Germany makes more wine than it can reasonably drink, in more styles than any single guide can carry. This almanac is our reading of it. 168 regions, ranked the way we'd visit them; the houses our critics keep returning to; and a short list of restaurants where we'd spend the evening.
Germany
Germany
168
10,143
2,565
The country, in numbers and adjectives.
The terroirs, by hand.
9 regions worth the trip first — chosen by the Femente desk for the houses we’d open with, the variety of styles within each, and the cooking that grew up around them.
Mosel
The Mosel bends itself around Riesling, coaxing mineral restraint and stone-fruit intensity from slate slopes so steep that harvesters…
Rheinhessen
Rheinhessen whites pivot on ripeness without weight—producers like Keller and Wagner-Stempel chase mineral precision in Riesling where…
Pfalz
Pfalz wines live in the gap between ripeness and restraint, where warm southern slopes coax ripe stone fruit from Riesling and Pinot…
Baden
Baden's sprawling 895-estate landscape tilts decisively toward white wine—54% of production—anchored in Riesling and Müller-Thurgau…
Franken
The Maintal's white wines wear mineral skin and bracing acidity like armor, their Silvaner and Riesling refusing the sweetness that…
Rheingau
The Rheingau's slate and schist force Riesling into a constant negotiation: ripe fruit against mineral restraint, sweetness against…
Württemberg
Württemberg reds taste of dark cherry and earth, built lean and mineral rather than plush—a regional style that demands food and rewards…
Nahe
The Nahe splits the difference between slate minerality and orchard fruit, its rieslings caught between the austerity of the Mosel and…
Mittelrhein
Steep slate slopes squeezed between gorge walls force Mittelrhein's Rieslings into a sharp, mineral precision—lean and electric, with pit…
The country’s house grammar.
The 8 styles Germany makes most of, ranked by bottle count on Femente. The bar beneath each cell shows that style’s share of germany’s production.
33,318
German Riesling — the country’s most numerous bottle.
10,433
10,216
9,648
9,220
6,505
6,251
5,143
The houses that keep showing up.
9 Germany estates the prestige critics have agreed on — ordered by the count of 95+ scores across Vinous, Decanter, Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator.
Where to spend the evening.
12 rooms across Germany our editors keep coming back to — chosen for the cooking and the wine list, in that order.
Rutz Restaurant
Modern · European — Berlin
100
Kevin Fehling
Modern · European — Hamburg
100
Sven Elverfeld
Modern · European — Wolfsburg
100
Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten
Fine Dining · European — Hamburg
100
Restaurant Lafleur
Fine Dining — Frankfurt
97
Restaurant Tim Raue
Asian Fusion — Berlin
97
RESTAURANT TANTRIS | RESTAURANT TANTRIS DNA | BAR TANTRIS
European · Traditional — Munich
97
KOMU
Grill · Modern · European — Munich
96
Alois - Fine Dining Restaurant
Traditional · European — Munich
96
WEISSENHAUS
European · Modern — Wangels
96
L.A. Jordan ⭐️⭐️
European · Modern — Deidesheim
96
Ammolite – House of Light
Grill · Rotisserie · European — Rust
96
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