The Vinum
Weinguide Germany 2023 was released a few weeks ago, presenting Vinum's choice
of Germany’s best 1 000 wine producers and reviewing more than 10 700
wines on 1118 pages.
5 out of 5 stars („world class“) were
awarded to 18 estates. In addition, there are 31 estates with 4.5 stars, and 66 estates with 4 stars.
See here: Germany's 18 Top Winemakers (With 5/5 Stars) - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2023
Subsequently, I released a series of postings that provide more details on individual wine regions.
Ahr: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Baden: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Franken: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Hessische Bergstrasse: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Mittelrhein: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Mosel: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Nahe: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Pfalz: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Rheingau: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Rheinhessen: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Saale-Unstrut: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Sachsen: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Württemberg: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
This posting lists all #1 producers in each of the 13 wine regions of Germany. Some are 5/5-star producers, but not all. In 4 of Germany's 13 wine regions, the top producers are at the 3.5/5-star level, according to the Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023.
Ahr: The Top Winemaker - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Jean Stodden - 4.5/5 Stars
Pictures: Tasting with Alexander Stodden, Weingut Jean Stodden, Ahr. See: Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Jean Stodden, Ahr, with Alexander Stodden - Germany-North Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours
Baden: The Top Winemaker - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Berhard Huber - 5/5 Stars
Pictures: Tasting at Weingut Bernhard Huber in Baden, with Yquem Viehauser and Julian Huber – Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015)
Franken: The Top Winemaker - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Rudolf Fürst - 5/5 Stars
Pictures: Vineyard
Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting (from Barrel and from Bottle) at Weingut
Rudolf Fürst, Franken, with Sebastian Fürst - Germany-East Tour 2018
by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Art, Culture, History - Berlin, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, Württemberg, Franken
Hessische Bergstrasse: The Top Winemaker - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Griesel - 3.5/5
Pictures: Ultra-premium Sekt: Cellar Tour and Tasting at Griesel&Compagnie,
Sekthaus Streit, Bensheim, with Winemaker Rachele Crosara -
Germany-South and Alsace 2018 Tour by ombiasy WineTours: Baden, Alsace,
Pfalz and Rheinhessen
Mittelrhein: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Matthias Müller - 3.5 Stars
Picture: Johannes and Matthias Müller, Weingut Matthias Müller in Spay, Mittelrhein. See: Tasting at
Weingut Matthias Müller in Spay, Mittelrhein, with Johannes
and Matthias Müller - Germany-North Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours
Ratzenberger - 3.5/5 Stars
Pictures: Tasting and Vineyard Drive at Weingut Ratzenberger in Bacharach, Mittelrhein, with Jochen Ratzenberger - Germany-North Tour
2019 by ombiasy WineTours: Quintessential Riesling
Mosel: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Clemens Busch - 5/5 Stars
Pictures: At Weingut Clemens Busch with Rita and Clemens Busch. See:Vineyard Tour and Wine Tasting at
Weingut Clemens Busch – Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014)
Pictures: Annette Schiller, Christian Schiller and Clemens Busch at Panda Gourmet, Washington DC. See:
Wine-pairing Dinner with Clemens Busch, Weingut Clemens Busch, Mosel, at Panda Gourmet in Washington DC, USA
Picture: Annette and Christian Schiller at the Rieslingfeier 2017 in New York City with Clemens Busch. See:
The Annual "Slaughterhouse" Riesling Feast in New York: Rieslingfeier 2017, USA
