Black Forest & Baden Wine Tours
The Black Forest is Germany at its most storybook, and around it Baden makes the country’s warmest, ripest wine – serious Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) and Grauburgunder from the volcanic Kaiserstuhl – alongside the ham, the Kirschwasser and the cherry gateau the region gave the world. Compare the top-rated Black Forest and Baden experiences below, then read our notes.
Baden wine tours from Freiburg and the Kaiserstuhl
Formats: Baden wine tours from Freiburg and the Kaiserstuhl with cellar visits and tastings; Black Forest food-and-scenery day trips; ham-and-Kirschwasser tastings; Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte and cooking experiences.
What you taste: Baden Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir), Grauburgunder and Weissburgunder (Pinot Gris and Blanc), and Gutedel; with Black Forest ham, Kirschwasser cherry brandy and the famous gateau.
Price: roughly 50 to 90 dollars for a Baden winery tour and tasting; more for a full Black Forest day trip with transport and lunch.
Baden: Germany’s warm-climate wine
Baden, running down the Rhine’s warm south-west, is Germany’s sunniest wine region and its Pinot heartland. The volcanic Kaiserstuhl hill near Freiburg makes ripe, structured Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) that rivals Burgundy, and excellent Grauburgunder and Weissburgunder (the Pinots Gris and Blanc). The old grape Gutedel (Chasselas) is the local white in the Markgräflerland to the south. Cellar tours and tastings run from Freiburg into the vineyards.
The Black Forest table
The forest itself gives the food its icons: Schwarzwälder Schinken, the smoked Black Forest ham; Kirschwasser, the clear cherry brandy distilled from the region’s morello cherries; and, made with both, the Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte – Black Forest gateau, layers of chocolate sponge, cherries, cream and kirsch. Swabian dishes like Maultaschen (filled pasta pockets) and Flammkuchen round out the table.
How to do it
Base in Freiburg, the sunny university city at the forest’s edge, for the Baden wineries and the Kaiserstuhl; Black Forest food-and-scenery day trips run from there and from Frankfurt. Autumn is loveliest, with the harvest and the turning forest. See the Germany hub for the rest of the country.
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FAQ about Black Forest & Baden Wine Tours
Frequently asked questions
What wine does Baden make?
Germany’s ripest - serious Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) from the volcanic Kaiserstuhl, plus Grauburgunder and Weissburgunder and the local Gutedel white.
Where is the real Black Forest gateau from?
The Black Forest region, made with the local morello cherries and Kirschwasser cherry brandy - the kirsch is what makes it authentic.
Where should I base myself?
Freiburg, at the forest’s south-western edge, for the Baden wineries, the Kaiserstuhl and Black Forest day trips.