The 50 Largest Winemakers in Germany

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller with Ulrich Allendorf at Weingut Allendorf in Oestrich Winkel. Fore more, see: Lighting and the Flavor of Wine - With Winemaker Ulrich Allendorf in his Aroma Vineyard and Color Room at Weingut Allendorf in Oestrich Winkel, Rheingau, Germany

Reknowned German wine journalist Mario Scheuermann has updated his list of the 50 largest “Weingueter” in Germany. See here: Die 50 grössten Weingüter Deutschlands 2012 http://weinreporter.net/drinktank/2012/11/27/die-50-grossten-weinguter-deutschlands-2012/ for Mario Scheuermann's article (in German).

For more information on the size and the structure of the German wine industry, see:
The Size and the Structure of the German Wine Industry

The 50 Largest Winemakers in Germany

Mario Scheuermann’s list only includes winemakers that do the full cycle: vine-growing, wine-making, aging and bottling, that is: wine makers that grow their own grapes and bottle their wine. The criterion he uses is the vineyard size. An alternative criterion could be the number of cases produced. Obviously, the list does not include negociant-type of winemakers. Nor does it include grape growers who sell their output as grapes or winemakers who do not bottle their wine but sell the fermented wine in bulk. Finally, the list does not include wine-cooperatives. Excluding wine-cooperatives, there are only 10 wineries in Germany with more than 100 hectares of land.

1 hectare equals 2.4 acres.

The numbers in parenthesis are those of the 2010 ranking.

01 (01)

Hessische Staatsweingüter, Eltville (Rheingau/Bergstrasse)

Rebfläche: 247 ha (207 ha)

Pictures: Eberbach Abbey and Steinbergkeller

See:
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In the Steinberg, Eberbach Abbey, Rheingau, Germany

02 (02)

Juliusspital, Würzburg (Franken)

Rebfläche : 172 ha (170 ha)

03 (03)

Weingut Heinz Pfaffmann, Walsheim (Pfalz)

Rebfläche: 150 ha (150 ha)

04 (04)

Weingüter Markgraf von Baden, Salem (Baden)

Rebfläche: 145 ha (140 ha)

Picture: Schloss Salem

See:
Schloss Salem at Lake Constance in Germany: A Museum, a School and a Wine Estate

05 (06)

Staatlicher Hofkeller, Würzburg (Franken)

Rebfläche: 120 ha (120 ha)

06 (05)

Bischöfliche Weingüter, Trier (Mosel)

Rebfläche: 120 ha (130 ha)

07 (10)

Weingut Friedrich Kiefer, Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl (Baden)

Rebfläche : 120 ha (110 ha)

08 (07)

Weingut Anselmann, Edesheim (Pfalz)

Rebfläche : 118 ha (115 ha)

09 (09)

Weingut Lergenmüller, Hainfeld (Pfalz)

Rebfläche: 110 ha (110 ha)

10 (12)

Heinrich Vollmer, Ellerstadt (Pfalz)

Rebfläche: 105 ha (90 ha)

11 (11)

Sächsisches Staatsweingut Schloss Wackerbarth, Radebeul (Sachsen),

Rebfläche: 104 ha (94 ha)

12 (08)

Bürgerspital z. Hl. Geist, Würzburg (Franken)

Rebfläche: 103 ha (110 ha)

13 (21)

Weingut Schloss Proschwitz, Zadel über Meissen (Sachsen)

Rebfläche: 88 ha (67 ha)

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller with Prinz zur Lippe, Owner of Weingut Schloss Proschwitz

14 (13)

Weingut Dr. Bürklin-Wolf , Wachenheim (Pfalz)

Rebfläche: : 86 ha (86 ha)

15 (–)

Weingut Heitlinger, Oestringen-Tiefenbach (Baden)

Rebfläche: 85 ha

16 (16)

Weingut Robert Weil, Kiedrich (Rheingau)

Rebfläche: 85 ha (75 ha)

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller and Wilhelm Weil in Kiedrich

For more:

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Tasting with Wilhelm Weil the 2010 Weingut Weil Wines in Kiedrich, Germany

17 (14)

Weingüter Graf von Schönborn, Wiesentheit/Hallgarten (Rheingau/Franken)

Rebfläche 82 (85,1 ha)

18 (24)

Weingut Schloss Vollrads, Oestrich-Winkel (Rheingau)

Rebfläche: 80 ha (63,5 ha)

19 (16)

Weingut Schloss Reinhartshausen, Eltville-Erbach (Rheingau)

Rebfläche: 76 ha (78 ha)

Christian G.E. Schiller and the former General Manager of Weingut Schloss Reinhartshausen, Dr. Karl-Heinz Zerbe

See:
Rhine Wine – The Weingut Schloss Rheinhartshausen Wines of the Mariannenaue Island in the Rhine River, Germany

20 (15)

Weingut Hans Wirsching, Iphofen (Franken)

Rebfläche: 75 ha (81 ha)

