Weingut Faber provides an excellent product and fine service. Have had their wine over a series of…read moreyears and find wines that are consistently excellent. This is an outfit that has been in the family for generations. I would highly recommend them to anyone. Keep up the great work!

From the owner: Wir begrüßen Sie im ältesten, familiengeführten Traditionsweingut in Freiburg im schönen Breisgau…read more Seit vielen Generationen ist unsere Familie vom Weinbau geprägt und bis heute sind wir mit ganzem Herzen bei der Arbeit in der Natur in den Reben und im Weinkeller dabei. Wir produzieren authentische Weine zum Genießen und präsentieren diese in unserer modernen, hauseigenen Vinothek. Wir freuen uns auf Sie! Ihre Winzer-Familie Faber

Have you heard of Monkey 47 Gin? If you're a local, I imagine you have. If not, it's a great spicy…read moregin produced in the Black Forest region. Internet research shows that it's very hard to come by, so I'm thankful I discovered it here. My friends are in for a treat. I found three locations that sell Monkey Gin. Here and another place sell it for €36, much better than a €40+ price I saw elsewhere. The proprietress was very helpful. She asked me if I'd like it wrapped and I'd said "yes, for protection". I explained I was flying tomorrow to the US, so she wrapped it in tissue and then a double layer of a light cardboard casing and folded the extra material over and tied it taut with ribbon. Sufficiently secured. It's a great little shop with great customer service. I would visit again.

Nothing like a good wine buzz at 11:00am! This tasting room is along a road - in a very beautiful…read morevillage near Freiburg - that hosts several tasting rooms and wineries. On Saturdays, it's only open from 10am-12pm, which seems to be the norm in the area. You'll need to ring the doorbell on the side to gain entry. The tasting room is small, but very nice and I figured we'd taste a few bottles, then be out the door pretty quickly. As it turns out, we spent so much time here that we did not make it to our next tasting place (open from 10am-12pm as well...) The host was friendly and what started out as a tasting of 2 wines ended with 7 or 8 tastes (very generous pours as well!) with our host hiding the labels and asking us to guess. We were pretty good at doing so and being the only tasters, we had an opportunity to ask her a lot of questions. Everything we tasted are quite good (not one bad pour) and well-priced. The pinot noirs (called "spaetburgunder" in this region) are shockingly light in color, but have a stronger, fuller taste than the pinots I'm familiar with in California. We walked out with 3 bottles of the 2009 Vitus (our favorite) and 1 bottle of the 2008 Novis (cabernet/merlot blend). Fun place and well worth a visit.