Friday, February 16, 2018

Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2018: The Climbers

Picture: Climber - Annette and Christian Schiller at the Rieslingfeier 2017 in New York City with Clemens Busch, Weingut Clemens Busch, Mosel. See: The Annual "Slaughterhouse" Riesling Feast in New York: Rieslingfeier 2017, USA

The Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2018 was released on Monday, November 27, 2017, in Munich, jointly with the Gault Millau Deutschland 2018, which is food guide and rates restaurants and chefs.

This posting lists the climbers in the top categories of each of the German 13 wine regions. The winemaker that were promoted are marked as "Aufsteiger". For information, each of the listed categories also includes those winemakers that did not move up (but stayed put or moved down).

The number of climbers is unusually large. This is due to the fact that the tasting team changed completely for the Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2018 as the Zabert + Sandmann Verlag purchased the Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland publishing license in June 2017.

Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2018

The Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2018 was released on Monday, November 27, 2017, in Munich, jointly with the Gault Millau Deutschland 2018, which is food guide and rates restaurants and chefs. 3 days earlier, the Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2018 was released in Mainz.

Interestingly, the Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2018 (24th issue) and the Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2018 (1st issue) share a common history.

The Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2018 was published by the Zabert + Sandmann Verlag, which had aquired the license for the Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland from the Christian Verlag in June 2017, which had published the Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2017.

A year ago, when the Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2017 was published by the Christian Verlag, Joel B. Payne was the Editor-in-Chief and Carsten S. Henn his Deputy. Joel B. Payne was at the helm of the Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland since its first issue in 1994 (earlier with Armin Diel).

Picture: Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2018

Against the background of the transfer of the licence to publish the Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland from the Christian Verlag to the Zabert + Sandmann Verlag Joel B. Payne stayed with the Christian Verlag, brought on board the Vinum Journal and managed - along with his Deputy Carsten S. Henn as well as his well established team of taster - to continue publishing a wine guide, under a new name: The Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland. I attended the release event of the latter and have reported about it here:

The Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2018 was put togather by a newly established team of tasters, all of them highly regarded, led by Editor-in-Chief Britta Wiegelmann, who took over from Joel B. Payne. Previously, she was Editor-in-Chief of the Vinum Wine Journal.

As a result of all these changes, there was quite a bit of movement in the ratings between the 2017 and 2108 issues of the Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland. This becomes obvious, inter alia, when you look at the large number of climbers to the 5, 4 1/2 and 4 grapes categories. Notably the group of top winemakers with 5/ 5 grapes grew from 13 to 18 members.

Pictures: Eichelmann Deutschlands Weine 2018, Feinschmecker WeinGuide 2018, Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2018, Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2018 and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung with Stuart Pigotts Favorites (Photo: Philipp Wittmann)

Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2018: Climbers

Trauben = Grapes (Stars)
Aufsteiger = Climber

Ahr

4 1/2 Trauben

Jean Stodden

4 Trauben

Deutzerhof Crossmann-Hehle (Aufsteiger)

3 1/2 Trauben

J.J. Adeneuer
Burggarten
Meyer-Näkel

Baden

5 Trauben

Dr. Heger (Aufsteiger)
Bernhard Huber

4 1/2 Trauben

Bercher (Aufsteiger)
Salwey (Aufsteiger)

4 Trauben

Karl H. Johner (Aufsteiger)
Franz Keller (Aufsteiger)
Knab (Aufsteiger)
Andreas Laible
Seeger (Aufsteiger)
Schloss Neuweier (Aufsteiger)
Schlör (Aufsteiger)
Reinhold und Cornelia Schneider
Fritz Waßmer (Aufsteiger)
Martin Waßmer (Aufsteiger)
Ziereisen

Pictures: Tasting and Cellar Tour at Weingut Stigler, Baden, with Andreas, Regina and Max Stigler - Germany-South and Alsace 2017 Tour by ombiasy WineTours

Franken

5 Trauben

Rudolf Fürst

4 1/2 Trauben

Horst Sauer (Aufsteiger)
Zehnthof Luckert (Aufsteiger)

4 Trauben

Rainer Sauer

Pictures: Vinyard Tour and Tasting at Weingut Horst Sauer in Eschendorf, Franken, with Horst Sauer - Germany-East Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours

Hessische Bergstraße

2 1/2 Trauben

Simon-Bürkle

2 Trauben

Griesel & Compagnie (Aufsteiger)

Mittelrhein

3 1/2 Trauben

Matthias Müller

3 Trauben

Toni Jost – Hahnenhof
Ratzenberger

Mosel

5 Trauben

Forstmeister Geltz Zilliken
Fritz Haag – Dusemonder Hof
Markus Molitor (Aufsteiger)
Egon Müller – Scharzhof
Joh. Jos. Prüm (Aufsteiger)
Schloss Lieser – Thomas Haag

4 1/2 Trauben

Clemens Busch (Aufsteiger)
Peter Lauer (Aufsteiger)
Willi Schaefer (Aufsteiger)
Selbach-Oster (Aufsteiger)

