The state viticulture institute's Freiburg vinothek pours its research-estate wines by the glass, a rare city-centre tasting stop backed by the same institute that runs Baden's official grape trials.
Tip: A second vinothek at Blankenhornsberg near Ihringen covers the estate's Kaiserstuhl-grown Grosse Lage sites.
Address: Merzhauser Strasse 119, 79100 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Baden
This family cellar door in the far south of the Markgraeflerland pours single-site Gutedel alongside a Syrah that is unusual for Baden, a reminder the estate reaches beyond the region's Burgunder default.
Tip: The Syrah bottlings sell out first each vintage; ask what's still available before committing to a flight.
Tastings run inside a heritage-protected building in Laufen village, and the estate keeps guest rooms on site for visitors who want to turn the flight into an overnight Markgraeflerland stop.
Tip: Pair a tasting with an overnight stay; the estate's own guest rooms open the option without a separate booking.
This Buehl-Eisental cooperative pours nothing but Spaetburgunder, poured from the monkey-embossed Affenflasche the co-op has bottled under since the 1950s, at the Ortenau's northern edge.
Tip: The embossed monkey bottle makes a distinctive souvenir if you're buying a case to take home.
Thirteen generations of the same family have worked this Leimen estate minutes from Heidelberg, and tastings here are the easiest Baden cellar-door stop for visitors based in the Rhine-Neckar area.
Tip: The closest VDP tasting room to Heidelberg; a realistic half-day add-on to a Heidelberg trip.
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.
Set inside the former Cistercian Kloster Bronnbach on the Tauber, this vinothek pours wines from 24 growers across the Taubertal, a single stop for the district's Mueller-Thurgau and Silvaner.
Tip: Pair a tasting with the adjoining monastery shop and gardens, which keep the same Wednesday-to-Sunday hours.
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