesheim estate, since 2007 part of the Niederberger group with the Dr. Deinhard line under the same roof, working 93 ha across Forster and Deidesheimer Grosse Lage sites under Stephan Attmann.
Tasting: Vinothek and shop at Weinstrasse 10, Monday-Friday 08:00-18:00, weekends and holidays 10:00-18:00; group cellar tours bookable in advance.
A 1597-founded family estate at Wachenheim under Bettina Burklin-von Guradze, working 84.7 ha biodynamically (Biodyvin, EU-Bio) across 15 VDP.Grosse Lage and Erste Lage parcels in Forst, Deidesheim, Wachenheim and Ruppertsberg.
Tasting: Estate tastings and cellar tours at the Wachenheim courtyard by appointment; biodynamic vineyard walks on the Forster and Wachenheimer Grosse Lage parcels seasonally.
A biodynamic Gimmeldingen estate at 20.4 ha under Steffen Christmann, VDP member since 1994 and chair of the VDP national board 2007-2021; flagship Konigsbacher Idig Riesling GG.
Tasting: Vinothek and biodynamic vineyard walks at Gimmeldingen by appointment; Konigsbacher Idig vineyard visits arranged for cellar customers.
A 1744-founded Haardt estate now in the ninth Catoir generation under Philipp David Catoir; 23.3 ha across Burgergarten Im Breumel monopole, Eselshaut, Mandelgarten and Vogelsang Grosse Lage sites.
Tasting: Vinothek at Mandelring 25; estate tastings by appointment with a focus on Haardter Burgergarten and Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten GGs and the Scheurebe and Rieslaner specialties.
A respekt-BIODYN Siebeldingen estate at 26 ha under Hansjorg Rebholz, VDP member since 1991, with Grosse Lage parcels at Birkweiler Kastanienbusch, Siebeldinger Im Sonnenschein and Mandelberg.
Tasting: Vinothek at Weinstrasse 54; biodynamic vineyard walks on Kastanienbusch, Im Sonnenschein and Mandelberg by appointment; vintner tastings during the Sudliche Weinstrasse open-cellar weekend in late August.
A Schweigen Pinot Noir specialist at 29.8 ha under Friedrich Wilhelm Becker, VDP member since 2000, with 80 percent Burgunder plantings and Grosse Lage vines literally crossing the French border into Alsace.
Tasting: Vinothek and shop at Hauptstrasse 29 by appointment; Pinot-focused tastings of Sankt Paul, Sonnenberg, Kammerberg and Heydenreich GGs, with vineyard walks that physically cross into French Alsace.
A 99.7 ha Laumersheim estate under Werner, Volker and Stephan Knipser, VDP member since 1993, and the German barrique-pioneer estate for Cabernet, Merlot and Pinot Noir from the 1980s onward.
Tasting: Estate Vinothek at Hauptstrasse 47-49 by appointment; tastings cover Kirschgarten, Mandelpfad and Steinbuckel GGs and the Knipser Bordeaux-blend reds that pioneered the category in Germany from the 1980s.
A 61 ha north-Mittelhaardt and Zellertal estate at Laumersheim under Philipp Kuhn, VDP member since 2008, with Grosse Lage parcels at Kirschgarten, Steinbuckel, Im Grossen Garten, Schwarzer Herrgott and Kallstadter Saumagen.
Tasting: Vinothek at Grosskarlbacher Strasse 20 by appointment; estate tastings cover the Laumersheimer Kirschgarten and Steinbuckel GGs and the Zellertaler Schwarzer Herrgott and Kreuzberg Rieslings.
A 19.9 ha Birkweiler VDP estate (member since 1991) under Franz Wehrheim, respekt-BIODYN certified, with Grosse Lage parcels at Mandelberg, Kastanienbusch (Koppel) and Siebeldinger Im Sonnenschein.
Tasting: Vinothek at Weinstrasse 8 by appointment; Mandelberg, Kastanienbusch and Im Sonnenschein vineyard walks bookable in season.
A 12.5 ha Kallstadt traditionalist working Saumagen, Steinacker and Annaberg with spontaneous fermentation in old oak; the Saumagen R Riesling has been bottled in this house style since the Bernd Philippi era from the 1970s.
Tasting: Estate tastings by appointment in the Kallstadt Weinstrasse cellar; traditional spontaneous fermentation in old oak with extended lees contact, Saumagen R bottlings released years after vintage.
