Weingut Sonnenhof

(Recommended by Ben and Larry)

Weingut Sonnenhof
Winzermeister Winfried Weinert
55413 Oberheimbach (bei Bacharach am Rhein)
Tel - 6743/6215 ~ Fax - 6743/6969
Email - weinert@weingut-sonnenhof-oberheimbach.de
Double and Triple rooms with bath/shower/toilet available

...We stretch our legs on the ferry and then head north along the west bank of the Rhine on B9 - past castles Rheinstein & Reichenstein - Trechtingshausen - and just past Burg Sooneck at Niederheimbach we turn west into the hills of Oberheimbach. This is a sleepy little town with lots of tight, winding roads leading up into the vineyards covering the hillsides. After a series of extra-tight curves we finally pull in to the parking area of the Weingut Sonnenhof. This place is a winner just because of it's location. We unload and find two very nice double rooms with private baths with a balcony just outside the hallway door. What an excellent view of all the buildings below us in Oberheimbach. A Weingut is something of a wine estate and in this case the Weingut Sonnenhof takes up a large hillside of vineyards. I discover later the quality of their wine and regret not bringing back more bottles for later...

....back to the Sonnenhof where we enjoy a nice meal of Jägerschnitzel mit Bratkartoffeln offered up by our hostess Frau Weinert.

Larry has a glass of Rotwein so I take the opportunity to buy a bottle of haus wine and it is soooo good I almost finished it by myself right then.

Larry and I have enjoyed this wonderful Weingut on many occasions. The Weinert family are very friendly hosts and it's a great place to spend time along the Rhine gorge. Easy hour drive to the Frankfurt airport. Why spend your last night at a hotel next to the airport when you can spend it on the Rhine - get up a little earlier the next morning - and cruise the Autobahn right into the Flughafen.