Pfalz

Pfalz runs from south of Worms to the French border, between the Haardt Mountains and the Rhine plain. The Haardt brings wind and shade, while the plain channels warm air from the south. Its soils include loam, loess, chalk, clay, coloured sandstone and sand.

Riesling is the region's leading grape, with 5,883 hectares planted in 2025. It is usually dry, with white-flower and citrus aromas, and the warm conditions can produce a fuller-bodied, concentrated style. Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstraße has traditionally focused on Riesling. South of Neustadt, Pinot grapes matter as much as Riesling. More than 30 percent of Pfalz vines are red grapes, the highest share of any German wine region.

Producer profiles

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• Dr. Bürklin-WolfDr. Bürklin-Wolf is a Wachenheim estate in Germany's Pfalz, devoted to dry Riesling from four Mittelhaardt villages, with a range from Estate to G.C. wines.
• Geheimer Rat Dr. von Bassermann-JordanFounded in 1718 by a Savoyard emigrant, Bassermann-Jordan farms 21 hectares of vineyard across the Mittelhaardt villages of Forst, Deidesheim, and Ruppertsberg. The top Grosses Gewächs bottlings split between primary-fruit clarity and spontaneously fermented, lees-aged wines from volcanic and limestone parcels.
• GP WineryGP Winery comes from Pfalz, Germany. Pfalz lies between the Haardt Mountains and the Rhine plain, one of Germany's warmest wine regions.
• Lichti & AstrohPfalz project by Freya Lichti and Alexander Strohschneider, farming named sites across Leistadt, Großkarlbach and Laumersheim.
• Motzenbäcker by Marie Menger-KrugDeidesheim producer of Méthode Rurale sparkling wines and organically cultivated still wines, with particular emphasis on Riesling.
• Ruppertsberger Weinkeller HoheburgA Pfalz cooperative with Riesling on more than 45 percent of its cultivated area, spanning fresh, off-dry and slightly sweet styles.
• Vier Jahreszeiten WinzerA Bad Dürkheim cooperative founded by 75 winegrowing families in 1900, Vier Jahreszeiten Winzer turns a broad Mittelhaardt grower network into wines ranging from dry Pfalz Grauburgunder to site-named Riesling.
• Villa WolfA Wachenheim estate with a 250-year history, now farmed organically and run by a winemaker trained at Dr. Loosen. Dry Riesling, Grauburgunder, and Pinot Noir from the Mittelhaardt.
• Weingut AllendorfA Rheingau estate pairing named-site Rieslings with a citrusy, yeasty 2022 Riesling VDP.Sekt Brut.
• Weingut AndresA Mittelhaardt estate led by brothers Michael and Thomas Andres, working organically across sandstone and calcareous-marl parcels with Riesling and site-focused Spätburgunder at its core.
• Weingut BernhartA fourth-generation Pfalz estate in Schweigen, where organically farmed vineyards cross into Alsace and dry Burgundian varieties lead the range.
• Weingut ChristmannA Gimmeldingen family estate in the Pfalz, where Riesling and Spätburgunder are organised through named vineyards and VDP classifications.