A 16.3 ha Ungstein estate at Pfeffingen 2 under Jan Eymael, VDP member since 1986; Herrenberg and Weilberg Grosse Lage Rieslings and the historic Pfalz Scheurebe reference bottling.
Tasting: Vinothek at Pfeffingen 2 by appointment; tastings cover Ungsteiner Herrenberg and Weilberg GG plus the estate's Scheurebe lineup, the Pfeffingen reference.
A 1921-founded Forst estate at Weinstrasse 27 under Sabine Mosbacher-Duringer and Jurgen Duringer, certified organic since 2012, with all four Forster Grosse Lage sites in production: Kirchenstuck, Jesuitengarten, Pechstein, Ungeheuer.
Tasting: Vinothek at Weinstrasse 27 by appointment; tastings cover all four Forster Grosse Lage GGs and the estate's dry Spatburgunder.
A 10.9 ha Forst estate under Anna-Barbara Acham, VDP founding member from 1908 and certified organic; four Forster Grosse Lage parcels Kirchenstuck, Jesuitengarten, Pechstein and Ungeheuer and an on-site Gutsausschank wine-tavern.
Tasting: Vinothek and Gutsausschank restaurant at Weinstrasse 67; daily seasonal opening hours and a wine list of Forster Grosse Lage GGs poured by the glass.
A 17 ha Forst estate under Stephan Muller, with viticulture continuous since 1767; bottles from all four classic Forster Grosse Lage sites plus Freundstuck and a focus on long-aged Riesling Reserve releases.
Tasting: Vinothek at Weinstrasse 34A by appointment; tastings cover Forster Kirchenstuck, Jesuitengarten, Pechstein, Ungeheuer and Freundstuck bottlings.
A 17.6 ha Bad Durkheim estate under Patrick and Stephan Rach plus Martin Klein, VDP founding member since 1908; eight classified sites including Forster Pechstein, Durkheimer Michelsberg, Ungsteiner Herrenberg and Weilberg.
Tasting: Vinothek at Weinstrasse Sud 30 by appointment; tastings of Durkheimer Michelsberg, Forster Pechstein and Ungsteiner Herrenberg and Weilberg GGs in the 17th-century vaulted cellar.
A 24.9 ha Bad Durkheim estate at Weinstrasse Nord 51 under Johann Fitz, nine generations of family ownership and a VDP founding member; Grosse Lage parcels at Durkheimer Michelsberg and Ungsteiner Herrenberg.
Tasting: Vinothek at Weinstrasse Nord 51 by appointment; cellar tour of the 1785 vaulted cellar; on-site Park Hotel Fitz-Ritter for estate-stay packages.
A 44 ha north-Mittelhaardt estate at Freinsheim under brothers Steffen and Andreas Rings, VDP member since 2015; spontaneous-ferment dry Riesling and Pinot Noir from Saumagen, Annaberg, Weilberg and Felsenberg in a new underground cellar.
Tasting: Estate Vinothek at the new (2018) cellar at Am Gottesacker 10, set 70 percent underground in the Schwarzes Kreuz vineyard; tastings by appointment of Kallstadter Saumagen, Annaberg and Ungsteiner Weilberg GGs.
An 18.1 ha Leinsweiler estate under the Siegrist and Schimpf families, VDP member since 2000; barrique-aged Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Kalmit and Leinsweiler Sonnenberg GGs in a 1555 tithe cellar overlooking the Max Slevogt summer residence.
Tasting: Vinothek by appointment at Am Hasensprung 4; tastings in the 1555-built tithe cellar; Kalmit and Sonnenberg vineyard walks bookable in season.
A 27.6 ha Sudliche Weinstrasse estate at Ilbesheim under Boris Kranz, VDP member since 2012; Grosse Lage Riesling and Pinot Blanc from Ilbesheimer Kalmit and Kirchberg and a share of Birkweiler Kastanienbusch.
Tasting: Vinothek at Morzheimer Strasse 2 with views over Kalmit; tastings of Kalmit, Kirchberg and Kastanienbusch GGs by appointment.
A 19 ha Godramstein Burgunder specialist under Gunter and Friedrich Kessler, VDP member since 2000; flagship Munzberg Schlangenpfiff Weisser Burgunder GG and a Pinot Noir-led portfolio on calcareous soils.
Tasting: Vinothek at Bochingerstrasse 51 by appointment; tastings of Munzberg Schlangenpfiff Weissburgunder GG and the Godramsteiner Erste Lage bottlings.
A 25.7 ha Flemlingen estate in the eighth Minges generation under Theo Minges, VDP member since 2008 and certified organic; Burrweiler Schawer, Gleisweiler Holle and Bochinger Rosenkranz GGs.
