Culinary

The Rheingau wine region is home to the world-famous Riesling vine. In wine circles it’s known as the ‘queen of the vines’ and not without reason.

Wine has always season at the Kraichgau, the smooth hilly landscape between Black Forest and Odenwald. Excellent wines, different soils and an ideal climate promise wonderful wine experiences.

Characteristic for the wine region Breisgau is its picturesque culture and vineyard landscape. Burgundy grape varieties in particular are cultivated here.

Natural garden Kaiserstuhl - a paradise for tourist who want to combine hiking or biking with culinary pleasures.

The wine region Badische Weinstraße offers wine discoverers the most beautiful views of vineyards, valleys and winegrowing villages and of course delicious wine enjoyment.

Spoiled by the sun - with over 2000 hours of sunshine a year, the region Markgräflerland is THE SUN REGION in Germany.

The picturesque wine villages with a lot of half-timbered charm invite in the wine paradise Ortenau to Baden cosiness and delightful hours.

Welcome to Germanys' nicest wine town Besigheim, surrounded by vineyards, half-timbered houses and water.

In the small Bergstraße wine region, more than 400 winegrowers cultivate a variety of vines ranging from Burgundy to Dornfelder. One speciality is the Red Riesling, an ancient grape variety that has thankfully been rediscovered.

The fact that Bavaria also has a lively wine culture in addition to its beer is demonstrated by the historic Baierwein wine-growing region. Its long tradition goes right back to the Middle Ages.

With its seven lakes, the Franconian Lake District is Franconia’s centre for water sports. But it also has many historical and cultural offers ranging from a historic hammer mill to the Wolfram von Eschenbach Museum.

Ingolstadt is considered to be the home of pure beer, because it was here that the Bavarian Beer Purity Law was decreed in 1516: only barley, hops and water were allowed to be used for brewing beer.

Right from a very early point, wine and the wine trade played a key role in Kitzingen, one of the oldest towns in Lower Franconia. In 1482, the oldest German wine law was passed here.

The German Carnival Museum in Kitzingen is the official museum of the German Carnival Federation. A selection of masks, costumes and cult objects will guide you through the realms of the local carnival tradition.

Among beer enthusiasts, the suburb of Neuhaus in the town of Windischeschenbach is renowned for its Zoigl beer brewing tradition.

Bis 1979 wurde in der Lindenbrauerei Unna Bier gebraut. Heute ist sie vor allem ein Kulturzentrum mit vielfältiger Ausrichtung.

The German Wine Route leads through the Palatinate, the second-largest wine-growing region in Germany, along the edges of the mountains of the Palatinate Forest and as far as the French border.