MOSEL
ACKERMANN
www.ackermann-weingut.de
Anne and Harald Junglen own 6.25 acres vineyards in Zeltingen. Most of the vines grow in blue slate in the steepest vineyards of Zeltinger Himmelreich, Schlossberg and Sonnenuhr. Only cultivation by hand is possible in the rocky soil. Low yields, and carefully handling of the grapes and the wine in the cellar produce classic Mosel Riesling with fresh fruit and a lemony dry finish.
(DI: Ewald Moseler Selections).
CLEMENS BUSCH
www.clemens-busch.de
Beautifully crafted dry Rieslings from the Lower Mosel.
In 1984 Rita and Clemens Busch changed to the orgarnic way of winemaking.
Member of VDP
Rated with "3 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
(DI: Ewald Moseler Selections).
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JOH. JOS. CHRISTOFFEL
Small, estate in the village of Ürzig.
Rated with "2 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
NOT OFFERED AT THIS TIME
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JOS. CHRISTOFFEL JR.
Another small, family owned estate in Ürzig with a fantastic library of older vintages.
Rated with "3 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
(DI: Ewald Moseler Selections).
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DR LOOSEN
www.drloosen.de
2001 Winemaker of the Year in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
NOT OFFERED AT THIS TIME.
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FRITZ HAAG
www.weingut-fritz-haag.de
The Fritz Haag estate is the one of the, if not the, most respected names in German fine Riesling.
Member of VDP.
1994 Winemaker of the Year in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland"
Rated with "5 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_108.htm
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HEYMANN-LÖWENSTEIN
www.heymann-loewenstein.com
It started 400 million years ago. The collision of the continents compressed the slit which was washed up in the South Seas near the shores of the Old Red Continent. Slate was created. In millions of years of continental drift tremendous forces lifted and shifted the slate from the interior of the earth. Today the slate rock rises up out of the Moselle valley. What a great achievement of our ancestors it was to break stones here in arduous manual labour, to build walls and terraces. They created a unique artificial landscape. You can say that the vines act as a medium as they transfer the character of the stony soil to the glass so that you can taste the prehistoric sea.
This is how the exciting fascination of the terroir "Heymann-Löwenstein" is created in the uniqueness of every single vineyard.
Rated with "4 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
(DI: Ewald Moseler Selections).
KEES-KIEREN
www.kees-kieren.de
The estate was founded many generations ago. Since 1980 the brothers Ernst Josef and Werner Kees run the Kees-Kieren estate and cultivating Riesling with enthusiasm and love for nature in the steep hills in Graach.
The brothers Kees produce Riesling with finesse, elegance and excellent balance.
The repertoire reaches from dry Riesling to noble-sweet Trockenbeerenauslese made from selected dried out berries.
The vineyards are Graacher Himmelreich and Domprobst.
Rated with "3 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
(DI: Ewald Moseler Selections).
SCHLOSS LIESER
www.weingut-schloss-lieser.de
In 1997 Thomas Haag son of Wilhelm Haag, proprietor of the Fritz Haag bought the estate.
The estate is now comprised of seven hectares (17.5 acres) of vineyard which are 100% planted to Riesling. The vineyards are some of the steepest on the Middle Mosel with grades up to 70%.
The best known vineyards are Lieser Niederberg Helden und Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr.
Thomas Haag's winemaking philosophy is quite closely aligned with that of his father. The vineyards are maintained to yield quality not quantity. Great care in selection during harvest, little handling in the cellar and reductive cellar work are standard modus operandi. Thomas wants to achieve wines that exhibit the typical Riesling character: ripe acid structure, vibrant and petillant palate, the pure expression of fruit, racy and light without sacrificing impact on the palate.
Rated with "4 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_106.htm
MÖNCHHOF
www.moenchhof.de
The Mönchhof, formerly in the possession
of the Cisterian abbey Himmerod, is one of the oldest Wine 'Estates at the Mosel.
Pope Alexander III already confirmed the first Wine Estate possession of the abbey in the year 1177 in Uerzig. The monks of Himmerod built the wine-cellar at that time and in 1509 the estate you can admire today.
In 1804, after the secularization by Napoleon, our family could acquire the Wine Estate in Paris..
Rated with "2 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland"..
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_101.htm
MOLITOR
www.wein-markus-molitor.de
Bold, impresssive wines from a rising star on the Mosel..
NOT OFFERED AT THIS TIME.
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PAZEN
Delicious Rieslings, and great values, from an old family friend.
(DI: Ewald Moseler Selections).