Tasting: Vinothek at Bachstrasse 11 in a 15th-century courtyard by appointment; tastings of Schawer, Holle and Rosenkranz GGs.
A 20.4 ha Schweigen border estate under Gerd Bernhart, VDP member since 2004; certified organic with the Radling Pinot Noir GG as flagship and roughly two-thirds of the vineyard land lying in France under the Pfalz wine-law exception.
Tasting: Vinothek at Hauptstrasse 8 in Schweigen by appointment; Pinot-focused tastings of the Kostert, Radling, Sonnenberg and Guldenwingert GGs.
A 31.8 ha Schweigen-Rechtenbach estate under Werner and Johannes Julg, VDP member since 2021; certified organic, with Sonnenberg, Kammerberg and Guldenwingert Grosse Lage Pinot and Riesling on Muschelkalk limestone at the French border.
Tasting: Vinothek at Hauptstrasse 1 by appointment; Pinot-focused tastings of Sonnenberg, Kammerberg and Guldenwingert GGs and the estate-bottled Sekt program.
A 30.8 ha Mittelhaardt-South estate at Duttweiler under Carolin Bergdolt, VDP member since 1993 and certified organic; Pinot Blanc specialist with Grosse Lage parcels at Reiterpfad, Duttweiler Kalkberg and Kirrweiler Mandelberg.
Tasting: Vinothek at the Klostergut courtyard by appointment; tastings of Reiterpfad An den Achtmorgen, Duttweiler Kalkberg and Kirrweiler Mandelberg GGs and the estate Sekt.
A 30.2 ha Burrweiler estate under the Messmer family, VDP member since 1997 and certified organic; Schawer (Burrweiler) and Michelsberg (Weyher) Grosse Lage Riesling on slate-rich soils of the southern Mittelhaardt.
Tasting: Vinothek at Gaisbergstrasse 5 by appointment; tastings of Burrweiler Schawer and Weyherer Michelsberg GGs.
A 17 ha Zellertal estate at Zell under brothers Stephan and Georg Schwedhelm; flagship Zeller Schwarzer Herrgott Riesling Grosse Lage on calcareous clay at the northern edge of the Pfalz.
Tasting: Vinothek by appointment in Zell; tastings of the Schwarzer Herrgott Riesling Grosse Lage and the Burgunder lineup.
A 58 ha Bissersheim estate in the north Pfalz under brothers Frank and Thomas Pfaffmann; vineyards on Goldberg, Held, Orlenberg and Steig in Bissersheim, Steinacker in Kirchheim and Burgweg and Osterberg in Grosskarlbach.
Tasting: Vinothek at Bissersheim by appointment; tastings cover Bissersheim Goldberg Sauvignon Blanc Fume Reserve and Bissersheim Kalkmergel Chardonnay Reserve.
A 92 ha Ellerstadt estate founded by Markus Schneider in 1994 with one hectare; modern-label Pfalz red and white program around the Black Print Bordeaux-blend brand and the Kaitui Sauvignon Blanc.
Tasting: Vinothek at Am Hohen Weg 1 in Ellerstadt with regular tasting events; cellar tours and brand portfolio across Black Print, Kaitui and the Riesling line.
A 22 ha Birkweiler estate under Volker Gies, with 38 percent Riesling, 17 percent Spatburgunder and 30 percent Pinot Blanc/Pinot Gris on the Buntsandstein-and-slate slopes around Kastanienbusch.
Tasting: Vinothek and shop at Am Rosenberg 5; tastings of Kastanienbusch and Mandelberg single-vineyard Rieslings and Pinot Noir.
A 38 ha Bad Durkheim estate under Alexander Pflueger, certified Demeter biodynamic since 2008; Riesling and Burgunder from sites around Bad Durkheim, Ungstein and Wachenheim.
Tasting: Vinothek by appointment at Bad Durkheim; Demeter-biodynamic vineyard walks on the Durkheimer Spielberg and Ungsteiner sites.
A 35 ha Hainfeld estate under Annette Borell and Thomas Diehl, with roots back to 1619; expanded from five hectares since the 1990 founding-by-marriage and known for Pfalz-priced everyday Sauvignon Blanc and traditional-method Chardonnay Sekt.
Tasting: Vinothek at Hainfeld with regular Saturday afternoon open hours; tastings of Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling and the methode-champenoise Chardonnay Sekt.
