Germany's Top 27 Winemakers: 5 out of 5 Grapes - Eichelmann WeinGuide Deutschland 2015

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller and Wilhelm Weil at Weingut Robert Weil

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 Eichelmann guide uses stars to rate winemakers. The best producers get 5 stars in the Eichelmann WeinGuide.

Eichelmann WeinGuide: 5 out of 5 Stars

27 producers received the maximum of 5 out of 5 stars in the Eichelmann WeinGuide Deutschland 2015. The number is up by 1 from last year, on account of 2 promotions and 1 demotion. Weingut Gerhard Aldinger (Württemberg) and Weingut Schloss Lieser (Mosel) were promoted to the 5 stars category and Weingut Willi Schaefer (Mosel) was demoted

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.

Interestingly, elsewhere regarded as superstars, Weingut JJ Prüm and Weingut Egon Müller from the Mosel region, both known for their ultra-premium sweet style wines, are not in Eichelmann's 5 stars group of winemakers.

See:
Germany’s 26 Top Winemakers - Eichelmann WeinGuide Deutschland 2014
Germany’s Best Winemakers (5 Stars) - Eichelmann WeinGuide 2013

Ahr

Meyer-Näkel

Picture: Doerte Näkel and Christian G.E. Schiller at the 2014 Weinbörse in Mainz

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

Jean Stodden

Picture: Friedrich Becker from Weingut Becker in the Pfalz, Werner Naekel from Weingut Meyer-Naekel in the Ahr and Ludwig Kreuzberg from Weingut H.J. Kreuzberg in the Ahr (from right to left, in Berlin)

Baden

Bercher

Dr. Heger

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller and Joachim Heger

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

Berhard Huber

Picture: Julian Huber and Barbara Huber, Weingut Bernhard Huber, in Mainz

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

Franz Keller (Schwarzer Adler)

Picture: Annette Schiller, ombiasyPR and WineTours, and Fritz Keller

See:
Weingut Franz Keller in Oberbergen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden: Cellar Tour and Tasting with Fritz Keller – Germany-South Wine Tour by ombiasy (2014)

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Michel

Seeger

Franken

Rudolf Fürst

Picture: Paul Fürst, Annette Schiller, ombiasyPR and WineTours, and Guiseppe Lauria (Gault Millau) at the 2nd International Riesling Symposium in the Rheingau (2014)

Luckert – Zehnthof

Horst Sauer

Mosel

Clemens Busch

Pictures: Annette Schiller, ombiasyPR and WineTours, Clemens Busch and Christian G.E. Schiller in Washington DC, USA

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

Clüsserath-Weiler

Markus Molitor

Picture: Markus Molitor and Thomas Haag (Schloss Lieser)

Schloss Lieser

Picture: Thomas Haag, Weingut Schloss Lieser, and Christian G.E. Schiller

See:
Thomas Haag, Weingut Schloss Lieser, Germany’s Winemaker of the Year, Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2015

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, ombiasyPR and WineTours, and Peter Jakob Kuehn, with Peter Bernhard Kuehn, at the 2013 Rheingau Open

See:
A Tasting at Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn, Rheingau, with Angela and Peter Jakob Kühn, Germany

Leitz

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller, Annette Schiller, ombiasyPR and WineTours, Johannes Leitz and his Wife at Kloster Eberbach, Germany

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

Robert Weil

Picture: Annette Schiller, ombiasy PR and WineTours, at Weingut Robert Weil

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Rheinhessen

Klaus Keller

Picture: Klaus Peter and Julia Keller, Weingut Keller, with Stephan Attmann, Weingut von Winning, in Mainz

Wittmann

Picture: Philipp Wittmann Receiving the Germany-South Wine Tour by ombiasy (2014)

See:
Germany-North Wine Tour by ombiasy, 2014

Württemberg

Gerhard Aldinger

Dautel

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

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

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Thomas Haag, Weingut Schloss Lieser, Germany’s Winemaker of the Year, Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2015

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