ECOVIN-certified organic estate in Bischoffingen on the Kaiserstuhl, farming 35 hectares of Burgunder varieties and Muskateller alongside a Cremant program.
Tip: Ask for the Cremant if you want the estate's sparkling take on Kaiserstuhl Burgunder.
Address: Am Enselberg 1, 79235 Vogtsburg-Bischoffingen, Germany, Baden
Bischoffingen estate on the Kaiserstuhl built around Spaetburgunder and Chardonnay, with a sister winery the family also runs in New Zealand's Central Otago.
Tasting: Cellar-door tastings at the Bischoffingen winery on the Kaiserstuhl.
Tip: Ask how the Kaiserstuhl and Central Otago bottlings compare; the estate pours both at the cellar door.
Member-owned cooperative in Achkarren farming the Kaiserstuhl's Schlossberg, pouring Burgunder wines from its village cellar door and hosting the annual Achkarrer Weinfest.
Tasting: Cooperative cellar-door sales and tastings in Achkarren village, on the Kaiserstuhl's Schlossberg.
Tip: Time a visit to the Achkarrer Weinfest or the autumn Fackelweinwanderung torch-lit vineyard walk.
Central Baden cooperative winery in Breisach founded in 1952, processing grapes from around 4,000 member growers farming roughly 1,400 hectares across the region, including the Markgraf von Baden estate brand.
Tasting: Central cooperative cellar in Breisach with a visitor shop and tastings drawing on member growers across all seven of Baden's growing districts it processes for.
Tip: The visitor shop stocks the Markgraf von Baden label alongside the cooperative's own Burgunder range.
Bischoffingen estate on the Kaiserstuhl built around Spaetburgunder and Chardonnay, with a sister winery the family also runs in New Zealand's Central Otago.
Tasting: Cellar-door tastings at the Bischoffingen winery on the Kaiserstuhl.
Tip: Ask how the Kaiserstuhl and Central Otago bottlings compare; the estate pours both at the cellar door.
Member-owned cooperative in Achkarren farming the Kaiserstuhl's Schlossberg, pouring Burgunder wines from its village cellar door and hosting the annual Achkarrer Weinfest.
Tasting: Cooperative cellar-door sales and tastings in Achkarren village, on the Kaiserstuhl's Schlossberg.
Tip: Time a visit to the Achkarrer Weinfest or the autumn Fackelweinwanderung torch-lit vineyard walk.
Central Baden cooperative winery in Breisach founded in 1952, processing grapes from around 4,000 member growers farming roughly 1,400 hectares across the region, including the Markgraf von Baden estate brand.
Tasting: Central cooperative cellar in Breisach with a visitor shop and tastings drawing on member growers across all seven of Baden's growing districts it processes for.
Tip: The visitor shop stocks the Markgraf von Baden label alongside the cooperative's own Burgunder range.
Munzingen cooperative on the flatter Tuniberg west of Freiburg, around 160 members farming roughly 70 hectares known for Spaetburgunder red wines, Weissherbst rose and Gewuerztraminer.
Tasting: Cooperative cellar door in Munzingen village on the Tuniberg, serving its roughly 160 member growers' Spaetburgunder and Weissherbst.
Tip: Weissherbst, a pale rose pressed from Spaetburgunder, is the Tuniberg's local specialty; ask for it by name.
Independent Munzingen grower on the Tuniberg producing still Burgunder wines alongside its own estate Sekt, distinct from the village's larger cooperative.
Tasting: Estate tastings in Munzingen on the Tuniberg, including sparkling Sekt made in-house.
Tip: Ask specifically for the estate Sekt; most Tuniberg producers sell still wine only.
Schliengen estate dating to 1847, farming the Sonnenstueck Grosse Lage on the Markgraeflerland's calcareous soils with Gutedel alongside its Burgunder range.
Tasting: Tastings at the Schliengen estate, which also runs the on-site Fritz Weinbar.
Tip: Stop at the on-site Fritz Weinbar for a by-the-glass flight after the cellar tour.
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