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Germany’s old­est sparkling wine cel­lar is locat­ed in Esslin­gen am Neckar, just 20 min­utes from Stuttgart. You can search for more guid­ed tours in Stuttgart on sites like  and. See their web­site for detailed pric­ing information. Tours are avail­able in Ger­man, Eng­lish, French, Span­ish, and Ital­ian. Wine tast­ing and a Swabi­an meal are also pos­si­bil­i­ties on the tour. Stuttgart-Mar­ket­ing GmbH offers a pri­vate “Wein­wan­derung” that include a knowl­edge­able guide, a walk from Obertürkheim to Untertürkheim through var­i­ous vine­yards, a vis­it to the Sepul­chral Chapel, and a tour of the Muse­um of Viti­cul­ture. Tick­ets also include a tast­ing of two or more wines. Get insid­er infor­ma­tion about their cul­ti­va­tion prac­tices, eco­log­i­cal aware­ness, and vin­tages. Many winer­ies host their own guid­ed tours. Guid­ed tours are also a great way to explore Stuttgart’s vine­yards and wineries. In autumn the leaves turn to red and gold and the vines are heavy with grapes, so you can also wit­ness the harvesting. In spring the hills are cov­ered in green, and new vine ten­drils reach to curl around the wires strung up and down the hills. The best time of year to wan­der the vine­yards is either in spring or autumn. Along the way you can vis­it the Muse­um of Vini­cul­ture in Uhlbach, the Sepul­chral Chapel in Roten­berg, and sev­er­al restau­rants serv­ing Swabi­an specialties. It takes you up steep-sided vine­yard slopes with beau­ti­ful views. Per­haps the most inter­est­ing path is the one from Obertürkheim to Uhlbach, Roten­berg and Untertürkheim. You can find maps and descrip­tions of 8 such paths here. The city of Stuttgart has marked sev­er­al “Wein­wan­der­wege” to guide you in your explo­ration of the many grape-grow­ing areas around the city. On most Fri­days a spe­cial wine tast­ing is offered which includes three kinds of wine and a snack. You can also enjoy small dish­es from the kitchen and pur­chase wine to take home. The selec­tion of wine from more than 20 of the region’s top wine­mak­ers changes reg­u­lar­ly, so there’s always some­thing new to try. In the beau­ti­ful glass-walled “Vinothek” with­in the muse­um you can sam­ple a large vari­ety of the areas’ wine. Through paint­ings, pho­tographs, and videos you will learn about every step of the wine-mak­ing process: from build­ing ter­races to sup­port the vine­yards to plant­i­ng to har­vest­ing to press­ing to aging and, of course, the cul­ture of drink­ing wine. The Wein­bau­mu­se­um is locat­ed in the his­toric “Alte Kel­ter” build­ing in the wine-grow­ing vil­lage Stuttgart-Uhlbach, It is an excel­lent place to get start­ed on your jour­ney to dis­cov­er Stuttgart’s vine­yards and winer­ies. Württemberg’s main white vari­eties are Ries­ling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Sauvi­gnon Blanc, but Kern­er and Müller Thur­gau are also plant­ed here. Addi­tion­al red grape vari­eties include Spät­bur­gun­der (Pinot Noir), Caber­net, Syrah and Mer­lot. Würt­tem­berg also pro­duces the clas­sic, high­er-qual­i­ty Lem­berg­er, a strong, dark red wine that ages well. They make a light, fruity red wine, which can be enjoyed young. Würt­tem­berg has a long tra­di­tion of grow­ing the Trollinger grape vari­ety. Oth­er white vari­eties like Müller Thur­gau and Ries­ling are also impor­tant in the region. Baden is also known for the white vari­ety Gut­edel (Chas­se­las), since it is prac­ti­cal­ly the only region in Ger­many to grow it. Wine-mak­ing coop­er­a­tives are very com­mon in both.īaden focus­es on grapes of the Pinot vari­ety, with more than half of its vine­yard area plant­ed with Spät­bur­gun­der (Pinot noir), Graubur­gun­der (Pinot gris) and Weißbur­gun­der (Pinot blanc). They are the third and fourth largest wine regions in Ger­many, respec­tive­ly. Stuttgart is the cap­i­tal of the state of Baden-Würt­tem­berg, but Baden and Würt­tem­berg are con­sid­ered as two sep­a­rate wine regions. Whether you want to plan an inde­pen­dent vis­it, attend a tast­ing event, or join an orga­nized tour, you’re sure to enjoy a qual­i­ty win­ery experience.Ĭheck out this short video and read on for plen­ty of infor­ma­tion about explor­ing Stuttgart’s vine­yards and wineries. Stuttgart has more than 17.5 hectares of vine­yards, most of which are with­in easy reach of the city cen­ter by pub­lic trans­porta­tion. Grapes have been plant­ed on its hills since Roman times and local vin­ters are fre­quent­ly hon­ored with awards.

Ger­many is famous for beer, but if you look at the hills sur­round­ing Stuttgart, it’s easy to under­stand why the region has invest­ed in wine pro­duc­tion.