Find and Book Wineries to Visit in Rheingau

If you are planning to visit the region and explore wineries in Rheingau, Frankfurt-Hahn Airport is the logical arrival point for your journey. Unless you're traveling from another region of Germany by car or by train. Frankfurt-Hahn Airport is one of the biggest hubs for international flights and low-cost airlines. 

Whether you are going to travel and visit wineries in Rheingau by car or by train, Wiesbaden or Rüdesheim am Rhein could be the perfect base for exploring the region. Wiesbaden is a historic spa town 20 minutes away from Rheingau that has been one of the most popular spa destinations in Europe for centuries.
Rüdesheim is 30 minutes away from Wiesbaden. Driving from one city to another will open up whole big diversity of wineries in Rheingau. You will find a number of wineries near Rüdesheim to experience the beauty of the region.

If you are planning to visit by train wineries in Rheingau the RheingauLinie and IC trains of the Deutsche Bahn links Eltville, Assmanshausen, Kaub, St. Goarhausen and Braubach with Koblenz, Wiesbaden and Frankfurt am Main main train stations. Trains are running on an hourly basis. The main rail station at Rüdesheim is on the Wiesbaden-Koblenz line, with frequent service to regional towns and connections to all major cities. Train service from Frankfurt is via Wiesbaden and takes 1 hour.

Rheingau is an excellent destination to visit all year round. Especially in the wintertime, the combo wine-spa is incomparable! The Christmas period is just the cherry on the cake! For wineries in Rheingau, each season is the best season to visit them! During summer is the best place to escape from the high temperatures, spring and autumn are the best wine seasons! The busiest month for visiting wineries in Rheingau is February!

Wineries in Rheingau are proud not only for the centuries-old tradition they carry, but also, historically, as the place where late harvest wines originated. Nothing here happened by accident; the family members have inherited the knowledge, culture, and passion for wine, from one generation to the next.
Adding the instrumental role the, world-famous, oenological research and teaching institutes in Geisenheim play in the region you can safely assume that wineries in Rheingau aim only the top! Family-run businesses, devoted to tradition, making great investments to improve the quality of their wines with great respect towards sustainability, organic viticulture, and some of them are practicing biodynamic cultivation!
The bond, the winemakers have with their vineyards is stronger than in many other wine regions worldwide. And as for the future, with Geisenhem University active, the abundance of young talent with fresh ideas seems endless.

The majority, almost 80%, of vineyards here are planted to the Riesling grape, while some wineries in Rheingau cultivate non-traditional grape varieties like Viognier and Orléans. Spätburgunder (the German Pinot Noir) follows from a distance, being at second place with around 12%. Rheingau sparklings and dessert sweet wines complete the chart’s percentage and fulfill any wine lover’s desire.
The morphology and the micro-climate of the region permit the white wines to thrive, having reds behave like supplements, although this does not apply. Except for the delicious sweet wines which are produced by letting Riesling grapes dry on which botrytis noble rot has worked, another type of sweet wine, called Eiswein (ice wine), is obtained by leaving bunches on plants until the weather is cold enough to harvest frozen grapes.

Some words to remember before you visit wineries in Rheingau:

English	German
Wine	Wein
Wine tasting	Geschmack des Weins
Winery	Weingut
Vineyard	Weinberg
Wine Cellar	Weinkeller
Cheers!	Prost!

Rheingau wineries are equipped with all the amenities necessary to host the visitors. “Tourism for All” motto, meaning that accessibility is a priority.
Thanks to the special services offered by the wineries in Rheingau, there is nothing standing in the way of a carefree, comfortable holiday. The winery’s personnel show great love and affection for companion animals. Visitors will find very helpful the areas where the younger members of a family can amuse themselves. Production line, wine tasting spaces, cellars, and wine shop inside the winery is some of the facilities. Accommodation is also available in some wineries in Rheingau taking hospitality to another level.