21 (38)

Herrengut St. Martin, St. Martin, St. Martin (Pfalz)

Rebfläche: 71 ha (49,7ha)

22 (19)

Fürstlich Castell´sches Domänenamt, Castell (Franken)

Rebfläche: 70 ha (70 ha)

23 (–)

Weingut Bimmerle, Renchen (Baden)

Rebfläche: 70 ha (45 ha)

24 (20)

Weingut Julius Zotz, Heitersheim (Baden)

Rebfläche: 70 ha (69,8 ha)

25 (22)

Weingut G. H. von Mumm, Geisenheim-Johannisberg (Rheingau)

Rebfläche : 65 ha (65 ha)

26 (23)

Weingut Fritz Allendorf, Oestrich-Winkel (Rheingau)

Rebfläche: 63 ha (64 ha)

Picture: Ulrich Allendorf at Weingut Allendorf in Oestrich Winkel

See:
Lighting and the Flavor of Wine - With Winemaker Ulrich Allendorf in his Aroma Vineyard and Color Room at Weingut Allendorf in Oestrich Winkel, Rheingau, Germany

27 (25)

Staatsweingut Meersburg, Meersburg (Baden)

Rebfläche: 63 ha (63 ha)

Picture: Staatsweingut Meersburg

See: 
The Role of Government - Government Owned Wineries in Germany

28 (26)

Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl, Deidesheim (Pfalz)

Rebfläche: 62 ha (62 ha)

Picture: Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl

See:
Winemaker Dinner at Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl in Deidesheim, Pfalz, Germany

29 (27)

Weingüter Wegeler, Oestrich-Winkel, Bernkastel, Assmannshausen (Rheingau, Mosel)

Rebfläche: 62 ha (60 ha)

30 (32)

Weingut Karl Pfaffmann, Walsheim (Pfalz)

Rebfläche: 60 ha (51 ha)

31 (28)

Weingut Schales, Flörsheim-Dalsheim (Rheinhessen)

Rebfläche: 60 ha (60 ha)

32 (34)

Weingut Schneider, Ellerstadt (Pfalz)

Rebfläche: 60 ha (50 ha)

33 (30)

Weingut Franz Keller/Schwarzer Adler, Vogtsburg-Oberbergen(Baden)

Rebfläche: 57 ha (55 ha)

34 (29)

Weingut Knöll & Vogel, Bad Bergzabern (Pfalz)

Rebfläche: 56 ha (56 ha)

35 (31)

Landesweingut Kloster Pforta, Bad Kösen (Saale-Unstrut) Rebfläche: 53,5 ha (55 ha)

36 (47)

Weingut Knipser, Laumersheim (Pfalz)

Rebfläche: 53 ha (41 ha)

37 (17)

Weingut Fritz Walter, Niederhorbach (Pfalz)

Rebfläche: 52 ha (76 ha)

38 (40)

Weingut Geheimer Rat Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan, Deidesheim (Pfalz)

Rebfläche: 50 (48 ha)

39 (35)

Weingut Keth, Offstein (Rheinhessen)

Rebfläche: 50 ha (50 ha)

40 (36)

Weingut und – kellerei Karl Karle, Ihringen (Baden)

Rebfläche: 48 ha (50 ha)

41 (33)

Weingut Hammel, Kirchheim, (Pfalz):

Rebfläche: 47,5 ha (50,5 ha)

42 (42)

Weingut Georg Apfelbacher, Dettelbach (Franken)

Rebfläche: 46 ha (46 ha)

43 (50)

Weingut von Winning, Deidesheium (Pfalz)

Rebfläche: 46 ha (40 ha)

44 (41)

Weingut Schloss Ortenberg, Ortenberg (Baden)

Rebfläche: 45 ha (46 ha)

45 (43)

Weingut Balthasar Ress, Hattenheim (Rheingau)

Rebfläche: 45 ha (44,7 ha)

Picture: Weingut Balthasar Ress

See:
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46 (39)

Weingut Albert Kallfelz, Zell-Merl (Mosel)

Rebfläche: 45 ha (48,3 ha)

47 (46)

Weingut Van Volxem, Wiltingen (Saar)

Rebfläche: 45 ha (42 ha)

48 (50)

Thüringer Weingut Bad Sulza, Bad Sulza (Saale-Unstrut)

Rebfläche: 43 ha (40 ha)

Picture: Thüringer Weingut Bad Sulza

See:
Visiting Winemaker Andreas Clauss and his Thueringer Weingut in Bad Sulza, Saale Unstrut, Germany

49 (48)

Weingut Herzog von Württemberg, Ludwigsburg (Württemberg)

Rebfläche: 42,6 ha (40, 6 ha)

50 (49 / –)

Weingut Markus Molitor, Bernkastel-Wehlen (Mosel)

Rebfläche: 42 (40,5 ha)

Weingut Sonnenhof, Vaihingen-Enz (Württemberg)

Rebfläche. 42 ha (38 ha)

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