EU-Bio certified estate in Schliengen-Mauchen farming the Frauenberg Grosse Lage, with Spaetburgunder and Gutedel as the Markgraeflerland's characteristic pairing.
Tip: The on-site restaurant is open alongside the tasting room; book both together.
Address: Muellheimer Strasse 4, 79418 Schliengen-Mauchen, Germany, Baden
Small-production Laufen estate on the Altenberg Grosse Lage in the Markgraeflerland, farming 9.5 hectares of Spaetburgunder, Weissburgunder and Gutedel with guest rooms attached.
Tasting: Tastings in a heritage-protected building in Laufen village, with guest rooms on site.
Tip: Rooms above the tasting room make this a good overnight stop on a Markgraeflerland day.
Efringen-Kirchen family estate at the southern edge of the Markgraeflerland, known for single-site Gutedel and Spaetburgunder bottlings named for individual vineyard parcels.
Tasting: Family-run cellar-door tastings in Efringen-Kirchen, in the far south of the Markgraeflerland.
Tip: Ziereisen names its wines after specific parcels rather than village Lagen; ask which site is currently pouring.
Small-production Laufen estate on the Altenberg Grosse Lage in the Markgraeflerland, farming 9.5 hectares of Spaetburgunder, Weissburgunder and Gutedel with guest rooms attached.
Tasting: Tastings in a heritage-protected building in Laufen village, with guest rooms on site.
Tip: Rooms above the tasting room make this a good overnight stop on a Markgraeflerland day.
Efringen-Kirchen family estate at the southern edge of the Markgraeflerland, known for single-site Gutedel and Spaetburgunder bottlings named for individual vineyard parcels.
Tasting: Family-run cellar-door tastings in Efringen-Kirchen, in the far south of the Markgraeflerland.
Tip: Ziereisen names its wines after specific parcels rather than village Lagen; ask which site is currently pouring.
Bad Krozingen-Schlatt estate on the Breisgau's limestone slopes south of Freiburg, built around Burgunder varieties with Spaetburgunder as the house lead.
Tasting: Cellar-door tastings in Bad Krozingen-Schlatt, on the Breisgau's loess and limestone soils.
Tip: Schlatt sits between the Kaiserstuhl and Markgraeflerland; pair a visit with either neighbouring district.
Durbach estate on the Ortenau's granite and gneiss Plauelrain slope, majority Riesling (locally called Klingelberger) with a 2016 Eiswein that won the AWC Vienna world championship.
Tasting: Three generations work the Durbach estate together; tastings by appointment on the Plauelrain slope.
Tip: Riesling here is sold under the local name Klingelberger; don't expect Kaiserstuhl Burgunder styles.
Offenburg estate held by the von Franckenstein family since the 18th century and farmed today under Stefan Huschle, EU-organic Riesling and Spaetburgunder from Ortenau's granite sites.
Tasting: Tastings at the Offenburg estate, family-owned for more than three centuries and VDP member since 1926.
Tip: Offenburg sits at the Ortenau's northern gateway, a convenient first or last stop on a Black Forest wine route.
Historic Schloss Neuweier estate north of Baden-Baden, owned by Robert Schaetzle since 2012 and majority Riesling from steep granite terraces cooled by evening Black Forest air.
Tasting: Tastings at the Schloss Neuweier grounds north of Baden-Baden, on steep granite slopes at 200-400 metres elevation.
Tip: The Mauerwein bottling from the Mauerberg Grosse Lage is the estate's most site-specific Riesling.
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