Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter
Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter e.V. or the Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates, is an association of 200 wineries in Germany that promotes binding quality standards and – since 1990 – also ecological management of its members' wineries. Many of Germany's top wine producers are members. It is commonly known under its acronym VDP.
A sign showing that a winery is a member of VDP
VDP logotype on the capsule of a wine bottle
History
It was founded in 1910 as Verband Deutscher Naturweinversteigerer e.V., Association of German Natural (i.e. not chaptalized) Wine Auctioneers.[1][2] Founding members were the four regional associations
- Association of Natural Wine Auctioneers of the Rhine Palatinate, founded in 1908
- Rheingau Vineyard Owners Association, founded in 1897 in Rüdesheim on the Rhine
- Trier Association of Vineyard Owners of Mosel, Saar and Ruwer, founded probably in 1910
- Association of natural wine auctioneers in Rheinhessen, founded in 1910.
It consists of 11 regional associations, one for each region in the German wine classification system.[3]
Classification
In order to be a VDP member, a wine estate must adhere to certain standards which are slightly more stringent than those set down in the German wine law. VDP members may (and almost always do) use the VDP logotype, a stylized eagle with a cluster of grapes, on their wine bottles. Also, the members have access to the new VDP-specific classifications Erste Lage and Grosses Gewächs for top dry wines that fulfill the requirements. VDP and its regional associations also arrange German wine auctions and various marketing events.
Especially in the Mosel region, where the regional VDP association is known as Grosser Ring, several well-renowned wine estates are instead members of Bernkasteler Ring, which arranges similar auctions and marketing events.
In July 2018, the members adopted a sparkling wine classification that, like the wine classification, defines quality according to origin and provides for aging on the lees as an additional quality criterion. Accordingly, the focus is on origin with the qualitatively increasing levels of VDP-Gutssekt, VDP-Ortssekt, VDP-Erste Lage and VDP-Große Lage. The technology of bottle fermentation is mandatory. Estate and local sparkling wines must lie on their lees for at least 15 months, site sparkling wines and all vintage sparkling wines for at least 36 months.[4][5]
Member estates
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Maps
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  Bassermann Becker Bergdolt Bernhart Bürklin-Wolf von Buhl Christmann Henninger Knipser Kranz Meßmer Mosbacher Mugler Pfeffingen Rebholz Rings Schaefer Minges Wehrheim Winning Emrich-Schönleber Kruger-Rumpf Schäfer-Fröhlich Schäfer Salm Dönnhoff Busch Christoffel Fischer Le Gallais Geltz-Zilliken Grans-Fassian Fritz Haag Willi Haag Haart Herrenberg Heymann-Löwenstein Hövel Karthäuserhof Knebel Kesselstatt Acham-Magin Lauer Lieser Loosen Scharzhof Grünhaus Milz Othegraven Piedmont Prüm Saarstein Schaefer Thanisch Urbans-Hof Hospitien Volxem Wagner Wegeler Antony Battenfeld Bischel Becker Groebe Gunderloch Gutzler Keller Kühling Neus Rappenhof Schätzel Weinbaudomäne Wagner-Stempel Westerhaus Wittmann Allendorf Barth Belz Jung Diefenhardt Eberbach Erbslöh Eser Fendel Straßenmühle Hochschule Geisenheim Freimuth Müller Hamm Hessen Hupfeld Johannisberg Kaufmann Kessler Knyphausen König Krone Kühn Künstler Kunz Leitz Löwenstein Oettinger Prinz Querbach Ress Schönleber Spreitzer Vollrads Werner Adeneuer Burggarten Deutzerwiese Kreuzberg Meyer Stodden Bastian Jost Lanius-Knab Müller Ratzenberger Fitz-Ritter Hermannsberg Winter Maps, Members Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter, Rhineland-Palatinate Rheingau Members Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35  Aldinger Beurer Benzel Dautel Drautz-Able Eilwanger Adelmann Heid Hohenbeilstein Hohenlohe-Öhringen Listenmacher Neipperg Schnaitmann Wachtstetter Weinsberg Württemberg Wöhrwag Haidle Markgraf Bercher Blankenhorn Freiburg Ravensburg Franckenstein Heger Hoensbroech Heitlinger Huber Lahr Laible Lämmlin Michel Keller Neuweier Salwey Seeger Schlumberger Hövel Schlör Stigler Wöhrle Members Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter, Baden-Württemberg  Arnold Bickel-Stumpf Bürgerspital Domänenamt Michael Fürst Glaser Hofkeller Höfler Juliusspital Baltes Kreglinger Löwenstein May Müller Ruck Sauer Schäffer Schmitt's Kinder Schwab Schwane Sommerhausen Stein Steintal Störrlein Weltner Wirsching Zehnthof Members Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter, Bavaria Franconia Members Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter
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See also
References
- German Grosses Gewächs 2021 releases: the top wines by: Decanter.
- Steven Sidore. "Winners and Losers of the Revised German Wine Law". TRINK MAGAZINE. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- "VDP.REGIONS – ORIGIN MATTERS!". vdp.de/en. 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- "VDP Raises the Bar with its New VDP.SEKT.STATUT". winebusiness.com. 2020-12-22. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- "VDP RAISES THE BAR WITH ITS NEW VDP.SEKT.STATUT". vdp.de/en. 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
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