An 85 ha Hainfeld estate in the 15th Lergenmueller generation since 1538; broad Burgunder-led portfolio, ownership of Weingut Sankt Annaberg from 1998 and a sustainability-driven cellar program.
Tasting: Vinothek at Weinstrasse 16 with daily opening hours; tastings cover the Burgunder lineup and the Sankt Annaberg single-vineyard reds.
An 1879-founded Deidesheim estate at Im Kathrinenbild 1, owned since 2012 by Fumiko Tokuoka and run by Ulrich Mell; 17 ha across Deidesheimer Grosse Lage sites and a parallel Sekt program.
Tasting: Vinothek and Sekt cellar at Im Kathrinenbild 1; tastings of Deidesheimer Grainhubel, Kieselberg and Hohenmorgen Rieslings and traditional-method Sekt.
A small Gimmeldingen estate at Hahnentor 1 under Steffen Mugler, working roughly 8 ha across Mandelgarten and Bienengarten on calcareous sandstone; soil-focused, terroir-driven program.
Tasting: Vinothek and Hofausschank at Hahnentor 1 in Gimmeldingen; tastings of Mandelgarten and Bienengarten village wines.
A Pfalz traditional-method Sekt manufactory founded in 1989 by Michael Andres and Steffen Mugler, sourcing from Deidesheim, Ruppertsberg and Maikammer vineyards for long-lees-aged Riesling and Pinot cuvees.
Tasting: Manufaktur visits in Deidesheim by appointment; flights of methode-traditionnelle Pfalz Sekt sourced from Deidesheim, Ruppertsberg and Maikammer Grosse Lage parcels.
An Essingen estate in the southern Pfalz, long-standing specialist in nobly sweet Pradikat wines from Auslese to Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein on a roughly 12 ha vineyard footprint.
Tasting: Vinothek by appointment at Essingen; the estate is a long-established Pfalz specialist in nobly sweet Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein.
A 25 ha Bad Durkheim estate under Helmut Darting, long-time Pfalz benchmark for off-dry Spatlese and Auslese Riesling and Scheurebe from Durkheimer Michelsberg and Spielberg.
Tasting: Vinothek at An der Hochbenn 2 by appointment; tastings cover Durkheimer Michelsberg and Spielberg Rieslings and the Scheurebe Auslese line.
A 16 ha Laumersheim family estate under Rolf Willi, working calcareous-clay parcels including Laumersheimer Mandelberg and Kapellenberg for dry Riesling, Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc.
Tasting: Estate visits and Vinothek in Laumersheim by appointment; tastings of Laumersheimer Mandelberg Riesling and Pinot Noir.
A 220 ha Ruppertsberg cooperative founded in 1900 and pooling growers across Reiterpfad, Linsenbusch, Hoheburg and Nussbien single vineyards; entry-level Pfalz Riesling and Pinot Noir at the cellar door.
Tasting: Vinothek and shop at Hauptstrasse 41 with regular opening hours; cooperative tastings cover Ruppertsberger Reiterpfad, Linsenbusch, Hoheburg and Nussbien single vineyards.
A 22 ha Sudliche Weinstrasse estate at Walsheim under Rolf Pfaffmann, working calcareous and Buntsandstein soils for Riesling, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Noir at accessible Pfalz prices.
Tasting: Vinothek at Hauptstrasse 73 in Walsheim by appointment; tastings of Walsheimer Forst and Silberberg Rieslings and the Burgunder lineup.
A 12 ha Bad Durkheim family estate working dry Riesling and Pinot Noir from Durkheimer Spielberg and Hochbenn parcels for the Wurstmarkt fair trade and direct sales.
Tasting: Estate Vinothek in Bad Durkheim by appointment; tastings of Durkheimer Spielberg and Hochbenn Rieslings.
Stephan Attmann's private label, released alongside the Weingut von Winning portfolio from a small Deidesheim allocation across Forster Kirchenstuck and Pechstein.
Tasting: Private collection bottlings released through von Winning at Weinstrasse 10; tastings of Forster Kirchenstuck and Pechstein Rieslings in extremely limited release.
A 600 ha Bad Durkheim cooperative pooling growers across the central Mittelhaardt, with a Vinothek next to the Wurstmarkt grounds and a strong everyday-Riesling and Dornfelder program at the cellar door.
Tasting: Vinothek and tasting bar at Trifftstrasse 13 with regular daily opening hours; Wurstmarkt-season stall and direct sales of the cooperative's full Pfalz range.