Pictures: Annette Schiller, Clemens Busch and Christian Schiller in Washington DC, USA in 2014. See:
German Star Winemaker Clemens Busch, Weingut Clemens Busch in the Mosel Valley, in Washington DC, USA
Picture: Gernot Kollmann, Weingut Immich-Batterieberg, Annette
Schiller, ombiasy WineTours, Dominik Sona and Franzi Schmitt, Weingut
Koehler-Ruprecht and Clemens Busch, Weingut Clemens Busch, at Bart
Vandaele's BToo in Washington DC. See:
Post-Rieslingfeier and Pre-Big Glou Dinner with 3 Top Winemakers from Germany at BToo in Washington DC: Clemens Busch, Immich-Batterieberg and Koehler-Ruprecht, USA
Picture: In Seattle, Washington State, in 2013, during the 4th Riesling
Rendezvous: Clemens Busch, Christian Schiller and Hermann Wiemer,
founder of Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyards in the Finger Lakes Region in
New York State. See: The World of Riesling in Seattle - Fourth Riesling Rendezvous in Washington State, USA
Hofgut Falkenstein - 5/5 Stars
Pictures: A German Riesling Feast in New York City:
Rieslingfeier 2015, USASchloss Lieser - 5/5 Stars
Pictures:
Tasting at Weingut Schloss Lieser in Lieser with Owner/ Winemaker Thomas Haag – Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours 2016
Picture: Thomas Haag, Weingut Schloss Lieser, and Christian Schiller in Mainz. See:
Thomas Haag, Weingut Schloss Lieser, Germany’s Winemaker of the Year, Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2015
Picture: Annette Schiller, Thomas Haag with his Son (Weingut Schloss
Lieser) and Stephen Bitterolf at the 2017 Rieslingfeier in NYC. See:
The Annual "Slaughterhouse" Riesling Feast in New York: Rieslingfeier 2017, USA
Joh. Jos. Prüm - 5/5 Stars
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
Pictures: Tasting at Weingut Jos. Jos. Prüm in Bernkastel-Wehlen, Mosel, with Amei Prüm - Germany-North Tour 2019 by ombiasy WineTours: Quintessential Riesling
Nahe: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Dönnhoff - 5/5 StarsPictures: Tasting with Helmut
Dönnhoff and Sascha Johannes Schömel at Weingut Dönnhoff (VDP) in Oberhausen, Nahe - Germany-South and Alsace 2022 by ombiasy WineTours
Pictures:
Tasting at Weingut Dönnhoff, Oberhausen, Nahe. with Anne Dönnhoff - Germany-North Tour 2019 by ombiasy WineTours: Quintessential Riesling
Picture: Annette Schiller, Helmut Dönnhoff and daughter Christina
Dönnhoff (Weingut Dönnhoff) and Didier Cuevlier (Chateau Leoville
Poyferre) at Weingut Dr. Robert Weil
Pictures: An Afternoon with Riesling Star Winemaker
Helmut Doennhoff at Weingut Doennhoff in Oberhausen in the Nahe Valley, Germany
Emrich-Schönleber - 5/5 Stars
Picture: Christian Schiller and Werner Schönleber, Weingut
Emrich-Schönleber at the 2013 Riesling Gala at Kloster Eberbach,
Germany
Pictures: At Weingut Emrich-Schönleber. See: T
asting at Weingut Emrich-Schönleber in Monzingen, Nahe, with Owner/ Winemaker Frank Schönleber - Germany-North Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours
Schäfer-Fröhlich - 5/5 Stars
Picture: Christian Schiller and Tim Fröhlich in Wiesbaden
Pictures: At Weingut Schäfer-Fröhlich in Bockenau. See: Tasting at Weingut Schäfer-Fröhlich in Bockenau, Nahe - Germany-North Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours
Pfalz: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Bürklin Wolf - 5/5 Stars
Pictures:
Hauskonzert - Sunday Morning Concert - at Weingut Dr. Bürklin-Wolf
with Annette Schiller and Bettina Bürklin-von Guradze and a 150 years
old Steinway Concert Piano. See: Impromptu Tasting at Weinbar & Vinothek Weingut Dr. Bürklin-Wolf in Deidsheim, with Managing Director Steffen Brahner - Germany-South and Alsace 2018 Tour by ombiasy WineTours: Baden, Alsace, Pfalz and Rheinhessen
Pictures: Germany-South and Alsace 2022 Tour by ombiasy WineTours
Knipser - 5/5 Stars
Picture: Stephan Knipser, Weingut Knipser, Sebastion Fürst, Weingut Fürst and Christian Schiller in Mainz. See:
Germany’s Best Winemakers and Wines – Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2018 Awards: The Award Ceremony in Mainz, Germany
Ökonomierat Rebholz - 5/5 Stars
Picture:
The Table of Hannsjörg Rebholz, Weingut Ökonomierat Rebholz,
