Carlsbad, California-based importer dedicated exclusively to high-end German wine — representing many of Germany’s most premium estates across the Mosel, Rheingau, Pfalz, Rheinhessen, Nahe, Baden, and beyond.
About the Importer
The German Wine Collection (GWC) is a Carlsbad, California-based importer dedicated exclusively to high-end German wine. The firm was founded to keep many of Germany’s most premium estates together under one portfolio for the next generation, and operates under a stated mission of Quality. People. Place. — importing top German wine on the principle that the producers and the vineyard sites behind each bottle are inseparable from what is in the glass.
The portfolio reads as a tour of Germany’s finest growing regions and most respected family estates — including Joh. Jos. Prüm, Karthäuserhof, Reichsrat von Buhl, Wegeler, Kühling-Gillot, Schäfer-Fröhlich, Rebholz, Salwey, Meyer-Näkel, Mönchhof, Pfeffingen, Wagner-Stempel, Wirsching, Schnaitmann, Rings, Raumland, Becker, Haart, Willems-Willems, Fritz Müller, and Prost. Coverage spans the Mosel, Rheingau, Pfalz, Rheinhessen, Nahe, Baden, Württemberg, Franken, and Ahr — Riesling at its most precise, alongside serious Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder), traditional-method Sekt, and Silvaner. GWC works directly with these estates and partners with on-the-ground distributors across the United States, giving accounts like Cherry Hill access to authentic, terroir-driven German wine at every quality tier.
Portfolio Highlights
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Our Selection
Cherry Hill selects The German Wine Collection for unmatched depth in serious German wine — legendary Mosel houses like Joh. Jos. Prüm and Karthäuserhof alongside Pfalz benchmarks like Reichsrat von Buhl and rising Rheinhessen and Nahe stars. The breadth lets us build genuine German programs for restaurants and retailers across Washington, from accessible everyday Riesling to allocated GG-tier bottlings.