my fav has always been Schloss Schonborn

New page and an updated list:

JJ Prum- 26
Robert Weil- 11
Helmut Donnhoff- 10
Gunderloch- 10
Christoffel- 8
Dr. Loosen- 8
Selbach-Oster- 6
Monchoff- 5
Egon Muller- 5
Josef Leitz- 4
Muller-Catoir- 3
F.W. Gymnasium- 3
Franz Kunstler- 3
Georg Breuer- 3
Schloss Schonborn- 3
Willi Schaefer- 2
Fritz Haag- 2
Reinhold Haart- 2
Kurt Darting- 2
Meulenhof- 2
Kesselstaat- 2
Studert-Prum- 2
Schloss Vollrads- 2
Schloss Rheinhartshausen- 2
Bert Simon- 1
Peter Jacob Kuhn- 1
Zilliken- 1
Christoffel-Berres- 1
Schloss Johannisberger- 1
St. Urban Hof- 1
Bollig Lehnert- 1
Von Hovel- 1
Toni Jost- 1
Vollenweider- 1
Clemens Busch- 1
Van Volxem- 1
Pauly Bergweiler- 1
Burklin-Wolf- 1
Knipser- 1
Pfeffingen- 1
Lingenfelder- 1
Schlossgut Diel- 1
Von Schubert Maximin Grünhaus- 1
Keller- 1

VM

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Originally posted by Vino Me:
New page and an updated list:

JJ Prüm- 26
Robert Weil- 11
Helmut Donnhoff- 10
Gunderloch- 10
Christoffel- 8
Dr. Loosen- 8
Selbach-Oster- 6
Mönchoff- 5
Egon Müller- 5
Josef Leitz- 4
Müller-Catoir- 3
F.W. Gymnasium- 3
Franz Künstler- 3
Georg Breuer- 3
Schloss Schönborn- 3
Willi Schäfer- 2
Fritz Haag- 2
Reinhold Haart- 2
Kurt Darting- 2
Meulenhof- 2
Kesselstaat- 2
Studert-Prüm- 2
Schloss Vollrads- 2
Schloss Rheinhartshausen- 2
Bert Simon- 1
Peter Jacob Kuhn- 1
Zilliken- 1
Christoffel-Berres- 1
Schloss Johannisberger- 1
St. Urban Hof- 1
Bollig Lehnert- 1
Von Hovel- 1
Toni Jost- 1
Vollenweider- 1
Clemens Busch- 1
Van Volxem- 1
Pauly Bergweiler- 1
Bürklin-Wolf- 1
Knipser- 1
Pfeffingen- 1
Lingenfelder- 1
Schlossgut Diel- 1
Von Schubert Maximin Grünhaus- 1
Keller- 1

VM

ädd some ü/ö/ä

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JJ Prüm- 26
Robert Weil- 11
Helmut Donnhoff- 10
Gunderloch- 10
Christoffel- 8
Dr. Loosen- 8
Selbach-Oster- 6
Mönchoff- 5
Egon Müller- 5
Josef Leitz- 4
Müller-Catoir- 3
F.W. Gymnasium- 3
Franz Künstler- 3
Georg Breuer- 3
Schloss Schönborn- 3
Willi Schäfer- 2
Fritz Haag- 2
Reinhold Haart- 2
Kurt Darting- 2
Meulenhof- 2
Kesselstaat- 2
Studert-Prüm- 2
Schloss Vollrads- 2
Schloss Rheinhartshausen- 2
Bert Simon- 1
Peter Jacob Kuhn- 1
Zilliken- 1
Christoffel-Berres- 1
Schloss Johannisberger- 1
St. Urban Hof- 1
Bollig Lehnert- 1
Von Hovel- 1
Toni Jost- 1
Vollenweider- 1
Clemens Busch- 1
Van Volxem- 1
Pauly Bergweiler- 1
Bürklin-Wolf- 1
Knipser- 1
Pfeffingen- 1
Lingenfelder- 1
Schlossgut Diel- 1
Von Schubert Maximin Grünhaus- 1
Keller- 1

All the good Dr.s, as well as J.J Prum, F. Haag, Gunderloch, Selbach, Weil and Christoffel.

Has anyone ever heard of, or tried Bergweiler-Prum? Opinions?

Isn't that the same estate as Dr. Pauly Bergweiler (Zach. Bergweiler-Prum Erben)?

