Seminars and company events
Weingut Baron Knyphausen hosts seminars for up to 80 people across several rooms, company dinners for 50, Christmas parties for 90 and open-air events for up to 800 guests. The estate, known as the Draiser Hof, lies in Erbach, part of Eltville am Rhein in the Rheingau, and combines a VDP wine estate, a 15-room hotel and a restaurant.
Groups are given rooms according to their size, and breakout rooms are available on request. Each meeting room has a projector, a screen, a pinboard and a flipchart, with enough power outlets for laptops. A moderator case, video equipment and conferencing technology can be added. Full-day packages include lunch and dinner, half-day packages come with or without a meal, and programs can be built to measure.
The estate supplies the side program. Moderated tastings in the knypHAUS Vinothek are a common addition to a seminar day. In the evening, the 1818 Gutsrestaurant & Weinbar takes company dinners for up to 50, and the Weinlounge 1141 and the knypZELT host company parties with live music. Open-air events take place on the gutsWIESE in the estate park, with a tent and catering.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings center on the Alte kelterHAUS, the former press house. A winter garden serves the reception, and the Kelterhalle seats up to 80 guests in any season, with a tent annex for 40 to 60 more. The adjoining barrel vault takes a theater layout or long tables for 30 to 50 guests and becomes the dance floor after 10 p.m., and the party can run into the morning. The Fasslager works as a bar or a late-night snack corner. On Saturdays from April to October, the venue is booked as a whole, with its 10 hotel rooms. Parties of up to 30 can take the Kaminzimmer in the historic manor house exclusively.
Rooms and capacities
The Kelterhalle seats 80. The barrel vault holds 30 to 50 at tables. The Kaminzimmer, the former family living room, has a working fireplace, opens onto the park terrace and takes 30. The 1818 restaurant hosts dinners for 50. With the tent, the wedding rooms take 130 to 140 guests in total.
Accommodation
The Gutshotel has 15 rooms and suites, usually let for single occupancy during seminars. For larger groups, the team arranges partner hotels in Eltville and nearby, some within walking distance.
Catering
For seminars, lunch at 1818 is a two-course buffet or a light lunch, and dinner is a three- or four-course menu served as sharing plates. For weddings in the Alte kelterHAUS, couples choose their own caterer, helped by a list of recommended partners, and the manor house kitchen is open to the caterer for events in the Kaminzimmer. All drinks come from the estate on consignment, billed per opened bottle.
History and setting
The Draiser Hof dates back to 1141, and the Barons zu Knyphausen have owned it since 1818. The family farms just under 17 hectares of vineyards, has belonged to the VDP since 1972 and has been converting to organic farming since 2021.
Getting there
Wiesbaden is 12 km away, Mainz 20 km and Frankfurt 45 km. Free parking is in front of the estate entrance. Erbach station on the Rheingau line is close by, and Frankfurt Airport is the nearest airport.