A 20 ha Grosskarlbach family estate working calcareous and loess soils across Burgweg, Osterberg and Im Grossen Garten for dry Riesling and Pinot Noir.
Tasting: Vinothek at Hauptstrasse 14 in Grosskarlbach by appointment; tastings of Grosskarlbacher Burgweg, Osterberg and Im Grossen Garten parcels.
An 11 ha Mussbach family estate working Mussbacher Eselshaut and Bischofsweg parcels for dry Riesling, Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc.
Tasting: Vinothek and Hofausschank at Bachstrasse 4 by appointment; tastings of Mussbacher Eselshaut and Bischofsweg Rieslings.
A 16 ha Klingenmuenster family estate at the southern Pfalz edge, working warm calcareous soils for dry Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir.
Tasting: Vinothek at Weinstrasse 17 in Klingenmuenster by appointment; tastings of Sudliche Weinstrasse Riesling, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Noir.
An 18 ha north-Pfalz natural-wine address at Bockenheim under brothers Daniel and Jonas Brand, certified organic with low-sulfite Pet Nat and skin-contact Riesling alongside the dry estate range.
Tasting: Vinothek at Mannheimer Strasse 3 in Bockenheim by appointment; tastings of the natural-leaning Brand Pet Nat range alongside dry Riesling.
An 18 ha Maikammer estate at the southern Mittelhaardt under Stefan Meyer, working Heiligenberg and Mandelhohe parcels for dry Riesling and Pinot Noir.
Tasting: Vinothek at Weinstrasse 78 in Maikammer by appointment; tastings of Maikammerer Mandelhohe and Heiligenberg single vineyards.
A 23 ha Hambach estate under Thomas Mehling, working calcareous and Buntsandstein parcels around Hambacher Schlossberg and Diedesfelder Olgassel for Riesling and Pinot Noir.
Tasting: Vinothek at Im Speyerer Tal 4 in Hambach by appointment; tastings of Hambacher Schlossberg and Diedesfelder single vineyards.
Hessian state wine estate at the 1136 Cistercian abbey of Eberbach, working 168 ha across the Rheingau with the walled Steinberg monopole and Assmannshausen.
Tasting: Daily monastery and winery tours from 10:00, Vinothek and tasting flights at the abbey; seasonal cellar concerts at Kloster Eberbach.
Gunter Kunstler's Hochheim estate, family-owned since 1648 and VDP member since 1994, working 68 ha across Hochheimer Holle, Domdechaney, Kirchenstuck and Stielweg.
Tasting: Vinothek open by appointment; estate tastings highlight Hochheimer Holle, Domdechaney, Kirchenstuck and Stielweg dry GG bottlings.
Johannes Leitz's Rudesheim estate, 111 ha of mostly Riesling across Berg Schlossberg, Berg Rottland, Berg Roseneck and Berg Kaisersteinfels.
Tasting: Tasting room and sales Mon-Fri 08:00 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 17:00; by appointment for groups; Eins-Zwei-Zero alcohol-free line also poured.
Theresa Breuer's Rudesheim estate, 40 ha across Rudesheimer Berg, the Rauenthaler Nonnenberg monopole and Lorcher Pfaffenwies; left the VDP in 2000 over GG.
Tasting: Vinothek at Grabenstrasse 8 with cellar tastings by appointment; vineyard walks on the Rudesheimer Berg available in season.
Demeter-certified Oestrich-Winkel estate working 22.9 ha biodynamically across Schonhell, Lenchen, Jungfer, Sankt Nikolaus and Doosberg; biodynamic reference.
Tasting: Demeter-certified estate offering tastings by appointment at the Muhlstrasse vinothek; spontaneous fermentations and natural-cellar approach explained at visits.
Brothers Andreas and Bernd Spreitzer's 35 ha estate in Oestrich-Winkel, working 97% Riesling across Lenchen, Doosberg, Wisselbrunnen and the Rosengarten parcel.
Tasting: Family-run estate with tastings in a 1743 vaulted cellar; visits by appointment, with focus on Oestricher Lenchen, Doosberg and Hattenheimer Wisselbrunnen.
An 1893-founded Walluf family estate run by Hans-Josef and Maria Becker, working the Walkenberg with old-school dry Riesling and ungrafted Spatburgunder.
Tasting: Traditional family Vinothek at Rheinstrasse 6 with cellar tastings by appointment; Walkenberg and Wallufer Berg Bildstock dry Riesling and Spatburgunder.
Hochheim family estate held by the Michel-Werner line since the late 18th century, 13.5 ha of mostly Riesling on chalky loess in Domdechaney and Kirchenstuck.
