States of Germany
The majority of the region's wine is produced by a [[winemaking cooperative]] based in the city of [[Heppenheim]], to which about 620 of 850 growers of the region deliver their grapes. The [[States of Germany|state]] government of Hesse, through the Hessian State Wineries ("Hessische Staatsweingüter") is the biggest single vineyard owner with since 2008 processed in the central cellar of the state wineries at the [[Steinberg, Kloster Eberbach]], site.