Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter

It was founded in 1910 as Verband Deutscher Naturweinversteigerer e.V., Association of German Natural (i.e. not chaptalized) Wine Auctioneers.

Also, the members have access to the new VDP-specific classifications Erste Lage and Grosses Gewächs for top dry wines that fulfill the requirements.

VDP and its regional associations also arrange German wine auctions and various marketing events.

Especially in the Mosel region, where the regional VDP association is known as Grosser Ring, several well-renowned wine estates are instead members of Bernkasteler Ring, which arranges similar auctions and marketing events.

[5][6] (As of 2019[update]): Ahr: Baden: Hessische Bergstraße: Mittelrhein: Mosel: Nahe: Rheingau: Rheinhessen: Palatinate: Saale-Unstrut: Saxony: Württemberg:

A sign showing that a winery is a member of VDP
VDP logotype on the capsule of a wine bottle