Our most important varieties of wine
The fall in our region promises wonderful hiking experiences in a colorful scenery. Depending on the weather of the whole year and the altitudinal belt the climax of the autumn coloring is during the second or third week of October. The golden leaves of the wines form a beautiful contrast with the deep blue autumn sky. As you can use the tour tips you read before also in fall, we just want to entrust the main topic in fall to you: the experience of vintage. Our little atlas of wine varieties wants to acquaint you with the “commodity” – you have to try the end product in the field…
The Chasselas
When the margrave Karl-Friedrich of Baden brought a grape named “Chasselas” into the Markgräflerland in 1780, nobody could guess that this red or white grape would sometimes draw attention to itself as it does now.
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The Blue pinot noir
If vintagers in our region speak of quality grape varieties, they commonly refer to the Blue pinot noir.
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The pinot blanc, the Chardonnay and the Auxerrois
The Burgunder family is virtually completely represented in Southern Baden. In the more recent past also the Chardonnay and the Auxerrois have become prevalent among the white Burgunder wines, besides pinot blanc, which was known already in the 14th century.
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Pinot gris and Ruländer
If you had went on a hike at the Castellberg or the Staufener Schlossberg in 1980 and you had asked a vintager for the pinot gris, the outcome had been an incredulous head-shaking.
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Müller-Thurgau
You surely have recognized that there aren’t only sunlit slopes, which carry wine stocks but also valley floors and even north flanks.
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Gewürztraminer
On the best grounds of the Castellberg one can often find an attractively rose coloured grape, whose wines have become the epitome of an aromatical dessert wine- the Gewürztraminer.
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Regent
Among the varieties of red wine the Regent holds a special position. On the one hand, it is a new cultivar, which received the status of being a variety only in 1995 and therefore there aren’t any old Regent cultivations in the Markgräflerland.
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