Tasting: Estate tastings by appointment at the Rathausstrasse manor; specialised in Hochheim VDP.Grosse Lage sites including Domdechaney and Holle.
Florsheim-Wicker family estate, 20 ha and 81% Riesling, with monopole sites Wickerer Nonnberg and Hochheimer Konigin Victoriaberg (British royal supplier 1850).
Tasting: Tastings and sales Mon-Fri 15:00 to 19:00 and Sat 10:00 to 14:00 at the Strassenmuhle estate; visits to the Hochheimer Konigin Victoriaberg monopole by appointment.
Pinot-Noir-only Assmannshausen estate working 3.4 ha on the red phyllite-slate Hollenberg; sister property to Hotel Krone and a VDP member since 2017.
Tasting: Estate tastings and cellar visits by appointment in Assmannshausen; Assmannshauser Hollenberg Spatburgunder is the focal point.
August Kesseler's Assmannshausen estate, 42 ha split 60% Riesling and 40% Pinot Noir on the Hollenberg and Rudesheimer Berg sites, with a 1792 rock-cut cellar.
Tasting: Visits and tastings by appointment; tours include the 1792 rock-cut double-level cellar in Assmannshausen and the Hollenberg vineyard.
A Burgundian-styled Rheingau estate in Johannisberg making Pinot Noir and Chardonnay only, 75% Pinot Noir and 25% Chardonnay; whole-cluster fermentation cellar.
Tasting: Open for tastings Thursday to Sunday 12:00 to 17:00 at Hohlweg 23; visits cover the Johannisberg Holle and Assmannshausen Hollenberg Pinot Noir parcels.
A 1349-founded Hattenheim family domain, 50 ha across Pfaffenberg, Marcobrunn and Rauenthaler Baiken; held by the Schonborn family 27 generations.
Tasting: Tastings and tours of the Schonborn cellars by appointment; the family has owned the estate since 1349.
EU-organic Hattenheim estate run by Stefan and Christian Ress; 42.5 ha mostly Riesling across VDP.Grosse Lage and Erste Lage sites with a Rheinallee Vinothek.
Tasting: Vinothek and restaurant on the Rheinallee waterfront; daily tastings, art exhibitions and harvest events.
Demeter-certified Hattenheim estate run by Swiss owners Urban and Eva Kaufmann since 2013 (formerly Weingut Hans Lang); 17 ha biodynamic Hassel and Wisselbrunnen.
Tasting: Demeter-biodynamic estate with tastings by appointment at the Rheinallee winery in Hattenheim; visits cover Hassel, Wisselbrunnen and Schonhell.
An 1882-founded Hattenheim foundation estate of 21 ha working 80% Riesling and 15% Pinot family; cellars double as a contemporary art venue with exhibitions.
Tasting: Tastings paired with contemporary art exhibitions in the historic cellar; group visits by appointment.
Mark and Christine Barth's 23 ha Hattenheim estate, EU-organic and focused on traditional-method Lagen-Sekt from Hassel and Wisselbrunnen.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment at the Bergweg estate; Lagen-Sekt traditional-method sparkling is the speciality alongside dry Riesling.
Fred and Florian Prinz's 12.6 ha Hallgarten estate, EU-organic and biodynamic-practising, working Jungfer, Schonhell and Hendelberg on the elevated Hallgarten slopes (around 270 metres).
Tasting: EU-organic, biodynamic-practising estate; tastings by appointment in Hallgarten, focused on Jungfer, Schonhell and Hendelberg.
The Hesse family estate at Grund 1 in Johannisberg, 36 ha and 92% Riesling under chairman Donatus Landgraf von Hessen; VDP member since 1969.
Tasting: Tastings and group tours by appointment at the Grund estate; year-round Vinothek hours posted on the producer site.
Long-established Oestrich-Winkel family estate (cited to 1292) of 65.6 ha across the Rheingau; in conversion to organic with the Allendorf Weinforum tasting hub.
Tasting: Allendorf Weinforum tastings and restaurant in Oestrich-Winkel; flights, vineyard tours and seasonal events.
Peter Querbach's 10 ha Oestrich estate across Doosberg, Lenchen, Schonhell and Hasensprung; spontaneous ferments and long lees ageing.
Tasting: Family Vinothek and tastings by appointment in Oestrich; visits cover Doosberg, Lenchen, Schonhell and Hasensprung.
