Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter (VDP)

Registered association based in Mainz, abbreviation VDP. Identification mark for wines of members of the VDP since the year 1991 the VDP capsule with the "grape eagle". The statutes of the VDP contain strict quality criteria such as voluntary yield restrictions or higher than the prescribed minimum must weights. Integrated viticulture as a minimum standard. In Rheinhessen, the association currently has 16 member companies (VDP Rheinhessen).