100% Riesling from the Rheingau. A small and compact region, the Rheingau runs from east to west parallel to the Rhine’s 20 mile deviation from its northern course. The vineyards line the slopes between the protective Taunus hills and the heat-reflecting surface of the Rhine.

Wine-growing, within the family history, can be traced back, in old documents, to the year 1685. The origin of the property, originally a mill, dates back to 1790. Wine-growing in the vicinity of the Elsterbach stream is mentioned in a document from 817. "Two hides of land with vineyards which yield six tuns of wine," Emperor Lewis the Pious, Charlemagne`s son, recorded in a document in 817, " located in the place Elisa", by the present-day Elsterbach stream which flows past the manor house.

The estate is now run by Johannes and Sabine Eser with the support of Hans-Hermann Eser and his wife Elfriede. The vineyards are made up of reallocated, consolidated holdings of land and are laid out in accordance with the most modern aspects, so that economic and also ecological cultivation is possible. The different vineyard sites of the Johannishof Estate show a wide range of soil structures which give the respective Riesling wines their special expression. The soil structure ranges from sandy loam, loess, weathered quartzite to heavy slate.