Desiree Eser's 12.2 ha Oestrich estate, 90% Riesling and 10% Spatburgunder, with traditional Stuckfass ageing in a 350-year-old vaulted cellar at Friedensplatz.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment in the 350-year-old vaulted cellar at Friedensplatz 19; estate wines mature in classical oak Stuckfass.
Private Erbach domain on the Rhine documented from 1337 and EU-organic certified from 2021; about 80 ha across Erbach, Hattenheim and Kiedrich incl. Marcobrunn.
Tasting: Riverside Erbach estate with Vinothek, Schlossgarten and tasting events; tours include the historic 1801 castle and Marcobrunn parcels.
EU-organic Erbach estate on a former Eberbach monastery farmstead, owned by the Knyphausen family for over 200 years; 16.7 ha with a parcel of Erbacher Marcobrunn.
Tasting: Tastings, the 1818 estate restaurant, the 1141 wine bar and the Draiser Hof hotel on a Cistercian farmstead once owned by Kloster Eberbach.
Alexander Jung's 20 ha Erbach family estate, 80% Riesling with Spatburgunder, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Sauvignon and Merlot; VDP member since 1997.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment at the Eberbacher Strasse estate; VDP.Grosse Lage focus on Erbacher Hohenrain and Siegelsberg.
Achim von Oetinger's restored Erbach estate (relaunched 2008), 12.3 ha and 85% Riesling across Marcobrunn and Siegelsberg VDP.Grosse Lage parcels.
Tasting: Vinothek open Mon and Fri from 16:00, weekends and holidays from noon; the Marcobrunn and Siegelsberg parcels are the headline tastings.
An Eltville-Martinsthal family estate of 18.8 ha (82% Riesling, 18% Spatburgunder) run by the fifth-generation Seyffardts in a 17th-century barrel cellar.
Tasting: Fifth-generation family estate with tastings by appointment in a 17th-century barrel cellar in Martinsthal.
Jonas Freimuth's 12.1 ha Geisenheim-Marienthal estate, 65% Riesling and 35% Pinot family; three VDP.Grosse Lage sites in the Rheingau and whole-bunch fermentation.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment at the Marienthal hamlet above Geisenheim; whole-bunch fermentations and lengthy lees ageing.
A Lorch family domain documented from the 13th century, 14.5 ha on grey slate and quartzite; 70% Riesling, 28% Burgundy family, and tastings in a 14th-century tower.
Tasting: Tastings inside the 14th-century tower cellar at Rheinstrasse 49 in Lorch; group programmes and Lorcher Schlossberg vineyard walks by appointment.
ECOVIN-organic Lorch estate of 6 ha across Lorcher Schlossberg, Krone, Pfaffenwies and Bodental-Steinberg plus an Assmannshausen Hollenberg parcel.
Tasting: ECOVIN-organic estate offering tastings, cooking classes and a casual Strausswirtschaft at Rheinstrasse 21 in Lorch.
A 2013-founded Oestrich-Winkel estate by Pascal Bibo and Christian Runge, working Hallgartener Jungfer and Schonhell with skin-contact Rieslings and basket Pinot.
Tasting: Tastings and Vinothek visits by appointment at Eberbacher Strasse 5 in Oestrich-Winkel; skin-contact, basket-pressed Rieslings and Pinot Noir.
A Johannisberg family estate documented from 1670, 15 ha on Taunus quartzite around Johannisberg; named Discovery of the Year by Gault Millau in 2008.
Tasting: Family Vinothek and tastings at the Johannisberg estate; visits cover the Taunus quartzite parcels and the Frisian island offshoot.
Bernd and Ralf Schonleber's 11.7 ha Oestrich-Winkel estate, 94% Riesling; about 22,000 bottles a year of traditional-method Lagen-Sekt alongside still wines.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment in Oestrich-Winkel; speciality in single-vineyard traditional-method Sekt with extended bottle ageing.
Hamm family Oestrich-Winkel estate of 6 ha, EU-organic and over 90% Riesling, with a Gutsausschank wine-tavern at Hauptstrasse 60.
Tasting: EU-organic family estate with a Gutsausschank wine-tavern in Oestrich; tastings paired with seasonal Rheingau dishes.
A four-generation Koegler family estate in Eltville town centre with the Hof Bechtermunz Weinhotel; 34 ha of mostly Riesling on Sonnenberg and Langenstuck.
Tasting: Family Vinothek and Hof Bechtermunz Weinhotel in Eltville town centre with tastings and Strausswirtschaft.
