Sources

While you may be able to get some of the wines we have reviewed here in a local wine shop or even supermarket, for most of them you will either have to find a specialist shop or go directly to the source and buy from the winery. To help you find a wine, every wine review mentions where we sourced a wine and at what price (with the rare exceptions of wine that friends gave us as gifts or where we honestly cannot remember any more).

If you are interested in exploring the world of German wine further, we strongly recommend buying wine directly from the wineries. Again, all wine reviews mention the winery, so just go ahead and email them; many German wineries offer discounts for the first 'tasting' order - just tell them you would like to try a sample of their wines. You will find that it is fun to do and can be much cheaper than buying from a wine merchant (who got it from an importer, who may have gotten it from another, German, wine merchant). Quite a few German wineries will deliver to overseas destinations too.

For those of you who are keen on trying a broader sample, German internet wine merchants might be worth a try. While their websites will not always be available in English, they should not be too difficult to navigate and they usually accept all major credit cards. An important note: we do not receive any commission from any of these merchants whatsoever - see the Wine Rambler ethics.

Internet wine merchants

• K&U Weinhalle, a German online wine merchant based in Nürnberg.
• Pinard de Picard, a German online wine merchant based in Saarwellingen, near the French border.
• Weinhandel Willkomm, a German online wine merchant specialised in wines from the Pfalz region.

London wine shops

• Philglas & Swiggot, a London based wine merchant that we like a lot, even though it does not specialise in German wine.
• The Winery, a London based wine merchant with an good selection of German wine, especially dry Riesling.