The following is a resource I put together to help when looking at wines from the M-S-R. The theory is to have a presentation like you normally see in the Cote d'Or, where each village is associated with certain Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards, as well as certain producers. In other words, put all the best villages, vineyards and producers on one page and show how they relate.

Village Guide to the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Wine Region
Carl McCarthy

Key:

• Villages are generally listed upstream to downstream – basically south to north.
• Notable wineries based in each village are indicated (with the Gault-Millau rating of each, expressed in "*"). “Notable” means either rated *** or higher, well-known in USA, or historically important. The highest rating is *****.
• Hugh Johnson's First Class Vineyards are indicated (with a separate indication if one is a Great First Class vineyard). Taken from the Wine Atlas (5th ed).
• Square brackets indicate producers in a particular vineyard.
• NB: Only villages with first class vineyards and/or notable wineries are included in this list, not all villages.
• Vineyard names are always written “village+er vineyard” (e.g. “Wehlener Sonnenuhr) except if the vineyard is an ortsteil – then the village name is dropped. E.g. the Josephshöfer, not the Graacher Josephshöfer.
  

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Saar
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Kanzem

Notable wineries:
Johann Peter Reinert (***)
Von Othegraven (***)

First class vineyards:
Altenberg [Johann Peter Reinert, Bischöfliche Weingüter, Von Othegraven]

Wiltingen

Notable wineries:
Egon Müller-Scharzhof (*****)
Von Volxem (**)

First class vineyards:
Scharzhofberg ortsteil (Great First Class). [Egon Müller, Reichsgraf von Kesselstaat, Von Hövel, Von Volxem, Bischöfliche Weingüter, Vereinigte Hospieten]
Klosterberg [Von Volxem, Johann Peter Reinert]
Gottesfuss [Von Volxem]
Braune Kupp [Egon Müller]
Kupp [Vereinigte Hospieten]

Ayl

First class vineyards:
Kupp [Johann Peter Reinert, Bischöfliche Weingüter]
Herrenberger [Bischöfliche Weingüter]

Ockfen

First class vineyards:
Bockstein [Sankt Urbans-Hof, Von Othegraven, Staatliche Weinbaudomane Trier]

Saarburg

Notable wineries:
Geltz-Zilliken (**)

First class vineyards:
Rausch (Geltz-Zilliken)

Serrig

Notable wineries:
Schloss Saarstein (***)

First class vineyards:
Schloss Saarfelser Schlossberg [Vereinigte Hospieten]
Schloss Saarsteiner ortsteil [Schloss Saarstein]

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Ruwer
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Trier

Notable wineries:
Bischöfliche Weingüter (**)
Vereinigte Hospieten (**)
Staatliche Weinbaudomane Trier/State Wine Domain Trier (no stars)

Trier-Morscheid

Notable wineries:
Reichsgraf von Kesselstaat (***)

Trier-Avelsbachv

First class vineyards:
Altenberg [Bischöfliche Weingüter]
Hammerstein [Staatliche Weinbaudomane Trier]

Trier - Eitelsbach

Notable wineries:
Weingut Karthaüserhof (****)

First class vineyards:
Karthaüserhofberg (Great First Class) [Karthaüserhof]. NB: The estate actually has five named vineyards, Burgberg, Kronenberg, Orthsberg, Sang, and Stirn, but the vineyard names have not been used on labels since 1985.

Mertesdorf

Notable wineries:
Von Schubert – Maximin Grünhaus (***)
Von Beulwitz (***)
Karlsmühle (***)

First class vineyards:
Maximin Grünhaus ortsteil – Abtsberg (Great First Class) [Von Schubert]
Maximin Grünhaus ortsteil – Bruderberg [Von Schubert]
Maximin Grünhaus ortsteil – Herrenberg [Von Schubert]

Kasel

Notable wineries:

Classed veinyards:
Nies’chen [Von Beulwitz, Karlsmühle, Von Kesselstaat, Bischöfliche Weingüter]
Kehrnagel [Von Kesselstaat]


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Middle Mosel (Ruwer to Zell)
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Thörnich

First class vineyards:
Ritsch [Carl Loewen]

Klüsserath

Notable wineries:
Kirsten (***)

First class vineyards:
Bruderschaft [Kirsten]

Leiwen

Notable wineries:
Grans-Fassian (****)
Sankt Urbans-Hof (****)
Carl Loewen (***)
Heinz Schmitt (***)
Josef Rosch (***)

First class vineyards:
Laurentiuslay [Grans-Fassian, Sankt Urbans-Hof, Carl Loewen]

Trittenheim

Notable wineries:
Clüsserath-Eifel (***)
Clüsserath-Weiler (***)
Franz-Josef Eifel (***)
Milz – Laurentiushof (**)

First class vineyards:
Apotheke [Grans-Fassian, Clüsserath-Eifel, Clüsserath-Weiler, Franz-Josef Eifel]
Lieterchen [Milz – Laurentiushof]

Neumagen

First class vineyards:
Rosengärtchen [Heinz Schmitt]