Pfalz, at the Gala Dinner of the Rieslingfeier 2016 in New York
City, with Annette Schiller, David Schildknecht and Hannsjörg
Rebholz. See: A German Riesling Feast in New York City:
Rieslingfeier 2016, USA
Picture: Annette and Christian Schiller with Hansjörg and Birgit Rebholz at Prowein 2015 in Düsseldorf
Pictures: Tasting at Weingut Ökonomierat Rebholz in Siebeldingen, Pfalz, with Hansjörg Rebholz. See: Tasting at
Weingut Ökonomierat Rebholz in Siebeldingen, Pfalz – Germany-South by ombiasy WineTours (2015)
Picture: In the Cellar of Weingut Ökonomierat Rebholz, Siebeldingen, Pfalz, with Hansjörg and Valentin Rebholz. See: Cellar
Tour and Tasting at Weingut Ökonomierat Rebholz in Siebeldingen,
Pfalz, with Hansjörg and Valentin Rebholz and Sabine Wagner - Germany-South and Alsace 2017 Tour by ombiasy WineTours
Pictures: Germany-South and Alsace 2022 Tour by ombiasy WineTours
Rheingau: The Top Winemaker - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Peter Jakob Kühn - 5/5 Stars
Picture: Christian Schiller and Peter Jakob Kühn in Kiedrich, Rheingau, see:
Extraordinary Views of the Rheingau Vineyards - A Spectecular Helicopter Flight over the Rheingau with Rheingau Winemakers, Germany
Picture: Annette Schiller with Peter Jakob Kühn in Berlin
Pictures: Kühn Peter Jakob, Oestrich (Rheingau) - One of the Bio-dynamic Stars in Germany: Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn in Östrich, Winkel – Germany-North Wine Tour by ombiasy (2014)
Rheinhessen: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Battenfeld-Spanier - 5/5 Stars
Pictures: Christian Schiller with H. O. Spanier and Caroline Spanier-Gillot at a Tasting in Bodenheim. See:
The Wine Maker Couple H.O. Spanier and Carolin Spanier-Gillot, with Roland Gillot, Lead Wine Tasting of Kuehling-Gillot and Battenfeld-Spanier Wines at Weingut Kuehling-Gillot, Germany
Pictures: At a Tasting in Bodenheim at Weingut Kuehling-Gillot. See:
The Wine Maker Couple H.O. Spanier and Carolin Spanier-Gillot, with Roland Gillot, Lead Wine Tasting of Kuehling-Gillot and Battenfeld-Spanier Wines at Weingut Kuehling-Gillot, Germany
Keller - 5/5 Stars
Picture: Annette Schiller, Julia and Klaus Peter Keller at the 2015 Rieslingfeier in New York, see: A German Riesling Feast in New York City: Rieslingfeier 2015, USA
Kühling-Gillot - 5/5 Stars
Pictures:
Tasting with Carolin Spanier-Gillot, Weingut Battenfeld-Spanier and Weingut Kühling-Gillot, in Hohen-Sülzen - Germany-South and Alsace 2018 Tour by ombiasy WineTours
Wittmann - 5/5 Stars
Pictures:
Philipp Wittmann and Eva Clüsserath-Wittmann, Weingut Wittmann,
with Annette and Christian Schiller at Prowein 2015 in Düsseldorf
Pictures: Cellar Tour and Wine Tasting with
Philipp Wittmann and Eva Clüsserath-Wittmann at Weingut Wittmann in Westhofen – Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014)
Saale-Unstrut: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Pawis - 3.5/5 Stars
Picures: Annette Schiller and Bernhard Pawis, Weingut Pawis, at Kloster Eberbach, Rheingau
Pictures: Christian Schiller with Bernhard Pawis at Weingut Pawis in the Saale Unstrut Region
Picture: Christian Schiller and Kerstin Pawis at Weingut Pawis: Riesling!!!
Sachsen: The Top Winemaker - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Martin Schwarz - 3.5/5 Stars
Picture: Martin Schwarz, Weingut Martin Schwarz, and Annette Schiller.
See: Dresden is the New Unlikely Place for Fine Barolo Wine:
Weingut Martin Schwarz – Germany-East Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours
Württemberg: The Top Winemaker - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
Gerhard Aldinger - 5/5 Stars
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:
Germany’s Best Winemakers and Wines – Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2018 Awards: The Award Ceremony in Mainz, Germany
Picture:
Cellar
Tour and Tasting at Weingut Aldinger in Fellbach (Stuttgart), with
Matthias Aldinger - Germany-East Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine,
Art, Culture, History - Berlin, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, Württemberg, Franken
Picture: Annette Schiller with Peter Jakob Kühn in Berlin
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