Wine in Oppenheim, Rheinhessen

Staatsdomaene Oppenheim ★ 4.4

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

Weingut Manz ★ 4.4

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

Staatsdomaene Oppenheim Vinothek ★ 4.6

State-owned teaching estate vinothek at Wormser Strasse 162 in Oppenheim. Director Thorsten Eller pours the Sackttraeger and Kreuz Riesling GG and a Rotliegend, Kalkmergel and Loess terroir Riesling trio from the Rheinterrasse.

Staatsdomaene Oppenheim Lehrkeller ★ 4.4

State-owned teaching cellar in Oppenheim, with structured tastings tracing the Rotliegend, Kalkmergel and Loess Rheinterrasse terroirs across the Sackttraeger and Kreuz Grosse Lage sites.

Oppenheim Kellerlabyrinth Wine Tour ★ 4.4

Oppenheim Kellerlabyrinth guided tour booked through the Tourist Information at Merianstrasse 2. One-hour walk through the 12th to 17th century cellar network beneath the Marktplatz; Tour I 500 m, Tour II 250 m.

Deutsches Weinbaumuseum ★ 4.7

Largest technical wine museum in Germany, in an Oppenheim late Baroque building with 5,000 m2 across three floors. Covers viticulture, cooperage, glassblowing and a 2,400-corkscrew collection across 2,000 years of German wine history.

Oppenheimer Kellerlabyrinth ★ 4.6

Underground wine-cellar labyrinth built between the 12th and 17th centuries beneath Oppenheim Marktplatz. Approximately 500 m of vaults open to guided tours from the Tourist Information at Merianstrasse 2.

Merian Hotel und Gaestehaus ZWO ★ 4.3

18th-century baroque hotel in central Oppenheim at Wormser Strasse 2, five minutes from the train station and the Deutsches Weinbaumuseum. In-house restaurant, wine bar and three meeting rooms across 172 m2.

Oppenheim Kellerlabyrinth Underground Walk ★ 4.5

Underground tour of the 12th to 17th century cellar labyrinth beneath Oppenheim Marktplatz, booked through the Tourist Information. Tour I covers 500 m of vaults, Tour II 250 m of narrow passageways across roughly one hour.