The Rheingau is a land of living history with many firsts and after a decline last century is finding its way back to the limelight. This is the birthplace of Riesling, nobly sweet wines and... Read More

The Rheingau is a land of living history with many firsts and after a decline last century is finding its way back to the limelight. This is the birthplace of Riesling, nobly sweet wines and where picking wines at different levels of ripeness was refined and categorized. Hochheim, its most famous vineyard, is where “Hock” became synonymous with Riesling and which Queen Victoria was a daily imbiber.

It’s sweet wines from botrytized berries might have put it on the map, but now more than 85% of the wines here are dry or off-dry, more than any other German region. Geisenheim, one of the world's best wine schools, is also here, where research into new climate change resistant crosses of grapes are being created.

Most importantly for today’s wine drinker is the current generation of hard working, forward thinking, quality minded producers. They are using the traditions of old to shape the wines of the future and redefine their region, which has been somewhat obscured as of late with the increased popularity of its neighbors but is again on the path to greatness.