Friday, January 17, 2014

Germany’s 26 Top Winemakers - Eichelmann WeinGuide Deutschland 2014

Picture: Martina Weil, Annette Schiller, Wilhelm Weil and Christian G.E. Schiller

There are 4 Wine Guides in Germany: Gault Millau, Feinschmecker, Eichelmann and Falstaff. These are all annual guides, which are released around November/December. The Falstaff was released in 2013 for the first time.

Eichelmann WeinGuide: 5 out of 5 Stars

Twentysix producers received the maximum of 5 out of 5 stars in the Eichelmann WeinGuide Deutschland 2014. The number is down by 2 from last year, on account of 2 Mosel producers, who lost their fifth star: Weingut Rosch and Weingut Vollenweider. There were no other changes.

Interestingly, the list of winemakers from Baden is relatively long in the Eichelmann ranking and the list of winemakers from the Pfalz extremely short. The following wine regions do not appear in the list below, i.e. there is no winemaker with 5 stars: Mittelrhein, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, Hessische Bergstrasse.

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Meyer-Näkel

Picture: Doerte Naekel and Christian G.E. Schiller

See:
Kuenstler, Meyer-Naekel, Wirsching – Winemaker Dinner at Kronenschlösschen in Hattenheim, Rheingau, Germany

Jean Stodden

Baden

Bercher

Dr. Heger

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller and Joachim and Silvia Heger, Weingut Dr. Heger

See:
Joachim Heger, Weingut Dr. Heger: Winemaker of the Year, Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2013, Germany

Berhard Huber

See:
One of the Fathers of the German Red Wine Revolution: Weingut Huber in Baden

Franz Keller (Schwarzer Adler)

Michel

Seeger

Franken

Rudolf Fürst

Luckert – Zehnthof

Horst Sauer

Mosel

Clemens Busch

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller and Clemens Busch at Kloster Eberbach

See:
With Wine Maker Clemens Busch in Puenderich at his Winery in the Mosel Valley, Germany

Clüsserath-Weiler

Markus Molitor

Willi Schaefer

Nahe

Dönnhoff

Pictures: Tasting with Helmut Doennhoff

See:
An Afternoon with Riesling Star Winemaker Helmut Doennhoff at Weingut Doennhoff in Oberhausen in the Nahe Valley, Germany

Emrich-Schönleber

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller and Werner Schoenleber, Weingut Emrich-Schoenleber at the 2013 Riesling Gala at Kloster Eberbach, Germany

Schäfer-Fröhlich

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller with Tim Froehlich, Weingut Schaefer-Froehlich, in Wiesbaden

Pfalz

Knipser

Rheingau

Georg Breuer

Picture: Theresa Breuer and Christian G.E. Schiller in New York City

See:
Schiller’s Favorites at the 2013 Riesling and Co Tasting in New York City, USA

Peter Jakob Kühn

Picture: Annette Schiller and Peter Jakob Kuehn, with Peter Bernhard Kuehn, at the 2013 Rheingau Open

Leitz

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller and Joseph Leitz in New York City

See:
Visiting Weingut Josef Leitz in Ruedesheim – Johannes Leitz is Germany’s Winemaker of the Year, Gault Millau WeinGuide 2011

Robert Weil

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

See also:

Weingut Robert Weil (VDP)
German Riesling and International Grape Varieties – Top Wine Makers Wilhelm Weil and Markus Schneider at Kai Buhrfeindt’s Grand Cru in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Visiting Wilhelm Weil at his Weingut Robert Weil in Kiedrich, Germany
Tasting with Wilhelm Weil the 2010 Weingut Weil Wines in Kiedrich, Germany
The German Winemakers at the 4th Riesling Rendezvous in Seattle, USA

Rheinhessen

Klaus Keller

Wittmann

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller and Philipp Wittmann in Mainz

Württemberg

Dautel

Pictures: Ernst Dautel, Christian Dautel and Christian Schiller at Weingut Dautel in Wuerttemberg

Weingut Dautel in Wuerttemberg – A Profile, Germany

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Joachim Heger, Weingut Dr. Heger: Winemaker of the Year, Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2013, Germany

Visiting Wilhelm Weil at his Weingut Robert Weil in Kiedrich, Germany

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

Visiting Weingut Josef Leitz in Ruedesheim – Johannes Leitz is Germany’s Winemaker of the Year, Gault Millau WeinGuide 2011

With Wine Maker Clemens Busch in Puenderich at his Winery in the Mosel Valley, Germany

Kuenstler, Meyer-Naekel, Wirsching – Winemaker Dinner at Kronenschlösschen in Hattenheim, Rheingau, Germany 

One of the Fathers of the German Red Wine Revolution: Weingut Huber in Baden

With Wine Maker Clemens Busch in Puenderich at his Winery in the Mosel Valley, Germany 

An Afternoon with Riesling Star Winemaker Helmut Doennhoff at Weingut Doennhoff in Oberhausen in the Nahe Valley, Germany

Weingut Dautel in Wuerttemberg – A Profile, Germany

Schiller’s Favorites at the 2013 Riesling and Co Tasting in New York City, USA

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