A biodynamic pioneer in Punderich working the single Marienburg slope as separate blue, red and grey-slate parcels. Organic since 1984 and certified biodynamic since 2015; characterful, often skin-influenced dry Riesling.
Tasting: Tastings and sales by appointment at the Punderich estate.
Thomas Haag's estate at the castle village of Lieser, with parcels in the Brauneberger Juffer, Wehlener Sonnenuhr and Niederberg Helden. Multiple-time German winery of the year for its precise Rieslings.
Tasting: Vinothek tastings and sales at the estate in Lieser; visits by arrangement.
One of the oldest estates on the Mosel, revived by Gernot Kollmann around the old-vine Enkircher sites of Batterieberg, Steffensberg and Ellergrub. Dry, spontaneously fermented, low-intervention Riesling.
Tasting: Tastings and sales by appointment at the estate in Enkirch.
A boutique estate founded by Swiss-born Daniel Vollenweider and centred on the steep old-vine Wolfer Goldgrube, now led by Moritz Hoffmann. Concentrated, classically fruity Mosel Riesling from the Traben-Trarbach area.
Tasting: Small estate; tastings and sales by appointment in Traben-Trarbach.
A sought-after small grower working steep, organically farmed parcels in the Enkircher Ellergrub and Trabener Gaispfad. Detailed, low-intervention Riesling in dry and fruity styles.
Tasting: Small estate; tastings and sales by appointment in Traben-Trarbach.
A ninth-generation estate at Mulheim with parcels across the Mittelmosel including the Brauneberger Juffer and a Mulheimer Helenenkloster site noted for Eiswein. Wide range of fruity and dry Riesling.
Tasting: Tastings and sales at the Mulheim estate; visits by arrangement.
A leading Leiwen estate with sites on both the Mosel and Saar, including the Leiwener Laurentiuslay, Ockfener Bockstein and Wiltinger Schlangengraben. Pure, classically styled Riesling for a global market.
Tasting: Tastings and sales at the Leiwen estate; visits by appointment.
A Leiwen estate with parcels in the Leiwener Laurentiuslay, Trittenheimer Apotheke and Piesporter Goldtropfchen. Precise dry and fruity Riesling plus a little Weissburgunder.
Tasting: Tastings and sales at the Leiwen estate; visits by arrangement.
A Leiwen estate celebrated for the ungrafted old-vine Maximin Herrenberg and the Laurentiuslay. Christopher Loewen makes detailed dry and fruity Rieslings, including the 1896 Riesling from pre-phylloxera vines.
Tasting: Tastings and sales at the Leiwen estate; visits by arrangement.
A small, sought-after grower who revived the steep Dhroner Hofberg. Andreas Adam makes concentrated dry and fruity Rieslings that have become collector favourites.
Tasting: Small estate; tastings and sales by appointment in Neumagen-Dhron.
A young, ambitious Leiwen grower working old-vine parcels in the Trittenheimer Apotheke and Leiwener Laurentiuslay. Precise, mostly dry Rieslings from steep slate.
Tasting: Small estate; tastings and sales by appointment in Leiwen.
Ulli Stein's individualist estate around St. Aldegund and Alf, known for low-intervention, sometimes provocative Rieslings from steep, near-abandoned slate sites and a hilltop tasting house.
Tasting: Tastings at Haus Waldfrieden above Alf and at the Bullay estate; by arrangement.
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.
Biodynamic since 2005, the Busch family farm the Puenderich Marienburg by respekt-BIODYN guidelines and bottle its slate parcels separately as a terroir study.
Tip: The grey-, blue- and red-slate Marienburg GGs read the same biodynamic farming across three soils; taste them together.
Ulli Stein farms steep slate ecologically with cover crops and no herbicides; his light, dry slate Riesling and rare Elbling are natural-wine-scene darlings.
Tip: Stein's wines are built for the table; the Elbling and steep St. Aldegunder Rieslings drink best young and lightly chilled.
Experience the Moselle by boat. Afterwards, you will visit a winemaker in Trier for a wine tasting and food. The journey to the winemaker is by vintage bus.
Experience this special place on a 60-minute walking tour through the historic cellar, in the unique atmosphere of the pinnacle of wine culture in Trier, and taste two...
Explore the rich and long history of the wine-growing region of Moselle and Trier on this guided walking tour of Germany's oldest city. Enjoy an included wine-tasting ...