Weingut August Eser

A woman after 9 Generations

Today, after 9 generations of talented winemakers, the estate is finally handled by a woman. Désirée Eser Baroness Knyphausen and her husband now run the winery located in the heart of the old village Oestrich, which is named after her grandfather.

The quality-oriented family-run winery produces aromatic, fruity, and substantial Riesling wines as well charming, elegant and powerful Pinot Noir wines. The Eser winery has been voted as one of Germany’s 100 best wineries for over 15 years. In addition, the winery has been a longtime member (since 1971) of the prestigious German Wine Association (VDP). Furthermore, the winery gains yearly recommendations in several national and international wine publications and competitions.

Vineyards and Wine making at Weingut August Eser

The August Eser estate stands for the marvelous variety of the Rheingau Riesling on a diverse and far spread array of high-class single vineyards throughout the region Rheingau. The winery´s logo illustrates “the key to Rheingau Riesling” and symbolizes the quality of the wines in addition to the outstanding vineyard sites. The estate currently manages 11 hectares of prime south-facing vineyards, spread out over eight villages of the Rheingau.

The vineyards contain several different soil compositions, this variety provides a splendid opportunity to taste Rieslings produced from different kinds of soil types in a single winery. Each soil type stands for a diversity of flavors and minerality. It is all about terroir and microclimate and has many similarities to the century-old philosophy and classification of its counterpart in Burgundy.