Wine region
Baden
Baden is a wine region in Germany, home to 62 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.
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Baden's 62 wineries lean white but make plenty of red too; Pinot Noir is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry Landwein, Pradikatswein, Qualitatswein designation.
About the Baden region
- Location
- Baden is a region (Anbaugebiet) for quality wine in Germany, and is located in the historical region of Baden in southwestern Germany, which today forms part of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.
- Climate
- Baden is a sunshine-rich wine region that includes some of Germany’s warmest sites around Kaiserstuhl, while climate conditions vary substantially across its nine districts from the Tauber to Lake Constance.
- Soils
- Baden’s nine wine areas span a broad soil mosaic: deep loess and loess loam; weathered porphyry, granite and gneiss; Buntsandstein, Muschelkalk and Keuper; volcanic rock and tuff; moraine gravel, alluvial sand, marl, clay loam and limest…
Region facts sourced from German Wine Institute, Baden wine-region overview, retrieved 2026-07-12. (German Wine Institute website terms; factual extraction with minimum necessary quotation), Badischer Wein, Badische Bergstraße, retrieved 2026-07-12. (Official Baden wine-region website terms; factual extraction with minimum necessary quotation), Badischer Wein, Bodensee, retrieved 2026-07-12. (Official Baden wine-region website terms; factual extraction with minimum necessary quotation), Badischer Wein, Breisgau, retrieved 2026-07-12. (Official Baden wine-region website terms; factual extraction with minimum necessary quotation), Badischer Wein, Kaiserstuhl, retrieved 2026-07-12. (Official Baden wine-region website terms; factual extraction with minimum necessary quotation), Badischer Wein, Kraichgau, retrieved 2026-07-12. (Official Baden wine-region website terms; factual extraction with minimum necessary quotation), Badischer Wein, Markgräflerland, retrieved 2026-07-12. (Official Baden wine-region website terms; factual extraction with minimum necessary quotation), Badischer Wein, Ortenau, retrieved 2026-07-12. (Official Baden wine-region website terms; factual extraction with minimum necessary quotation), Badischer Wein, Tauberfranken, retrieved 2026-07-12. (Official Baden wine-region website terms; factual extraction with minimum necessary quotation), Badischer Wein, Tuniberg, retrieved 2026-07-12. (Official Baden wine-region website terms; factual extraction with minimum necessary quotation), Wikipedia contributors, "Baden (wine region)", Wikipedia, revision 1343190178, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).
Most common single-grape wines
When Baden wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:
- Pinot Noir
- 9 single-grape wines
- Chardonnay
- 5 single-grape wines
- Sauvignon Blanc
- 4 single-grape wines
- Riesling
- 3 single-grape wines
- Blaufränkisch
- 1 single-grape wine
- Gewürztraminer
- 1 single-grape wine
Wine profile
Baden leans white (about 58% of its wines) but makes meaningful red too.
566 distinct Baden wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- White329 · 58%
- Red202 · 36%
- Rose35 · 6%
Types: Sparkling, Still.
Representative Baden wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Abril — Enselberg Pinot Noir Reserve
- Weingut Holger Koch — Pinot Noir 1*
- Zimmermann — Chardonnay
- Martin Schmidt — Vulkanloss Spatburgunder
- Weingut Arndt Kobelin — Pinot Brut Privat Cuvee
- Fritz Wassmer — Spatburgunder CCL
- Martin Wassmer — Bad Krozinger Steingruble Muller Thurgau
- Ziereisen — Jaspis Spatburgunder 10 Hoch 4
Quality designations
Wines here span quality tiers from everyday Landwein to the strictly-controlled Pradikatswein — you'll find both accessible and prestige bottles.
- LandweinGerman/Austrian regional 'country wine' — a step above basic table wine.
- PradikatsweinGermany's top quality tier, graded by grape ripeness at harvest (from Kabinett up to sweet late-harvest styles).
- QualitatsweinA German/Austrian quality-wine tier from a designated region, above basic table wine.
Germany wine designations
- Landwein
- Landwein is the German traditional term for wine with a protected geographical indication from a named Landwein area.
- Pradikatswein
- Prädikatswein is a German protected-origin wine category that meets the requirements for Qualitätswein plus the conditions for a named Prädikat.
- Qualitatswein
- Qualitätswein is a German traditional term for wine with protected designation of origin from a specified wine-growing area.
Classifications
- Erste Lage
- VDP.ERSTE LAGE is the VDP association’s classification for first-class vineyards with distinct individual character and optimal growing conditions.
- VDP.ERSTE LAGE is not a designation stipulated by German wine law; it is governed by the VDP association’s private regulations.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
- Classification
- An additional quality, hierarchy, vineyard, site, ageing or producer classification where supplied. Its meaning varies by country — it is not a universal quality score.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
Explore Baden
Ways to browse Baden — each count is the size of that specific collection (a subset of the 566 wines tracked above):
- White Baden (329)
- Red Baden (202)
- Rose Baden (35)
How to choose a good Baden wine
For everyday drinking, Landwein bottles are the accessible choice; for something special, Pradikatswein signals the region's most tightly-controlled, prestige wines.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.