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JOH. JOS. PRÜM
www.jjprum.com
The J.J. Prüm wines have a reputation for being very long-lived and Dr. Prüm suggests that even his Kabinett wines be cellared for five years.
1996 Winemaker of the Year in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland"
Rated with "5 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_103.htm
DR. F. WEINS PRÜM
The estate totals 10 acres, most on steeply sloping terrain, and is planted 100% to Riesling.
Rated with "3 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_104.htm
SCHMITGES
www.schmitges-weine.de
A rising star in the town of Erden. Top-quality estate producing rich, lively Rieslings from great vineyards in Erden.
Rated with "2 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
(DI: Ewald Moseler Selections).
SELBACH-OSTER
www.selbach-oster.de
A top-quality estate producing very elegant Rieslings from great Middle Mosel vineyards.
Rated with "4 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland". (DI: Ewald Moseler Selections).
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J&H SELBACH
www.selbach-oster.de
(DI: Ewald Moseler Selections).
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VOLLENWEIDER
www.weingut-vollenweider.de
"In the beginning was the love for Riesling. Than the young Swiss man discovered a long forgotten steep escarpment with very old grapevines where he, with grate passion immediately managed to create wonderful Mosel-type wines..": -Gault Millau's 1993.
Rated with "4 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
(DI: Ewald Moseler Selections)
SAAR
BERT SIMON
www.zilliken-vdp.de
Bert Simon is very optimistic about the future for top quality Riesling wines and he feels that the system of canals on the Saar offers a very special microclimate for the Bert Simon wines..
Member of VDP.
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_123.htm
DR. WAGNER
www.weingutdrwagner.de
"Sparkling clean and delicate Rieslings from the famous Ockfener Bockstein vineyard.
Member of VDP.
Rated with "3 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
(DI: Ewald Moseler Selections)
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ZILLIKEN
www.zilliken-vdp.de
One of the top wine estates in the Saar valley, making clean, concentrated Rieslings from excellent vineyards.
Member of VDP.
Rated with "3 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_121.htm
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VAN VOLXEM
www.vanvolxem.com
Roman Niewodniczanski’s Van Volxem estate is controversial. In 1999 he purchased this estate, located on the site of a Jesuit monastery in the centre of Wiltingen (Saar) with the view to restoring it to make the sorts of wines it would have made when German Rieslings fetched higher prices than Bordeaux. He went back to the 19th century and consulted maps drawn up for tax reasons, which showed the best vineyards, many of which had been lost sight of in the 20th century.
He’s given up on the Pradikat system, and instead makes wines that he reckons express their vineyard sites best, from late-harvested grapes fermented through to dryness (or relatively close to).
Member of the VDP.
Rated with "4 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
(DI: Ewald Moseler Selections).
RUWER
KARTHÄUSERHOF
www.karthaeuserhof-tyrell.de
One of two legendary estates in the tiny Ruwer valley, making extraordinarily concentrated, compact wines from their monopole vineyard Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg.
Member of the VDP.
2005 Winemaker of the Year in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Rated with "4 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_111.htm
VON SCHUBERT/MAXIMIN GRÜNHAUS
The Ruwer's other legendary wine estate, the von Schubert family purchased the former St. Maximin monastery in the late 1800s and have been making top-flight wines ever since. Current owner, Carl von Schubert, maintains the tradition with his densely packed, mineral infused Rieslings from three monopole vineyards: Abtsberg, Herrenberg and Bruderberg.
NOT OFFERED AT THIS TIME.
RHEINGAU
FRANZ KÜNSTLER
weingut-kuenstler.de
The history of our wine estate is primarily a family history, because it is the people who avail of the ideal location of our vineyards who create the incomparable quality of Künstler wines. This philosophy is not only reflected in every detail of the craft, from the vineyard to the cellar, but ultimately also in the facts and figures.
Member of VDP.
Rated with "3 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_202.htm
PRINZ VON HESSEN
www.prinz-von-hessen.com
NOT OFFERED AT THIS TIME.
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ROBERT WEIL
www.weingut-robert-weil.com
A very famous Rheingau estate that recently has become even more famous for massively ripe and concentrated Rieslings, especially the upper-Prädikat wines. Every year, it seems, the Robert Weil TBA sets a new record at the annual high-end auctions in Germany.
Member of VDP.
