Baden

**Baden** — Germany's southernmost and warmest major wine region, a long, narrow strip running down the southwest of the country, much of it facing the Vosges mountains and Alsace across the Rhine. **Wines & grapes** — Unusually for Germany, red wine is a real strength here. Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) leads, alongside the Pinot family of whites — Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) and Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) — plus Riesling, Müller-Thurgau and the local Gutedel (Chasselas) in the far south. **Character** — The warmer, sunnier climate produces riper, rounder and often fuller-bodied wines than most of Germany. Volcanic soils in areas like the Kaiserstuhl add depth and structure, giving reds real substance and whites a generous, food-friendly weight. **Good to know** — Baden is the heartland of dry, Burgundian-styled German wine, reflecting its cultural and culinary closeness to neighbouring France.

Wines

• Bienenberg Chardonnay GG — Huber
• Breisgau — Huber
• Chara Sauvignon Blanc Trocken — Alexander Laible
• Chardonnay Muschelkalk — Weingut Klumpp
• Deutscher Liqueur-Wein — Hansjörg Rebholz
• Grauburgunder Rothenberg — Weingut Klumpp
• Hecklingen Spätburgunder — Huber
• Herrenstück Pinot Noir — Holger Koch
• Hex vom Dasenstein Spätburgunder Rotwein — Winzerkeller Hex vom Dasenstein
• Hofgut Dahlem Cuvée Rot — Weingut Dahlem
• Klingelberger (Riesling) Qualitätswein Trocken — Durbacher Winzereg
• Löchle Pinot Noir GG — Weingut Burg Ravensburg
• Malterdingen Alte Reben Spätburgunder — Huber
• Malterdingen Chardonnay — Huber
• Markt Markgräflerland — Mar Mar
• Merlot — Biorebe
• Muschelkalk Grauer Burgunder Trocken — Alexander Laible
• Muschelkalk Weißer Burgunder Trocken — Alexander Laible
• Oberbergener Bassgeige Chardonnay 1G — Franz Keller
• Pinot Noir — Brauer