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.
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.
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.
The state viticulture institute's Freiburg vinothek pours its research-estate wines by the glass, a rare city-centre tasting stop backed by the same institute that runs Baden's official grape trials.
Tip: A second vinothek at Blankenhornsberg near Ihringen covers the estate's Kaiserstuhl-grown Grosse Lage sites.
Weinbaer combines a retail wine shop with scheduled tasting sessions in Freiburg's Bermuda-Dreieck nightlife district, open Tuesday through Saturday with no Sunday or Monday service.
The list: Wine shop and tasting room in Freiburg's Bermuda-Dreieck district running scheduled Weinproben (wine-tasting sessions) alongside retail sales.
Tip: Tastings run as scheduled sessions rather than nightly by-the-glass service; check the Weinproben page before a walk-in visit.
A vinothek and wine bar on Muensterplatz in a 1585 guardhouse, pouring around 100 Baden producers by the glass from a marble counter that faces the cathedral square.
The list: Roughly 100 Baden producers poured by the glass at a marble counter facing the cathedral, curated by in-house sommeliers for visitors new to the region.
Pours: Alte Wache Selektion Gutedel
Tip: Start with the house Gutedel Selektion, then ask staff to build a flight around whichever Baden style interests you most.
Set inside a converted historic wine-press house on the Fischerau canal, Trotte Weinbar pours an international list rather than sticking to Baden alone, drawing a nightly crowd until late.
The list: An international by-the-glass list spanning several countries and regions, served inside a converted historic wine-press house on the Fischerau canal.
Tip: Arrive early on weekends; the small former press-house room fills up fast after 7pm.
Webers Weinstube pours the multiple-award-winning wines of Weingut Weber from Ettenheim almost exclusively, pairing them with Badische tapas plates in a late-opening room that runs past midnight most nights.
The list: A single-estate list built almost entirely around the multiple-award-winning Weingut Weber from Ettenheim, served alongside Badische tapas plates.
Tip: The kitchen stays open until close, so it works as a late dinner stop as well as a nightcap.
Open only a few weeks each spring and fall, this seasonal Strausswirtschaft fills Weingut Hug's 1932 cooperage workshop with its own organic, hand-harvested wines and rotating weekly food specials.
The list: A seasonal wine tavern, open only a few weeks each spring and fall, pouring Weingut Hug's own organic, hand-harvested wines from a 1932 cooperage building.
Tip: Seasonal only: the 2026 fall run is September 8 to November 8. Outside those weeks the room serves as the winery's vinothek instead.
Martin Fauster cooks a seasonal menu in a Freiburg old-town house on Konviktstrasse, with a wine list that leans on Kaiserstuhl growers before widening to Styria, Burgundy and Bordeaux.
The list: A list that leans on Kaiserstuhl growers before widening to Styria, Burgundy and Bordeaux.
Tip: Check the annual Betriebsferien dates posted on the restaurant's own site before planning a Freiburg visit.
Weinhandlung Drexler has traded wine from a shop in Freiburg's Altstadt since 1899, importing more than a thousand bottlings directly from growers across Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Austria.
Tip: Ask staff about the direct-import lots; they often undercut chain pricing on the same producers.
Baden's state viticulture institute runs public sensory-analysis seminars and vineyard tastings at its Freiburg campus, alongside the professional research and winemaker training that is its main mission.
Tip: Seats on the sensory seminars are limited and posted on the institute's own events calendar each season.
Freiburg's Colombi keeps a cellar under the lobby with more than 30,000 bottles across 600 wines going back to the 1934 vintage, poured in the hotel's Weinstube and Zirbelstube.
The list: A cellar beneath the lobby holding more than 30,000 bottles across 600 different wines, back to the 1934 vintage, poured in the Weinstube and Zirbelstube.
Tip: The Weinstube serves lunch Tuesday to Saturday and dinner Monday to Saturday, on a shorter card than Zirbelstube.
On the 12th of the month from April to October, the state winery's Freiburg vinothek turns into a walk-in after-work party with food trucks, live music and a rotating twelve-wine lineup to taste.
Tip: No ticket needed, just show up; the courtyard gets crowded once the food trucks open at 5pm.
Freiburg old-town wine bar open weekday evenings to 23:30, a popular meeting point for wine drinkers with a list drawn from multiple regions and countries.
The list: A curated list spanning Baden and beyond, poured in an international wine lokal that stays open into the night on weekdays
Tip: Weekday hours run 17:00 to 23:30, the latest kitchen-adjacent pour in Freiburg's old town on a Monday or Tuesday.