Press, Awards and Ratings

WINERY GUIDES/BUYING GUIDES - WINE ASSOCIATIONS - MAGAZINES


Winery Guides / Buying Guides

NAME

EDITION

RATING

Alles über Wein
2002
3 stars
Alles über Wein
2000
3 stars
Der Feinschmecker/Wein Gourmet
2004

4 of 5 points
The best German wine growers

Der Feinschmecker/Wein Gourmet
2003

4,5 of 5 points
The best German wine growers

Der Feinschmecker/Wein Gourmet

2002

4,5 of 5 points
The best German wine growers

Der Feinschmecker/Wein Gourmet
2001

The best German wine growers

Der Feinschmecker

2000

4,5 of 5 points
The best German wine growers

Gault Millau and "Alles über Wein"
2004
3 of 5 grapes

Gault Millau

2000

3 stars

Gault Millau
1998
17/20 points

Stuart Pigott
- Top German Estates

1997

Top Mosel Estate with still increasing quality

Hugh Johnson
- Der kleine Johnson

1996

Top Mosel Estate

Robert Parker
- Buyers Guide

1994

4/5 stars

Robert Parker
- Wine Advocate

vol. 91
page 24

89-91 points



Wine Associations

NAME

YEAR

AWARD / RATING

5. German Riesling-Spätlese-Award of the Spätlese-Reiter-Pokal Fulda
2004
1. rang in the category "fruchtig" for our 2003 Josephshöfer Riesling Spätlese
Jancis Robinson - Newsletter
2004
2003 Josepshöfer Riesling Auslese - 18+ points
2003 Josephshöfer Riesling Spätlese - 17 points
Best of Riesling
2004
2003 Josephshöfer Riesling Spätlese - 92 points
2003 Kaseler Nies'chen Riesling Spätlese trocken - 91 points
Gault Millau
2004
2003 Kaseler Nies'chen Riesling Spätlese trocken - 88 points
2003 Josephshöfer Riesling Spätlese trocken - 89 points
2003 Kaseler Kehrnagel Riesling Kabinett feinherb - 85 points
2003 Wiltinger Gottesfuss Riesling Kabinett feinherb - 85 points
2003 Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Kabinett - 89 pointse
2003 Josephshöfer Riesling Spätlese - 89 points
2003 Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese - 90 points
2003 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese LGK - 91 points
2003 Josephshöfer Riesling Beerenauslese - 93 points
2003 Scharzhofberger Riesling Beerenauslese - 93 points
2003 Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese LGK - 93 points
Wine & Spirits
2004
2002 Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese, barrel no. 19 - 92 points
2003 Josephshöfer Riesling Spätlese - 92 points
2003 Scharzhofberger Riesling Spätlese - 90 points
2003 Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett - 87 points
Vinum/Pro Riesling
2003
German Riesling Producer Award 2003
Best Riesling collection
Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt in the Business-Class of Lufthansa
2002
On a tasting in march our 2001 Gutsriesling Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt was selected for the Lufthansa Business-Class
Selection - Das Forum für Genießer
2002
During the tasting "Süße Auslesen" the 2001 Kaseler Nies'chen Riesling Auslese has been awarded with 5/5 stars
Mundus Vini - The great international wine award
2002
Gold for: 2001 Kaseler Nies'chen Riesling Auslese
Silver for: 2001 Josephshöfer Riesling Kabinett medium dry
"Alles über Wein" and "WMF"
2002
This year the "Vereinigung Deutscher Spitzenweingüter" of which Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt is a member have been awarded with the Grandissimo Wein Award

San Francisco Wine Competition

1998

Best Riesling Award
with a 1989 Riesling Beerenauslese

Wine fair Berlin
1998
Best white wine below DM 20,00
Schaffermahlzeit Bremen
1998
Winner for the 3rd time
Feinschmecker Riesling Gala
1997
Winner of the German Riesling award

