3 editor-picked estates growing Souvignier Gris in Baden.
Where to taste Souvignier Gris in Baden: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
State-owned Bodensee domain dating to a 1210 first mention of Meersburg viticulture and under state ownership since 1803, farming 60 hectares across Meersburg, Hohentwiel and Gailingen with Riesling as the lead variety.
Tasting: Tastings at the state-owned domain overlooking Lake Constance, with vineyards split across Meersburg, Hohentwiel and Gailingen.
Tip: Ask for the lake-view terrace tasting; Meersburg's vineyards run down to the Bodensee shoreline.
A state-owned domain since the 1803 secularisation, farming 60 hectares, pours its Bodensee Riesling and newer disease-resistant Piwi crosses overlooking Lake Constance above Meersburg's old town.
Tip: Combine with the Vineum Bodensee wine museum a few minutes away for a full Meersburg wine afternoon.
Heitersheim estate certified both Demeter biodynamic and Ecovin organic, farming since 1987 with an unusually wide varietal range for the Markgraeflerland, from Viognier to Cabernet Franc.
Tip: Ask for the Viognier alongside the Weissburgunder to see how far the estate has pushed past the Markgraeflerland's usual Gutedel-and-Spaetburgunder script.