Dornfelder Dornfelder is a red varietal of the European grape species Vitis vinifera developed in 1955 by August Herold in Deutschland who named it after August Ludwig Dornfeld. Herold crossed two other varieties he created, Helfensteiner and Heroldrebe, to get Dornfelder. Vintages: Twisted River Bin 155 Rheinhessen Qualitätswein 2006