Oberbergen estate on the Kaiserstuhl's volcanic Bassgeige and Eichberg sites, run by Friedrich Keller alongside the Schwarzer Adler restaurant his family has kept since 1969.
Tip: Book the Schwarzer Adler restaurant alongside a cellar visit; the two share the same Kaiserstuhl address.
Address: Badbergstrasse 44, 79235 Vogtsburg-Oberbergen, Germany, Baden
Burkheim family estate tracing winemaking back to 1457, farming 38.3 hectares of the Kaiserstuhl's Feuerberg volcanic terraces, mostly Spaetburgunder and Grauburgunder.
Tasting: Tastings in the estate's 1756 wooden barrel cellar in Burkheim's historic village centre.
Tip: The Feuerberg Kesselberg and Haslen parcels are the estate's warmest sites; ask which vintage is currently pouring.
Ihringen estate on the Vorderer Winklerberg, one of Germany's warmest vineyard sites, farming 13.9 hectares of mostly Burgunder varieties with a small Riesling and Chardonnay planting.
Tasting: Cellar-door tastings in Ihringen covering the Vorderer Winklerberg and Freiburg Schlossberg Grosse Lage bottlings.
Tip: Ask for the Winklerberg Spaetburgunder GG "Backoefele", the estate's flagship red from the site's steepest parcel.
Achkarren estate on the Kaiserstuhl's Schlossberg, farmed by Josef Michel across more than 80 small parcels, roughly 40 percent Grauburgunder alongside Spaetburgunder and Weissburgunder.
Tasting: Family cellar-door tastings in Achkarren across more than 80 individually farmed parcels on the Schlossberg.
Tip: Michel joined the VDP only in 2018; ask about back-vintage library bottles from before that.
ECOVIN-certified organic estate in Bischoffingen on the Kaiserstuhl, farming 35 hectares of Burgunder varieties and Muskateller alongside a Cremant program.
Tasting: Cellar-door tastings at the Bischoffingen estate, which also produces Cremant.
Tip: Ask for the Cremant if you want the estate's sparkling take on Kaiserstuhl Burgunder.
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.
Burkheim family estate tracing winemaking back to 1457, farming 38.3 hectares of the Kaiserstuhl's Feuerberg volcanic terraces, mostly Spaetburgunder and Grauburgunder.
Tasting: Tastings in the estate's 1756 wooden barrel cellar in Burkheim's historic village centre.
Tip: The Feuerberg Kesselberg and Haslen parcels are the estate's warmest sites; ask which vintage is currently pouring.
Ihringen estate on the Vorderer Winklerberg, one of Germany's warmest vineyard sites, farming 13.9 hectares of mostly Burgunder varieties with a small Riesling and Chardonnay planting.
Tasting: Cellar-door tastings in Ihringen covering the Vorderer Winklerberg and Freiburg Schlossberg Grosse Lage bottlings.
Tip: Ask for the Winklerberg Spaetburgunder GG "Backoefele", the estate's flagship red from the site's steepest parcel.
Achkarren estate on the Kaiserstuhl's Schlossberg, farmed by Josef Michel across more than 80 small parcels, roughly 40 percent Grauburgunder alongside Spaetburgunder and Weissburgunder.
Tasting: Family cellar-door tastings in Achkarren across more than 80 individually farmed parcels on the Schlossberg.
Tip: Michel joined the VDP only in 2018; ask about back-vintage library bottles from before that.
ECOVIN-certified organic estate in Bischoffingen on the Kaiserstuhl, farming 35 hectares of Burgunder varieties and Muskateller alongside a Cremant program.
Tasting: Cellar-door tastings at the Bischoffingen estate, which also produces Cremant.
Tip: Ask for the Cremant if you want the estate's sparkling take on Kaiserstuhl Burgunder.
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.
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