St. Martin in Pfalz, anyone been there?

WINE TALK
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Hi,

Going to St. Martin in Pfalz, Germany on my way to Italy. Going to stay in the Pfalz area for 3 days. Anyone been there and can recommend some good wineprocuers and restaurants.

Thanks in advance.

Birger

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I was that way a couple months ago. Highly recommend dinner at Alte Pfarrey in Neuleiningen!

http://www.altepfarrey.de/index.php

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Thanks Doug, will have a look at the website.

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The cliche is that St. Martin draws so many tourists from it’s beauty that the Weingüter there need not produce good wines to sell them. That pretty much sums it up. Moll is worth a visit though for the bizarre (by German Standards) grape varieties -Semillion, Merlot, Frühroter Veltliner…among others.

For great wine though, you’ll need to go elsewhere -in fact, almost anywhere else in the Pfalz.

Cheers,
Bill

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Thanks Bill, my friends always stay in St. Martin and speaks highly about the town and the producers. I have only tasted a few Riesling from local producer and they seem good, but no Expert in German wines.
Can see you live in Pfalz, any good restaurants there?

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Hi Birger,

You cannot go wrong at any of the following -Excellent food and excellent wine-lists:

Restaurant Luther (Freinsheim –Südpfalz):
http://www.luther-freinsheim.de/index_altern.html
Eselsburg (Neustadt-Mußbach –Mittelhaardt):

Leopold (Deidesheim –Mittelhaardt):

Hofgut Ruppertsberg (Ruppertsberg –Mittelhaardt):
http://www.dashofgut.com/flash/index.html
zur Kanne (Deidesheim –Mittelhaardt):
http://www.gasthauszurkanne.de/
Ketschauer hof (Deidesheim –Mittelhaardt):
http://www.ketschauer-hof.com/restaurant.html

Cheers,
Bill

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Thanks a lot. Funny with the websites not in English.

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Birger,
Christmann in Gimmeldingen is worth a visit, excellent wines.
Best Regards
Jeremy

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Thanks Jeremy