Rheinhessen

Rhineland-Palatinate

Germany's largest wine-growing region (26,500 hectares) was a wallflower for a long time, considered more a provenance of nameless branded wines (Liebfrauenmilch, Blue Nun, Black Tower) than a provenance of individualistic top wines. However, a young generation of winemakers has been digging up the treasure that lies dormant in Rheinhessen's soils for about 20 years. Whether limestone (as around Westhofen and Flörsheim-Dalsheim), red clay slate from the Rotliegende (as around Nierstein and Nackenheim), slate (Bingen) or porphyry (Siefersheim) - Rheinhessen is a land full of varied terroir and wines worth discovering. Qualitatively, Riesling clearly plays the most important role, even though only slightly more than 16 percent of the vineyards are planted with it.
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Wineries in this region

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Weingut Wittmann
Winery
Germany
Westhofen,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
5
Stars
Weingut Battenfeld-Spanier
Winery
Germany
Hohen-Sülzen,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
5
Stars
Weingut Gunderloch
Winery
Germany
Nackenheim,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
5
Stars
Weingut Kühling-Gillot
Winery
Germany
Bodenheim,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
5
Stars
Weingut Hofmann
Winery
Germany
Appenheim,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
4
Stars
Weingut Riffel
Winery
Germany
Bingen-Büdesheim,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
4
Stars
AdamsWein
Winery
Germany
Ingelheim am Rhein,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
4
Stars
Sekthaus Raumland
Winery
Germany
Flörsheim-Dalsheim,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
4
Stars
Weingut Bischel
Winery
Germany
Appenheim,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
4
Stars
Weingut J. Neus
Winery
Germany
Ingelheim am Rhein,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
4
Stars
Weingut Knewitz
Winery
Germany
Appenheim,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
4
Stars
Weingut Schätzel
Winery
Germany
Nierstein,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
4
Stars
Weingut St. Antony
Winery
Germany
Nierstein,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
4
Stars
Weingut Thörle
Winery
Germany
Saulheim,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
4
Stars
Weingut Weedenborn
Winery
Germany
Monzernheim,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
4
Stars
Weingut Bremer
Winery
Germany
Zellertal,  Pfalz (Palatinate),  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
3
Stars
Georg Gustav Huff
Winery
Germany
Nierstein-Schwabsburg,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
3
Stars
Full.minant – Christopher Full
Winery
Germany
Mölsheim,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
3
Stars
Neverland Vineyards
Winery
Germany
Vendersheim,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
3
Stars
Strauch Sektmanufaktur
Winery
Germany
Osthofen,  Rheinhessen,  Rhineland-Palatinate,  Germany
3
Stars
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