The Rhine Plain near Baden-Baden is a fertile stretch of land; the region around Rastatt and Bühl is well known for fruit growing – apples, pears, cherries, plums, quinces, etc. – and the spirits made from them, like Obstler and Kirschwasser, but also for its excellent wines. Gastronomically, it’s definitely worth a trip and is in no way inferior to Alsace, the Kaiserstuhl, or the Ortenau. The wine-growing areas stretch up the slopes of the foothills, where the mountains of the Northern Black Forest rise over 800 metres above the Rhine Plain. South of Baden-Baden begins the so-called Rebland, which includes many wine villages – Neuweier, Bühlertal, Sasbach, and so on. Read more