Weingut Robert Weil
Into a new future
A global attention
Wilhelm Weil learned the intricacies of winemaking from the ground up, and this education shaped the many decisions that now define the fortunes of the estate. His efforts began in 1987 with far-sighted investments in the cellar and vineyards and the introduction of the "Tiffany Blue" label. As the founder's great-grandson, there is real pride in the global attention being accorded once again to Weil Rieslings.
Classification has long been a tool, practiced by virtually all significant winemaking regions the world over, for recognising top vineyards. The Rheingau is no different, especially since its top vineyards have always enjoyed a tremendous global reputation.
Winemaking of Rheingau
As the 19th century drew to a close, several German winemaking regions began looking to the Bordeaux classification of 1855 for inspiration. They championed the creation of winegrowing maps incorporating the basic structure of the French system yet leaning heavily on their own reconstitution in 1866 as administrative districts of the Prussian empire. Friedrich Wilhelm Dünkelberg's book "Der nassauische Weinbau" (1867) put the Rheingau at the forefront of this movement through charts that divided the region’s vineyards into "1st, 2nd and those of lower class." The Dünkelberg map of the Rheingau is today hailed as the world's oldest site-based classification map, and lists the "Grävenberg" in Kiedrich as a "Wine Site 1st Class."
All subsequent classification efforts from the late 19th and 20th centuries originate from that map, including the VDP classification of 2012, which prioritizes "terroir" as a central pillar for quality. It establishes a hierarchy of wine that ranges from VDP.GUTSWEIN to VDP.ORTSWEIN to VDP.ERSTE LAGE® and VDP.GROSSE LAGE®.
Producers in Rheingau
Our producers
Weingut Hagn
Burgenland
Jeanmaire
Champagne
Finca Las Moras
Cujo / Mendoza
Pongrácz
Western Cape
Finca Sophenia
Cujo / Mendoza
La Coste de los Andes
Cujo / Mendoza
The Grape Grinder
Western Cape
Zonnebloem
Western Cape
Spier
Western Cape
Viña Santa Rita
Maipo Valley
Saint-Réol
Champagne
Ruffino
Tuscany
Robert Mondavi Winery
Napa Valley
Kungfu Girl
Washington State
The Prisoner Wine Company
Napa Valley
Castello di Albola
Tuscany
Rocca di Montemassi
Tuscany
Castello del Poggio
Piemonte
Ca'Bolani
Fruili
Il Falchetto
Langhe
Zonin 1821
Veneto
Masseria Altemura
Puglia
Principi di Butera
Sicily
Planeta
Sicily
Kim Crawford
Marlborough
Casal Garcia
Vinho Verde
Aveleda
Vinho Verde
Lenz Moser
Burgenland
Drostdy-Hof
Western Cape
Nederburg
Paarl
Weingut Robert Weil
Rheingau
Bauchet
Champagne
Xavier Vignon
Rhône
Cristia
Rhône
Domaine Jones
Languedoc
Domaine des Malandes
Chablis
Château Paradis
Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence
Vignoble Austrey / Peyrassol
Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence
SO Vignerons
Languedoc
Saget la Perrière
Loire
Bodegas Campillo
Rioja
Bodegas Faustino
Rioja
Bodegas Marqués de Vitoria
Rioja
Bodegas Portia
Ribera del Duero
Bodegas Leganza
La Mancha
Damilano
Piemonte
Schrader Cellars
Napa Valley
Quinta Vale D. Maria
Douro