Promotions and Demotions at the 4/5 and 5/5 Grapes Level in the Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2016, Germany

Picture: Annette and Christian Schiller with Andreas Rings, Weingut Rings, in Frankfurt, Germany

The Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland is the leading wine guide for German wine. Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland uses a scale of 1 to 5 grapes to rate winemakers and a scale of 1 to 100 points to rate their wines.

The Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2016 contains 1000 German wine producers, the 1000 best German wine makers, of which 10 received 5 grapes and 52 received 4 grapes. Among this elite group of winemakers, there was some movement. Importantly, one winemaker lost the 5/5 status. None was promoted to 5/5. Overall, there are 7 winemakers promoted or demoted in the 5/5 and 4/5 groups.

Additionally, Gault and Millau compiled and released a list of all promotions (but no corresponding list of all demotions).

I am also attaching a list of all 5/5 and 4/5 grapes winemakers.

In addition to this posting, I will also post or have already posted about the following:

Germany’s Top Winemakers (With 5/5 Grapes) - Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2016
Peter Jakob Kühn, Weingut Kühn, Rheingau, is the Winemaker of the Year - Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2016

Promotions from 4 to 5 Grapes (2016)

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Promotions from 3 to 4 Grapes (2016)

Weingut Salwey (Baden)
41 hectares
Grauburgunder 40%, Spätburgunder 40%

See:
Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Salwey in Oberrotweil, Kaiserstuhl, Baden, with Benno Salwey – Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015)

Picture: In the Stückfass Cellar of Weingut Salwey with Benno Salwey

Weingut Zehnhof Luckert (Franken)

16 hectares
Silvaner 50%, Riesling 15%

See:
Germany’s Best Winemakers and Wines – Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2016 Awards: The Awards Ceremony in Mainz, Germany

Pictures: Rising Star of the Year (Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2016)

Weingut Peter Lauer (Mosel)
7,9 hectares
Riesling 100%

See:
Germany’s Best Winemakers and Wines – Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2016 Awards: The Awards Ceremony in Mainz, Germany

Pictures: Florian Lauer, Weingut Peter Lauer, and Christian Schiller

Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl (Pfalz)
62 hectares
Riesling 88%, Spätburgunder 8%

See:
Winemaker Dinner at Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl in Deidesheim, Pfalz, Germany

Picture: At Weingut Riechsrat von Buhl

Weingut Rings (Pfalz)
28 hectares
Riesling 30%, Spätburgunder 30%

Pictures: Annette Schiller with Andreas Rings, Weingut Rings, in Frankfurt, Germany

Demotion from 5 to 4 Grapes (2016)

Weingut Emrich-Schönleber (Nahe)
18 hectares
Riesling 85%

Picture: Christian Schiller and Werner Schönleber, Weingut Emrich-Schönleber at the 2013 Riesling Gala at Kloster Eberbach, Germany

Demotion from 4 to 3 Grapes (2016)

Weingut Meyer-Näkel (Ahr)
20 hectares
Spätburgunder 85%, Frühburgunder 15%

See also:
Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015), Germany

Pictures: At Weingut Meyer-Näkel with Dörte Näkel

All Promotions (to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Grapes)

You find a list of all promotions (to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 grapes) here.

All 5/5 Grapes Winemakers (2016)

Bernhard Huber (Baden)
Rudolf Fürst (Franken)
Fritz Haag (Mosel)
Schloss Lieser – Thomas Haag (Mosel)
Egon Müller (Mosel)
J.J. Prüm (Mosel)
Knipser (Pfalz)
Ökonomierat Rebholz (Pfalz)
Robert Weil (Rheingau)
Keller (Rheinhessen)

All 4/5 Grapes Winemakers (2016)

Jean Stodden (Ahr)
Dr. Heger (Baden)
Bercher (Baden)
Andreas Laible (Baden)
Salwey (Baden)
R. und C. Schneider (Baden)
Zehnthof Luckert (Franken)
Horst Sauer (Franken)
Matthias Müller (Mittelrhein)
Markus Molitor (Mosel)
Zilliken (Mosel)
Clemens Busch (Mosel)
Jos. Christoffel jun. (Mosel)
Reinhold Hart (Mosel)
Dr. Hermann (Mosel)
Heymann-Löwenstein (Mosel)
Peter Lauer (Mosel)
Dr. Loosen (Mosel)
Willi Schaefer (Mosel)
C. von Schubert – Maximin Grünhaus (Mosel)
Selbach-Oster (Mosel)
Vollenweider (Mosel)
Nik Weis – Sankt Urbans-Hof (Mosel)
Schlossgut Diel (Nahe)
Hermann Dönnhoff (Nahe)
Emrich-Schönleber (Nahe)
Schäfer-Fröhlich (Nahe)
Friedrich Becker (Pfalz)
Dr. Bürklin-Wolf (Pfalz)
Reichsrat von Buhl (Pfalz)
A. Christmann (Pfalz)
Kranz (Pfalz)
Philipp Kuhn (Pfalz)
Pfeffingen (Pfalz)
Rings (Pfalz)
Von Winning – Deinhard (Pfalz)
Georg Breuer (Rheingau)
Peter Jakob Kühn (Rheingau)
Leitz (Rheingau)
Schloss Johannisberg (Rheingau)
August Kesseler (Rheingau)
Künstler (Rheingau)
Josef Spreitzer (Rheingau)
Raumland (Rheinhessen)
Wittmann (Rheinhessen)
Battenfeld-Spanier (Rheinhessen)
Kühling-Gillot (Rheinhessen)
Gerhard Aldinger (Württemberg)
Graf Neipperg (Württemberg)
Rainer Schnaitmann (Württemberg)

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