Wine Hiking Trails

Red wine from the Ahr is legendary. This should be enough incentive to head out on foot through the dramatic landscape and find out for yourself just how delicious it is.

The Baden Wine Route offers passionate wine hikers a variety of routes over a total of 160 kilometers. We would like to take a closer look at the 12 km stage from Neusatz via Sasbachwalden to Kappelrodeck.

With a total length of around 70 kilometers, the Franken Red Wine Hiking Trail can of course not be hiked in one day if it is to remain enjoyable.

A very special experience of art, knowledge and nature, is a hike on the "Wine and Stone Adventure Trail" on the Hessische Bergstrasse. Learn from illustrated information boards as you walk through the UNESCO Geopark Bergstraße-Odenwald.

In all areas of human activity there are sectors that are so demanding that they are commonly referred to as "supreme disciplines". This is exactly what applies to the Middle Rhine Rheinsteig, one of the more arduous of the German wine trails.

This magnificent hiking route is demanding, mastering no less than 600 vertical meters over a distance of 20 kilometers. Yet it is very rewarding as we journey through 2000 years of Mosel wine history. 

Not only the wines of the Nahe offer variety and diversity, but also this hiking trail which traverses lush green meadows, forests, striking rock clusters, deep valleys, castles, vineyards and villages. This trail is more about enjoyment than sporting prowess.

The Pfalz Keschdeweg leads us through the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Palatinate Forest and out into sun-drenched wine country, past chestnut trees and castles, to wine bars and culinary temptations.

Johannisberg is legendary amongst German wine towns. The "Pearl of the Rheingau" is the birthplace of Spätlese and Auslese, which has been produced here since 1775. It is from here that the fame of the noblest among white wines, Riesling, spread far and wide.

This Heideblick tour around Siefersheim and Neu-Bamberg leads to breathtaking views and right into the middle of a magnificent heath landscape, the Heidetraum. The combination of cultivated vineyards and unspoilt nature is further enriched by historical and cultural highlights such as the "Ajax Tower" and the view of Neu-Bamberg Castle.                   

Saale-Unstrut, Germany's northernmost wine-growing region, offers hikers an impressively long network of trails of almost 700 kilometers.

Describing the cultural significance of Dresden with its rich history and its many precious art treasures goes far beyond our scope here, but know that we will be walking through areas steeped in history.

The best way to get to know the wonderful wine landscapes of Stuttgart is to explore them on the wine hiking trails. One of the most beautiful of them begins in Obertürkheim am Neckar and leads over the valley to Uhlbach.