4 Trauben

Jos. Christoffel Jr.
Franz-Josef Eifel (Aufsteiger)
Dr. Hermann
Heymann-Löwenstein
Dr. Loosen
Maximin Grünhaus Schlosskellerei C. von Schubert
Vollenweider
Nik Weis – St. Urbans-Hof
Weiser-Künstler
Van Volxem (Aufsteiger)

Picture: Annette Schiller and Manfred Prüm

Picture: Christian Schiller with Katharina Pruem at Wegmans in Virginia. See also: JJ Pruem Goes Supermarket: Meeting Katharina Pruem and Tasting the Incredible JJ Pruem Wines at Wegmans

Pictures: Tasting at the Legendary Weingut J.J. Prüm with Amei Prüm – Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours 2016

Nahe

5 Trauben

Hermann Dönnhoff
Schäfer-Fröhlich

4 1/2 Trauben

Emrich-Schönleber
Schlossgut Diel

4 Trauben

Dr. Crusius
Kruger-Rumpf (Aufsteiger)
Jakob Schneider
Gut Hermannsberg

Pictures: At Weingut Kruger-Rumpf with Stefan and Georg Rumpf. See: Germany-North Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours: Quintessential German Riesling and the Northernmost Pinot Noir

Pfalz

5 Trauben

Geheimer Rat Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan (Aufsteiger)
Knipser
Ökonomierat Rebholz

Pictures: Cellar Tour and Wine Tasting at Weingut Geheimer Rat Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan in Deidesheim with General Manager Gunther Hauck – Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014)

4 1/2 Trauben

Dr. Bürklin-Wolf
Bernhard Koch (Aufsteiger)
Philip Kuhn (Aufsteiger)
Dr. Wehrheim
4 Trauben
Friedrich Becker
Christmann
Kranz
Müller-Catoir
Pfeffingen
Reichsrat von Buhl
Rings
Von Winning

Rheingau

5 Trauben

Peter Jakob Kühn
Robert Weil

4 1/2 Trauben

Georg Breuer
Leitz

4 Trauben

J. B. Becker (Aufsteiger)
Schloss Johannisberg (Aufsteiger)
August Kesseler (Aufsteiger)
Künstler
Schloss Reinhartshausen (Aufsteiger)
Josef Spreitzer
Wegeler Gutshaus Rheingau

Pictures: Tasting at Weingut J.B. Becker. See: Germany-North Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours: Quintessential German Riesling and the Northernmost Pinot Noir

Rheinhessen

5 Trauben

Klaus Peter Keller

4 1/2 Trauben

Battenfeld-Spanier
Sekthaus Raumland
Wittmann

4 Trauben

Kühling-Gillot
Thörle (Aufsteiger)
Wagner-Stempel (Aufsteiger)

Pictures: Johannes Thörle, Christian Schiller, Christoph Thörle and Annette Schiller. See: Visit: Winzerhof Thörle in Saulheim, Rheinhessen – Germany-North Wine Tour by ombiasy (2014)

Sachsen

3 1/2 Trauben

Martin Schwarz (Aufsteiger)

3 Trauben

Sächsisches Staatsweingut Schloss Wackerbarth (Aufsteiger)
Klaus Zimmerling

2 1/2 Trauben

Schloss Proschwitz

Pictures: Dresden is the New Unlikely Place for Fine Barolo Wine: Weingut Martin Schwarz – Germany-East Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours

Saale-Unstrut

3 Trauben

Winzerhof Gussek
Pawis (Aufsteiger)

2 1/2 Trauben

Hey
Uwe Lützkendorf (Aufsteiger)

Pictures: Tasting at Weingut Uwe Lützkendorf, with Uwe Lützkendorf, in Bad Kösen, Saale-Unstrut – Germany-East Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours

Picture: Wolfgang Junglas, Uwe Lützkendorf, Stuart Pigott. See: Tasting the Best of Virginia Wines in Frankfurt, Germany, with Stuart Pigott: Virginia Governor's Cup Case 2016

Württemberg

5 Trauben

Aldinger (Aufsteiger)

4 1/2 Trauben/ 4 Trauben

Dautel (Aufsteiger)
J. Ellwanger (Aufsteiger)
Karl Haidle (Aufsteiger)
Graf Neipperg
Rainer Schnaitmann
Wöhrwag (Aufsteiger)

Pictures: Gert Aldinger, Weingut Aldinger, Karl Eugen Erbgraf zu Neipperg, Weingut Des Grafen Neipperg and Annette Schiller See: 2017 VDP Trade Fair Weinbörse - Vintage 2016 - in Mainz: Schiller’s Report

Pictures: Hansjörg and Matthias Aldinger with Christian Schiller. See: See: Germany’s Best Winemakers and Wines – Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2018 Awards: The Award Ceremony in Mainz, Germany

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