The 30 best wineries in Germany: Rhineland-Palatinate in top form!

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Trier-Saarburg shines in the wine guide 2025: Best wineries, first-class Rieslings and culinary awards in focus.
Trier-Saarburg shines in the wine guide 2025: Best wineries, first-class Rieslings and culinary awards in focus. (Symbolbild/NAGW)

The gourmet magazine The gourmet has recently released its vineyard for 2025. The 500 best wineries in Germany are listed in this comprehensive guide, with only 30 of them received the highest rating of "5f". This honor is recognized as the “best of the best” and underlines the quality of the wines that are produced in Germany.

In particular, the Rhineland-Palatinate region, which has more than 65 % of German wines, is remarkably strongly represented. This also includes the districts of Bernkastel-Wittlich and Trier-Saarburg. Here are some outstanding wineries that have been awarded top marks for years.

excellent wineries on the Moselle

One of the most renowned wineries is the in browneberg Riesling is known and has received constant high ratings for many years. Also the Weingut Ernst F. Loosen in Bernkastel-Kues convinces with first-class Rieslings "Line elegance".

Also based in Bernkastel-Kues is the Weingut Schloss Lieser mit einer nahezu perfekten Riesling-Jahrgangskollektion, während das winery Willi Schaefer produced in Graach World Class Rieslings. Das Weingut von Nik Weis aus Leiwen ist bekannt für seine zeitlos schönen Rieslinge, wobei besonders der Kabinett-Riesling gelobt is.

Current challenges and wine development

The Weinguide also reflects the challenges of the year 2023, which was shaped by extreme weather conditions, including dryness, hail and tropical rain. Despite these adversity, the winegrowers managed to produce a remarkable variety of high -quality wines and sparkling wines, shaped by an aromatic abundance and animating acidity.

For the winemakers, the vintage also brought high energy costs and rising material prices. According to Gabriele Heins, editor -in -chief of the gourmet, this represents an additional challenge that needs to be mastered.

The vineyard guide is not only available in printed form, but also online, where interested parties can filter the wineries by region and jury rating. This facilitates the search for the best drops and enables easier access to the excellent wines in Germany.

The importance of viticulture in Rhineland-Palatinate is also evident in the structure of the wine-growing areas. Six out of thirteen German wine-growing regions for quality and predicate wine are located in this region, which manages a vineyard area of ​​approx. 64,461 ha. Over 65 % of the German wine comes here, which makes the region a central point in German wine production wikipedia reports.

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