As this thread got revived, a good opportunity to review my list. This is what I posted earlier as favorites:

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- Egon Muller
- JJ Prum
- Robert Weil
- Muller Catoir

In the meantime I've been drinking much more German wines (also thanks to Pfalzman!) and have a slightly different view:

1. Joh. Jos. Prum
2. Willi Schaefer
3. S.A Prum (because of their stellar 1976 WS Auslese and the very good '05's)
4. Van Volxem (great terroir wines)
5. Kruger-Rumpf (for the Spatburgunders, those are phenomenal)

Honorable mentions go to: Weil, Egon Muller (a pity that it's so incredibly expensive), Heymann-Lowenstein, Wegeler, Studert-Prum, C.H Berres

As a gleeful novice in the German Riesling arena, I easlily cast a vote for J.J. Prum and Christoffel. Although I have tried over 20 rieslings in the last 6 months or so, I will be conservative with any other votes until I know what the hell I am talking about. Not enjoying the Troken wines too much. Mosels all seem to be good lately (2005). There are so many delicious choices. Drink up and enjoy.

My current list would probably be:

Muller-Catoir
Donnhoff
Willi Schaefer
A.J. Adam
JJ Christoffel

Top 5, based on availability:

JJ Prum
Monchof
Weingut Johannishof
St. Urbans-Hof
Dr Loosen

Would be somewhat different during my time in Germany.

I am limited by availability as well but my top 3 are:
JJ Prum
Haag
Dr Loosen

Followed by
Christoffel
Selbach Oster

I laways buy a couple cases of Josef Leitz dragonstone reisling every year when released. Great inexpensive juice!

For me it is (in alphabetical order):

JJ Christoffel
Donnhoff
Müller-Catoir
JJ Prüm
St. Urbans-hof

Several others have also been amazing - especially the recent tastings of 2005's. Keller and Markus Molitor have been great in 2005. Yet I'm holding out on producers where I've only had a few bottles.

Haven't updated this in a while. Any more votes from members who have not voted before?

JJ Prum- 32
Robert Weil- 12
Helmut Donnhoff- 12
Gunderloch- 12
Christoffel- 12
Dr. Loosen- 10
Selbach-Oster- 8
Monchoff- 6
Muller-Catoir- 5
Egon Muller- 5
Josef Leitz- 4
Willi Schaefer- 4
Fritz Haag- 4
F.W. Gymnasium- 3
Franz Kunstler- 3
Georg Breuer- 3
Schloss Schonborn- 3
St. Urban Hof- 3
Reinhold Haart- 2
Kurt Darting- 2
Meulenhof- 2
Kesselstaat- 2
Studert-Prum- 2
Schloss Vollrads- 2
Schloss Rheinhartshausen- 2
Bert Simon- 1
A.J. Adam- 1
Peter Jacob Kuhn- 1
Zilliken- 1
Christoffel-Berres- 1
Schloss Johannisberger- 1
Bollig Lehnert- 1
Von Hovel- 1
Toni Jost- 1
Vollenweider- 1
Clemens Busch- 1
Van Volxem- 2
Pauly Bergweiler- 1
Burklin-Wolf- 1
Knipser- 1
Pfeffingen- 1
Lingenfelder- 1
Schlossgut Diel- 1
Von Schubert Maximin Grünhaus- 1
Keller- 1
S.A. Prum- 1
Kruger-Rumpf- 1
Johannishof- 1

VM

Josef Leitz

Not yet on the list:
Basserman-Jordan
Max Ferdinand Richter

Already on the list:
JJ Prum
Gunderloch
Joseph Leitz

While I do enjoy them very much, I just don't have enough experience in this area to start picking favorites.

My favourite is Selbach-Oster, nice people, very good wines and not as expensive as the other big names.
Markus Molitor
Van Volxem
Franz Keller
Maximin Grünhaus
Robert Weil

I don't really have a favorite German producer. But, I do buy Dr. loosen from my friend to help put food on his table.

I'm new to German wines, but so far I've really enjoyed Dr. Loosen, Willi Schäfer and Grünhäuser. I'll be looking to try more producers in the coming months...

Anyone try any of the wines from Dr. Heidemanns? WS just recently released positive reviews on the 2007s.

Never heard of them before, so thoughts would be appreciated.

Just put in some more racking and took a head count. In decending order of inventory:

J.J. Prum
S.A. Prum
Zilliken
Zach. Bergweiler-Prum Erben
Bert Simon
Struktur
Selbach-Oster
Schloss-Schonborn
Karthansenhof
Mesmer
Karlsmuhle
Schloss Vollrads
Grans-Fassian
Schloss Gobelsburg
Joh.Jos. Christoffel Erben
Dr. H. Thanisch
Johannishof
Dr. Loosen