Baden (wine-growing region)

Data
Wine region :	to bathe
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Vineyard area:	159 km² (2008)
Wine production / year:	1.1 million hectoliters
Wine Queen :	Franziska Aatz
Website:	www.badischerwein.de
German wine-growing regions

Baden is the southernmost and with around 15,906 hectares of vineyards and an average must yield of 1.1 million hectoliters, the third largest wine-growing area in Germany . It is the only German wine-growing region that belongs to  the European Union's wine-growing zone B , as do neighboring Alsace , Champagne and the Loire Valley , all of which are in France .

Areas

Baden is divided into 9 wine-growing areas:

1. Baden mountain road
2. Lake Constance
3. Breisgau
4. Kaiserstuhl
5. Kraichgau
6. Markgräflerland
7. Ortenau
8. Tauberfranken
9. Tuniberg

Grapevines at the Kaiserstuhl

Grape varieties

White wine

For white wine , the grape varieties Grauburgunder (Ruländer), Müller-Thurgau , Bacchus , Gutedel , Kerner , or Riesling , Scheurebe , Sauvignon Blanc , Muskateller , Nobling , Auxerrois and Pinot Blanc , Silvaner , Gewürztraminer are cultivated .

In 2016, the white wine varieties Chenin Blanc , Muscaris and Souvignier gris were also approved for the specific Baden cultivation area .

red wine

Mainly Pinot Noir , Regent , Black Riesling and Dornfelder are grown for red wine .

In 2016, the red wine varieties Frühburgunder , Lagrein , Tempranillo and Zweigelt were also approved for the specific Baden cultivation area .

Cuvée / blend

Badisch Rotgold , sometimes also called Badischer Rotling , is not a grape variety, but a blend of at least 51% grapes of the white grape variety Grauer Burgunder with a maximum of 49% grapes of the red grape variety Pinot Noir.

Well-known vineyards

Well-known wine-growing locations are Auggen , Achkarren , Bahlingen , Beckstein , Berghaupten , Bickensohl , Bischoffingen , Bötzingen , Buchholz , Bühl , Burkheim , Durbach , Eichstetten , Endingen am Kaiserstuhl , Fremersberg , Gengenbach , Glottertal , Hagnau , Hohberg , Ihringen , Istein , Jechtodingen , Kappelrodingen , Königheim , Lauda-Königshofen , running , Malsch , Malterdingen , Meersburg , Michel field , Müllheim , Neuweier , Oberbergen , Oberkirch , Oberrotweil , Ohlsbach , Ortenberg , Pfaffenweiler , Rauenberg , Salem , Sasbach , Sasbachwalden , Schliengen , Tauberbischofsheim , Ueberlingen , Waldulm and Weingarten .

Winemakers

VDP members

Members of the Association of German Predicate and Quality Wineries (VDP):

• Bercher winery
• Blankenhorn winery
• State winery Freiburg & Blankenhornsberg
• Ravensburg Castle Winery
• Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein winery
• Winery Dr. Heger
• Bernhard Huber winery
• City of Lahr winery
• Andreas Laible winery
• Lämmlin-Schindler winery
• Neuweier Castle Winery
• Salwey winery
• H. Schlumberger winery
• Stigler winery
• Margrave of Baden winery
• Michel winery
• Franz Keller winery

DLG-recommended wineries

The German Agricultural Society (DLG) recommends:

• Karle wine and sparkling wine estate

Wine cooperatives

• Badischer Winzerkeller Breisach
• Oberbergen wine cooperative
• Achkarren wine cooperative, Kaiserstuhl
• Bickensohl wine cooperative, Kaiserstuhl
• Winegrowers' cooperative Bischoffingen-Endingen am Kaiserstuhl eG, Kaiserstuhl
• Winegrowers' cooperative Burkheim, Kaiserstuhl
• Wine cooperative Bötzingen, Kaiserstuhl
• First Markgräfler Winzergenossenschaft Schliengen-Müllheim eG, Markgräfler Land
• Winzerkeller Auggener Schäf eG, Markgräfler Land
• Britzingen wine cooperative, Markgräfler Land
• Affentaler Winzergenossenschaft , Ortenau
• Alde Gott Winzer eG Sasbachwalden, Ortenau
• Baden-Baden wine cooperative , Ortenau
• Durbacher wine cooperative, Ortenau
• Winegrowers Association Hagnau , Lake Constance
• Winzerverein Munzingen, Tuniberg
• Gengenbacher Winzergenossenschaft, Ortenau
• Jechtingen wine cooperative, Kaiserstuhl
• Meersburg Winegrowers Association , Lake Constance
• Oberkircher Winzergenossenschaft , Ortenau
• Kaiserstühler Winzerverein Oberrotweil, Kaiserstuhl
• Pfaffenweiler Weinhaus , Pfaffenweiler
• Rammersweirer Winzergenossenschaft, Ortenau
• Waldulmer Winzergenossenschaft , Kappelrodeck-Waldulm, Ortenau
• Winzerkeller Hex vom Dasenstein Kappelrodeck, Ortenau
• Winegrowers' cooperative Königschaffhausen-Kiechlinsbergen eG, Kaiserstuhl
• Becksteiner Winzer eG, Tauberfranken
• Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl wine cooperative
• Winzergenossenschaft eG Schriesheim, Schriesheim
• Winegrowers Association Reichenau , Lake Constance
• Winzergenossenschaft Erzingen eG
• Winzergenossenschaft Lahr eG
• Winzergenossenschaft Oberschopfheim eG

Baden wine queen

The Baden Wine Queen has been elected since 1950.

literature

• Bernd Dziersk: The historical-geographical distribution of Baden viticulture between Lake Constance, Upper Rhine and Baar , in: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , 90th year 1972, pp. 155–234 ( digitized version )
• Gebhard Spahr : History of viticulture in the Lake Constance area , in: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , 99/100. Born 1981/82, pp. 189–230 ( digitized version )
• Horst Dippel , Cornelius Lange & Fabian Lange: The Wine Lexicon . S. Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-596-15867-2 .
• Natalie Lumpp : Ortenau - wines from the heart of Baden . DRW-Verlag Weinbrenner, Leinfelden-Echterdingen 2003, ISBN 3-87181-487-3 .
• Gabriele Damasko & Klaus Henning Damasko: WeinAdel - Natalie Lumpp discovers castle wines in Baden and Württemberg . Hampp-Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-936682-20-5 .

Web links

Commons : Vineyards in Baden  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Baden winegrowing association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German Wine Institute : Statistics 2009/2010 . Mainz 2009 ( archive.org [PDF; 219 kB ]).
2. ↑ Baden cultivation area ( Memento from February 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on vino.la
3. ↑ Baden wine-growing areas on badischer-weinbauverband.de
4. ↑ Matthias Düsi: New grape varieties in Baden-Wuerttemberg approved. Tempranillo from Baden. , October 4, 2016, accessed October 4, 2016.
5. ↑ Matthias Düsi: New grape varieties in Baden-Wuerttemberg approved. Tempranillo from Baden. , October 4, 2016, accessed October 4, 2016.
6. ^ Wine guide: Rotling. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 1, 2010 ; Retrieved December 7, 2011 .