Classical cooking in a Karlsruhe townhouse on Akademiestrasse, where MICHELIN notes the wine card repays a look because it carries house bottlings produced with partner estates.
The list: MICHELIN notes the Weinkarte is worth a look because it carries house bottlings made with partner estates.
Tip: The guide flags the Weinkarte specifically, so ask for the partner-estate bottlings rather than the house pour.
Address: Akademiestrasse 7, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany, Baden
Ralph Knebel holds a MICHELIN star at the Erbprinz in Ettlingen for classical and international menus of five to seven courses, with the separate Weinstube Sibylla covering the regional side.
The list: The starred room runs the hotel cellar; the separate Weinstube Sibylla handles the regional Baden side.
Awards: MICHELIN Guide 2026
Tip: Book Weinstube Sibylla rather than the starred room for a cheaper and more regional Baden wine list.
Douce Steiner cooks at the family Hirschen on Sulzburg's Hauptstrasse, a Markgraeflerland inn that doubles as a small hotel and opens Wednesday through Saturday rather than every day.
The list: A Markgraeflerland-anchored list served in a house that is also a small hotel, on a four-day service week.
Tip: The house opens Wednesday to Saturday only, so check the calendar before building a Markgraeflerland day around it.
The Baumann family's hotel restaurant above the Durbach valley at Halbguetle 30, cooking Badisch and international plates against a list drawn from the surrounding Ortenau slopes.
The list: A house list drawn from Durbach and the wider Ortenau, poured in the restaurant and on the valley terrace.
Tip: The valley-side terrace is the reason to come, so ask for a table outside whenever the weather holds.
Ralph Knebel holds a MICHELIN star at the Erbprinz in Ettlingen for classical and international menus of five to seven courses, with the separate Weinstube Sibylla covering the regional side.
The list: The starred room runs the hotel cellar; the separate Weinstube Sibylla handles the regional Baden side.
Awards: MICHELIN Guide 2026
Tip: Book Weinstube Sibylla rather than the starred room for a cheaper and more regional Baden wine list.
Markus Philippi cooks modern seasonal menus of three to six courses at the Romantik Hotel Residenz am See, with Lake Constance through the windows and winemaker evenings on the calendar.
The list: Regular winemaker evenings pair a four-course menu with a rotating guest grower's wines.
Tip: The winemaker evenings pair a four-course menu with a rotating guest grower, and those dates book out first.
Dirk Hoberg holds two MICHELIN stars in a 1909 Art Nouveau villa on the Konstanz lakefront, where the guide praises a wide list that is strongest on regional wine and sparkling.
The list: MICHELIN praises a wide list that is strongest on regional wine and sparkling, with a sommelier on the floor.
Awards: MICHELIN Guide 2026
Tip: The Kuechentisch seats four at the kitchen pass and is booked separately from the main dining room.
Three MICHELIN stars under chef Torsten Michel, served inside the Hotel Traube Tonbach on the Tonbach valley road, with chef sommelier Stéphane Gass running a cellar the guide calls particularly interesting.
The list: Chef sommelier Stéphane Gass runs the cellar; MICHELIN flags the list as particularly interesting and gave Gass its Sommelier Award.
Awards: MICHELIN Guide 2026
Tip: Gass holds the MICHELIN Sommelier Award, so take the pairing rather than ordering by the glass.
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