Schloss Johannisberg

Schloss Johannisberg crowns a south-facing hill above the Rhine in Germany’s Rheingau and is widely regarded as the world’s first dedicated Riesling estate. Vines have been cultivated here for around 1,200 years, and in 1720 the entire 50-hectare domain was replanted to Riesling, creating the first single-variety Riesling vineyard. Once a Benedictine monastery and later a princely residence, the estate passed through the hands of European nobility, including Austria’s Prince von Metternich, whose tenure helped ceme…