Again. This happened quite by accident. We were looking for a winery to relax and taste some…read morewines and on a Thursday not a really good day for R&R but still so most places were closed because locals won't visit since they are at work. So when we found this place hidden away from the Main street in Vogtsburg we decided why not. The place is actually a restaurant and a winery, which seems to be the theme as there are several others I've noticed doing the same thing. As it was late lunch time and we were getting hungry we just decided to stop in for a meal and have the tasting at the same time. When we walked in there was some sort of party going on so we sat outside under the tent, which actually irrespective of the cold weather (June 2016 in Germany was very cold) was nice. The fare is typical German cuisine no frills but very tasting and done to perfection and with that we ordered 1 "flight" tasting per adult... That was somewhat of a mistake. We didn't count that the pours unlike the US will be a full glass, so a "flight" which contains 6 glasses of wine was a bit much. :) So we had to stay there for awhile since after finishing the "flight", even half of it we were in no condition to get behind the wheel, but partaking in the festivities was a lot of fun. I'd say if I do get a chance to visit I'd go there again. It's a fun place.

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.