1997 Winemaker of the Year in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland"
Rated with "5 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_201.htm
RHEINHESSEN
GUNDERLOCH
www.gunderloch.de
The Gunderloch estate was founded in 1890 when Carl Gunderloch, a prominent banker in Mainz, bought some vineyard land on the steep, red-soil slopes along the Rhine river between Nachenheim and Nierstein. He had noticed that the snow always melted here first in the spring and arrived the latest in winter, and that gave him the idea that this would be a good place to grow Riesling. He was among the first to establish the hugh-quality reputation of Riesling from the "Roter Hang" (red slope). Today his great-granddaughter, Agnes, and her husband Fritz Hasselbach continue that tradition with their superb, massively concentrated wines. Nachenheimer Rothenberg (the red hill in Nachenheim) is their top vineyard site and they now own or control the majority of it, including all of the very best parts. The weathered, red volcanic soil, the steep, sunny slopes and the warming effect of the river enable them to make Rieslings that always have excellent ripeness and a deep, complex, exotic fruitiness.
Member of VDP.
Rated with "4 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_601.htm
BADEN
DR. HEGER and WEINHAUS HEGER
www.heger-weine.de
Since decades known for high quality wines from the vineyards Ihringer Winklerberg and Achkarrer mountains. The estate was founded in 1935 Dr. Max Heger. Today his grand son Joachim and his wife Silvia run the estate.
Member of the VDP.
Dr. Heger estate rated with "4 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Weinhaus Heger rated with "2 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_702.htm
NAHE
SCHLOSSGUT DIEL
www.schlossgut-diel.com
Superb wines from one of Germany's great characters, Armin Diel.
Member of VDP.
NOT OFFERED AT THIS TIME.
DÖNNHOFF
www.doennhoff.com
Helmut Dönnhoff is without question one of the finest wine makers in Germany – and the world. From very steep vineyards in and around the village of Oberhausen on the Nahe river, Dönnhoff produces brilliant, electrifying wines year after year.
Member of VDP.
1999 Winemaker of the Year in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland"
Rated with "5 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
NOT OFFERED AT THIS TIME.
SCHÄFER-FRÖHLICH
www.weingut-schaefer-froehlich.de
Member of VDP.
Rated with "4 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_504.htm
PFALZ
VON BUHL
www.reichsrat-von-buhl.de
Reichsrat von Buhl is one of the legendary "Three Bs" in the Pfalz region, along with Bürklin-Wolf and Bassermann-Jordan. The estate has a long history and a great tradition for making superb wines. It’s reputation suffered a bit in the last half of the 20th century, but a new winemaker (Frank John) and a new commitment to quality has brought the estate back to the top in the past few years. Once again they are making clean, pure wines from excellent vineyards in the warm and well-protected Mittelhaardt area of the Pfalz.
Member of VDP.
Rated with "3 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_303.htm
PFEFFINGEN
www.pfeffingen.de
The estate's main grape variety is Riesling, which, accounting for more than two thirds of the vineyard area, thrives in this excellent location in the heart of the Mittelhaardt Mountains.
A speciality of the estate is the aromatic Scheurebe, one of the few new grape varieties that produce grand, unique wines. The traditional Gewürztraminer, Silvaner and Pinot Blanc varieties round out the range of white varieties.
Member of VDP.
Rated with "3 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_301.htm
WACHTENBURG WINZER
www.wachtenburg-winzer.de
Wachenheim, on the foot of the Pfälzer Forest, is surrounded by endless vineyards and has the benefit of a mediterranean climate. It is famous for excellent wines. Wine cultivation has been a tradition for over 2000 years. For the winemakers of Wachenheim it is important to not only use the experience of older generations but also to be open minded towards newer developments in winemaking.
(DI: Ewald Moseler Selections
FRANKEN
HANS WIRSCHING
www.wirsching.de
"Wirsching wines, is a symbiosis in tradition, nature, technology and knowledge. The responsibility and the joy for wine shape our life": Hans Wirsching
Member of VDP.
Rated with "4 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_401.htm
FÜRST
www.weingut-rudolf-fuerst
"Paul Fürst makes remarkably elegant wines for a region renowned for rusticity. He produces wines of many different styles. The traditional whites such as Silvaner, Riesling and Müller-Thurgau offer crystalline purity with a near silky palate, but true to varietal and terroir
Member of VDP.
2003 Winemaker of the Year in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland"
Rated with "4 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
Imported by Rudi Wiest:
www.rudiwiest.com/estates/estates_401.htm
WÜRTEMBERG
ERNST DAUTEL
www.weingut-dautel.de
"A great wine is like a mosaic....
....many different stones are joined and results in the pice of art.": Ernst Dautel
Member of the VDP.
Rated with "3 Grapes" in Gault Millau's "Weinguide Deutschland".
(DI: Ewald Moseler Selections).
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