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.