Wine in Hochheim am Main, Rheingau

Weingut Kuenstler Vinothek ★ 4.5

Vinothek and event rooms of the VDP estate in central Hochheim am Main on the eastern edge of the Rheingau. Tastings of Holle and Reichestal Grosse Lage Rieslings and Pinot Noir from the Reichestal and Stein sites.

Domdechant Werner Tasting Room ★ 4.4

Tasting room of the 1780 VDP estate in central Hochheim am Main, owned by the seventh generation of the founding Michel family. Estate Rieslings from the Kirchenstueck, Holle and Domdechaney Erste Lage sites.

Hochheimer Weinbaumuseum ★ 4.1

Town wine-growing museum in a 1902 vaulted cellar in Hochheim am Main, opened 2010. Three rooms trace vineyard work, grape pressing and bottling, with special focus on Sekt production begun in Hochheim in 1832.

Weingut Domdechant Werner ★ 4.4

Hochheim VDP family estate working the village's Domdechaney, Kirchenstueck and Stein sites, with classical dry Rieslings of warmer Main-side weight.

Tip: The Domdechaney and Kirchenstueck GGs are the headline; taste them together to read the warmer Hochheim character against the cooler Rheinside sites.

Weingut Kuenstler Sekt Vinothek ★ 4.2

Gunter Kuenstler's Hochheim estate vinothek pouring traditional-method Riesling Sekt alongside the dry Riesling range from the warmer Main-side slopes.

The list: Gunter Kuenstler's Hochheim estate vinothek pouring traditional-method Riesling Sekt alongside the dry Riesling range, in the estate house on the Geheimrat-Hummel-Platz

Tip: The Kuenstler Riesling Sekt brut is the estate's quiet specialty; ask for it alongside the Hochheimer Hoelle trocken.