Drohn

First class vineyards:
Hofberger [Grans-Fassian, Reinhold Haart]

Piesport

Notable wineries:
Reinhold Haart (****)
Kurt Hain (***)

First class vineyards:
Domherr (Great First Class) [Kurt Hain, Reinhold Haart, Von Kesselstaat]
Goldtröpfchen (the part north of village)(Great First Class) [Grans-Fassian, Sankt Urbans-Hof, Kurt Hain, Reinhold Haart, Vereinigte Hospieten, Von Kesselstaat]
Gärtchen
Goldtröpfchen (the part south of village) [Grans-Fassian, Sankt Urbans-Hof, Kurt Hain, Reinhold Haart]

Wintrich

First class vineyards:
Ohligsberg (Great First Class) [Reinhold Haart]

Kesten

Notable wineries:
Paulinshof (***)

First class vineyards:
Paulinshofberg [Kees-Kieren, Paulinshof]

Brauneberg

Notable wineries:
Fritz Haag (*****)
Willi Haag (**)

First class vineyards:
Juffer Sonnenuhr (Great First Class) [Fritz Haag, Schloss Lieser, Max Ferd. Richter, Paulinshof, Von Kesselstaat]
Juffer [Fritz Haag, Max Ferd. Richter, Paulinshof]

Mülheim

Notable wineries:
Max Ferd. Richter (***)

Lieser

Notable wineries:
Schloss Lieser (****)

First class vineyards:
Niderberg-Helden [Schloss Lieser]

Bernkastel

Notable wineries:
Dr. Loosen (*****), Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler und Peter Nicolay (***), Wegeler(***), Dr. F. Weins-Prüm (***), Dr. Thanisch (**)

First class vineyards:
Doctor (Great First Class)[Von Kesselstaat, Wegeler, Dr. Thanisch]
Alte Badstube am Doktorberg [Bergweiler]
Graben [S.A. Prüm, Markus Molitor, Thanisch]
Lay [Dr. Loosen, Joh. Jos. Prüm]
Matheis-Budchen
Braten-Höfchen

Graach

Notable wineries:
Kees-Kieren (***)
Willi Schaefer (***)

First class vineyards:
Domprobst (Great First Class)[F. Weins-Prüm, Kees-Kieren, Willi Schaefer]
Josephshöfer ortsteil [Reichsgraf von Kesselstaat monopole]
Himmelreich [Dr. Loosen, Joh. Jos. Prüm, Selbach-Oseter, Max Ferd. Richter, Wegeler, Kees-Kieren, Willi Schaefer]

Wehlen

Notable wineries:
Joh. Jos. Prüm (*****)
Markus Molitor (****)
Dr. F. Wein-Prüms (***)
S.A. Prüm (**)

First class vineyards:
Sonnenuhr (Great First Class)[Joh. Jos. Prüm, S.A. Prüm, Dr. Loosen, Max Ferd. Richter, Wegeler, F. Weins-Prüm, Willi Schaefer, Von Kesselstaat, Meulenhof]
Klosterberg [Markus Molitor]

Zeltingen

Notable wineries:
Selbach-Oster (****)

First class vineyards:
Sonnenuhr [Markus Molitor, Selbach-Oster, Joh. Jos. Prüm]

Ürzig

Notable wineries:
Mönchhof - Robert Eymael (***)
Alfred Merkelbach (**)

First class vineyards:
Würzgarten (Great First Class)(the part north of village)[Christoffel, Dr. Loosen, Burgweiler, F. Weins-Prüm, Mönchhof-Robert Eymael, Merkelbac]
Würzgarten (the part south of village)

Erden

Notable wineries:
Joh. Jos. Christoffel (****)
Meulenhof (**)

First class vineyards:
Prälat (Great First Class)[Dr. Loosen, F. Weins-Prüm, Mönchhof-Robert Eymael, Meulenhof, Bischöfliche Weingüter]
Treppchen (west side)(Great First Class) [Christoffel, Bergweiler, Kees-Kieren, Mönchhof-Robert Eymael, Meulenhof, Merkelbac]
Treppchen (east side)

Wolf

First class vineyards:
Goldgrube [Vollenweider]

Traben-Trarbach

Notable wineries:
Vollenweider (***)

First class vineyards:
Ungsberg [Max Ferd. Richter]

Enkirch

Notable wineries:
Carl August Immich – Batterieberg (***)

First class vineyards:
Batterieberg [Carl August Immich]
Zeppwingert


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Lower Mosel (Zell to Koblenz)
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Pünderich

Notable wineries:
Clemens Busch (**)

First class vineyards:
Marienberg [Clemens Busch]

Neef

First class vineyards:
Fauenberg

Bremm

First class vineyards:
Calmont

Gondorf

First class vineyards:
Gäns

Winningen

Notable wineries:
Heymann-Löwenstein (****)
Reinhard und Beate Knebel (****)

First class vineyards:
Uhlen (Great First Class)[Heymann-Löwenstein, Knebel]
Röttgen [Heymann-Löwenstein, Knebel]