Philipp Konig's thirteen-generation Assmannshausen Pinot specialist; 90% red varieties on Hollenberg, Frankenthal and Drachenstein, plus Riesling and Pinot Blanc.
Tasting: Family Pinot specialist with tastings and a Strausswirtschaft at Landhaus Kenner above Assmannshausen; Hollenberg, Frankenthal and Drachenstein parcels.
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.
A Lorch family estate working steep grey-slate slopes for Riesling-led dry whites and Pinot Noir; Weinwirtschaft Laquai in the half-timbered village centre.
Tasting: Lorch Weinwirtschaft in a half-timbered house in the village centre with regional home-cooked food paired with estate wines; tastings and direct sales.
A long-running Oestrich-Winkel family estate in family ownership since 1710; about 12 ha of Riesling-led, spontaneously fermented, lees-aged wines.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment at the Rheingaustrasse cellar in Oestrich-Winkel; focus on natural ferments and lees-aged Riesling.
Rudesheim family estate with Riesling, Winzersekt and Spatburgunder across the Pradikat scale to Eiswein; tastings and wine events at the Christophelstrasse cellar.
Tasting: Rudesheim family Gutsausschank with tastings, themed Gruselweinprobe events, accommodation and direct sales.
Corvers-Kauter Oestrich-Winkel estate (Mittelheim) merged from two predecessors in 1996; 13 ha of Riesling and Spatburgunder with a Gutsausschank tasting garden.
Tasting: Gutsausschank tasting garden in Mittelheim with regional cuisine, plus group tastings by appointment.
An Erbach family estate operating in the Rheingau since 1824, now fifth and sixth generation; 16 ha across Siegelsberg, Steinmorgen and Hallgartener Jungfer.
Tasting: Fifth- and sixth-generation Erbach family estate with tastings, direct sales and a Strausswirtschaft; Erbacher Siegelsberg and Steinmorgen the focus.
Diocese of Limburg Rudesheim-Eibingen estate, 9 ha at the former Saint Hildegard monastery; 80% Riesling and 20% Pinot Noir, cellar master Peter Perabo from 2007.
Tasting: Diocesan Rudesheim cellar at the former Saint Hildegard monastery in Eibingen with tastings and direct sales; revenue supports the Limburg diocese.
A Schonleber family Oestrich-Winkel estate working 90% Riesling across Oestrich, Mittelheim, Winkel and Hallgarten; Michael Schonleber trained at Geisenheim.
Tasting: Family Vinothek and Strausswirtschaft on the Marktstrasse in Oestrich-Winkel; tastings by appointment, Geisenheim-educated winemaker.
Matthias Crass's family Erbach estate, working Steinmorgen, Hohenrain, Michelmark and Kiedricher Sandgrub; runs a restaurant in the historic Burg Crass since 2016.
Tasting: Burg Crass estate restaurant and Gutsausschank in the historic Erbach buildings; tastings, gardens and barrier-free Vinothek.
A Molitor family Hattenheim estate (Klaus took over from his father Karl in 1999); Riesling, Spatburgunder, Chardonnay and Grauburgunder across the Rheingau.
Tasting: Hattenheim family estate with cellar tastings, vineyard walks and direct sales; Klaus Molitor has run the estate since 1999.
An Eltville Ernst family estate of around 40 ha, fourth generation under Johannes and Katrin Ernst; Riesling, Spatburgunder, traditional Sekt and JoSecco Perlwein.
Tasting: Fourth-generation Eltville family estate with Vinothek, Kernstuck cuvee tastings and a JoSecco Perlwein line.
An Engelmann family Eltville estate of about 11 ha; dry Riesling and a Gutsausschank wine-tavern Im Taubenberg with terrace views over the vineyards.
Tasting: Gutsausschank Im Taubenberg in the vineyards above Eltville with terrace, regional food and tastings; visits by appointment otherwise.
A sixth-generation Hattenheim family estate of 9 ha along the Rhine from Erbach through Hattenheim, Oestrich and Mittelheim; Riesling and Burgundy varieties.
Tasting: Sixth-generation Hattenheim family estate with a Rheinallee Vinothek and tastings across parcels from Erbach through Hattenheim to Mittelheim.
A nearly-300-year Rauenthal family estate of about 13 ha on Taunus phyllite; dry Riesling from Baiken and Gehrn with a longstanding Gutsschanke for regional cuisine.
Tasting: Rauenthal family Gutsschanke with seasonal regional cuisine and tastings; vineyard walks on Baiken and Gehrn by appointment.
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