10. Riesling Gala
at the "Waldhotel Krautkrämer"

1997

1st place / winner
best 96 dry Riesling
96 Josephshöfer Riesling dry Kabinett

DLG
(German Agricultural Asso.)
German Wine Guide

1995

The Best of the Award Winners
15th time Grand Prize winner
one of the most honored among all estates in Germany



Magazines

MAGAZINE

ISSUE

AWARD / RATING

Selection
2005
best Weissburgunder - 4/5 stars
Alles über Wein
2005
2003 Josephshöfer Riesling Spätlese trocken (dry) - 89 points
2003 Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese - 90 points
2003 Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Kabinett - 89 points
Decanter
2005
2003 Josephshöfer Riesling Auslese - 5/5 stars
2003 Josephshöfer Riesling Spätlese - 3/5 stars
2003 Kaseler Nies'chen Riesling Kabinett - 3/5 stars
Capital
2003
1. rang for 2002 Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese
Capital
2004
3. rang for 2003 Josephshöfer Rielsing Kabinett
Wine Spectator
2004
90/100 points and more (check for details)
Selection
2003
TOPselect 2003
2001 Josephshöfer Riesling Spätlese trocken awards with 5 from 5 stars
Vinbladet Tyskland
2003
86/100 points and more (check for details)
Wine Access
2003
90/100 points and more (check for details)
Wine Interantional
2003
Awards the Kesselstatt wines with 90 points and higher
93 points - 2002 Scharzhofberger Riesling Spätlese
90 points - 2002 Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Kabinett
Wine Spectator
2003
90/100 points and more (check for details)
Restaurant Wine, USA
2003
Ronn Wiegand evaluates the Kesselstatt wines with 4 and 5 from 5 stars (check for details)
The Fine Wine Review, USA
2003
Claude Kolm evaluates the Kesselstatt wines with up to 95 points (check for details)
Wine Spectator
2002
90/100 points and more (check for details)

Alles über Wein

2001
The best estates of the world
edition 100 of mach 2001

Alles über Wein

2/2001
2 of 3 stars

DM Magazine

2001

among the TOP 100 estates in Germany

Der Feinschmecker

2001
The best German wine growers
Savoir Vivre
2001

650th anniversary of Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt

Wine Spectator

4/2001

90/100 points and more (check for details)

DM Magazine

2000

among the TOP 100 estates in Germany

Wine Spectator

1/2000

90/100 points and more

Wine Spectator

2/1999

90/100 points and more (check for details)

Der Feinschmecker

1998
Nominates Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt as wine grower of the year

Alles über Wein

1997

Four Star Estate, rating 4/5 stars

Alles über Wein

1997

among the best producers of the world, rating 2.5/3 points

Decanter Magazine

1/1997

feature winery

Decanter Magazine

1996
5 stars for outstanding quality notiert
Best in this style of wine

Der Feinschmecker

7/1996

rating 5/5 points

Parker Wine Advokat 4 stars


PRESSRELEASE

MAGAZIN

SUBJECT

Alles über Wein

Sommerpalais 2001

Alles über Wein Feinherb
Alles über Wein 1983 Oberemmeler Karlsberg Eiswein
Alles über Wein 650th anniversary
Alles über Wein

Sommerpalais 2004

Bunte Wein Award 6. rang - 2003 Josephshöfer Riesling Spätlese
Daily News RK Riesling
DM 100 best winerys of Germany 2001
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Aug. 2003 Report on the Josephshöfer Monopol
La Revue du Vin de France 12 wines have been awarded with 8 points at least (10 points max. possible)
Sommelier Magazin Gerhard Gartner is cooking on the MS Europa
The Times Top 100 Summer Wines
Wein Gourmet Feinherb
Wein + Markt Excellent Awards of vintage 2002
Weinwirtschaft 650th anniversary
Wine (South Africa) Report on Mosel-Saar-Ruwer and Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt


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