is the most famous and celebrated of German wine-growing regions. This small area is “big” in RIESLING and provides optimum growing conditions for this best and most noble of white wine varieties. The result is a wide selection of interesting and renowned wines.

A quirk of nature…
Along latitude 50, near Wiesbaden, the northwards flow of the Rhine is suddenly blocked by the Taunus Mountains. Here the river is forced to take a right-angled turn towards the west. Over millions of years, as the mountains continued to rise, the Rhine and Main carved deep valleys into the landscape. And so the environment was created for an excellent wine-growing area – sunny, south-facing slopes.

Rheingau -home of the Riesling
The Riesling is said to have originated in the Rheingau. The first official record of Riesling vines anywhere in the world dates from 1435. For centuries Benedictine and Cistercian monk pioneered growing Riesling. In 1775, they discovered the advantages of a late harvest in the vineyard location Johannisberg. Today, these late harvested Rieslings (Spätlese) still count as the prize wines of the region. Traditional estates such as Kloster Eberbach, Schloss Johannisberg and Schloss Vollrads have all contributed to the excellent international reputation of the Rheingau.
The Royal Prussian School for Horticulture and Viticulture was founded in 1872 in Geisenheim. Later, this became the Research Institute for Horticulture and Viticulture, where a large number of important discoveries and developments were made in the field of viticulture.