As part of the 27th Rheingau Gourmet & Wein Festival, the 34 members of the VDP/ Rheingau presented their wines at the Eberbach Monastery. They welcomed 38 producers from California as their guests. The tasting took place in the impressive lay dormitory.
Kloster Eberbach, one of Europe's best-preserved and important medieval monasteries, lies in a valley near the town of Eltville in the Rheingau. Still a world-class winery today, the Eberbach Monastery is a former Cistercian monastery, founded in 1136 by Bernard of Clairvaux as the first Cistercian abbey on the eastern bank of the Rhine river. Its Romanesque and Gothic buildings are very impressive.
In medieval times Eberbach Abbey was the largest winery in all of Europe with 750 acres of vineyards. Today Eberbach Abbey is one of the five State-owned wineries (the State of Hesse is its proprietor) and with 500 acres the largest winery in Germany.
See: Kloster Eberbach: Overnight-Stay, Dinner, Tour and Aperitif in the Steinberg Vineyard - Germany-North Tour 2019 by ombiasy WineTours: Quintessential Riesling
As to the guests from California, Claudia Schug presented the wines of Schug Estate Winery in Sonoma, founded by her father, Walter Schug, who was born and grew up in Assmannshausen in the Rheingau in Germany. He also received his formal training as winemaker in Germany.
See:
Lunch with Pinot Noir Giant Walter Schug in Sonoma, California
California Pinot Noir Pioneer Walter Schug: From the Rheingau in Germany to Carneros in California
Visiting Walter Schug and his Schug Carneros Estate Winery in Carneros, California
Arriving at the Eberbach Monastery
Tasting in the Lay Dormitory
Rheingau Producers
Wein- und Sektgut Barth - Mark Barth
Weingut August Eser - Désirée Eser Freifrau zu Knyphausen
Weingut Joachim Flick - Joachim Flick
Weingut Kaufmann - Urban Kaufmann
Weingut Toni Jost - Cecilia Jost
Wein- und Sektgut F.B. Schönleber - Ralf Schönleber
Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn - Peter Jacob Kühn and Angela Kühn
Weingut Georg Müller Stiftung - Tim Lilienström and Peter Winter
Weingut Spreitzer -Andreas Spreitzer
California Producers
Au Bon Climat - K&U Die Weinhalle - Martin Kössler
De Loach Vineyards - Frische Paradies - Christine Scharrer
Schug Winery - Claudia Schug
Bye-bye
Steinberg Vineyard
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