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.
Tip: Ask for the lake-view terrace tasting; Meersburg's vineyards run down to the Bodensee shoreline.
Address: Seminarstrasse 6, 88709 Meersburg, Germany, Baden
State research-institute winery in Freiburg farming the Schlossberg Grosse Lage in the city itself plus a second site at Ihringen on the Kaiserstuhl, ECOVIN organic-certified since founding in 1926.
Tasting: Two vinotheks, one in Freiburg and one at Blankenhornsberg, plus an online shop; part of the state viticulture research institute.
Tip: The Freiburg Schlossberg vineyard is walkable from the city centre, no separate Kaiserstuhl trip required.
Tauberfranken estate in Wertheim-Reicholzheim on upper muschelkalk soil, one of Baden's smallest VDP members at 2.3 hectares, known for Schwarzriesling from the Oberer First Grosse Lage.
Tasting: Small family tastings at the Reicholzheim estate, with barrel storage kept above ground on the first floor.
Tip: Ask for the Fyerst 1476 Schwarzriesling, the estate's flagship red and a rare varietal outside Wuerttemberg.
Malterdingen estate on weathered muschelkalk in the Breisgau, working 35.3 hectares across the Bienenberg, Sommerhalde and Schlossberg Grosse Lage sites with Spaetburgunder as the house specialty.
Tasting: Vinothek tastings and cellar visits by appointment at the Malterdingen estate, focused on the Bienenberg and Schlossberg Grosse Lage sites.
Tip: Bienenberg Grosse Lage bottlings sell out quickly; ask the Vinothek about mailing-list allocation.
Burgundy specialist above Oberrotweil on the Kaiserstuhl's volcanic and loess soils, farming the Kirchberg, Eichberg, Henkenberg and Steingrubenberg Grosse Lage sites under Konrad Salwey.
Tasting: Tastings at the Oberrotweil estate, with a cellar that runs 12 metres underground into the Kaiserstuhl's volcanic rock.
Tip: The Kirchberg vineyard runs hot in summer; ask about the older, deep-rooted parcels that anchor the estate's top bottling.
Third-generation Ihringen estate on the Kaiserstuhl's Winklerberg, farming 37.6 hectares of mostly dry Burgunder and Riesling on volcanic soil, with a second site on the Achkarren Schlossberg.
Tasting: Tastings at the Ihringen estate on the volcanic Winklerberg, with cellar tours covering the estate's horse-drawn vineyard work.
Tip: 98 percent of the range is bottled dry; ask specifically if you want an off-dry Spaetlese.
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.
Tasting: Gravity-fed, three-level winery built into the Oberbergen slope, paired with the estate's Schwarzer Adler restaurant on site.
Tip: Book the Schwarzer Adler restaurant alongside a cellar visit; the two share the same Kaiserstuhl address.
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