Wine region · Germany
Württemberg
Germany’s red wine region, around Stuttgart, where almost everything made is drunk locally.
Light, pale, tart Trollinger; darker, peppery Lemberger with firm acidity; and dry Riesling with a fuller build than Mosel.
About Württemberg
Württemberg has the highest proportion of red wine of any German region — around 70% — and it is barely known outside Germany because almost none of it is exported.
Trollinger (Schiava) is the everyday red: very light, pale and tart, and drunk in enormous quantity locally. Lemberger (Blaufränkisch) is the serious one.
The region is dominated by co-operatives, and consumption per head in Württemberg is the highest in Germany.
What the name means
- Legal name
- Württemberg (Anbaugebiet)
- Type
- Anbaugebiet (quality wine region)
- Set by
- German Wine Law, administered by the federal states
- Recognised
- 1971
- Regulates
- Origin, plus grape varieties, maximum yields.
The thirteen delimited regions within which German quality wine must be grown, together with the Bereich, Grosslage and Einzellage subdivisions beneath them. Ripeness at harvest is regulated by the separate Prädikat ladder, not by the region.
Grapes
Wines from here
Rules worth knowing
Confirmed in the EU register
Württemberg is registered as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), file number PDO-DE-A1276, protected at EU level since 1973.
Article 107 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Specification published: Official Journal C, C/2025/5177, 25.9.2025 · Official Journal
Only the rules that change what to expect in the glass or on the label. WineHQ does not reproduce production specifications, and each entry carries the date it was last checked because appellation rules change.
The designation is confirmed above. WineHQ has not read this appellation’s production specification, so it publishes no yields, ageing minima or permitted-variety lists for it — those come from the document linked above, not from a summary of it.
What to eat, and how to serve it
Derived from this region’s signature styles. Each is listed separately, because a region does not have one serving temperature.
Spätburgunder (German Pinot Noir)
Serve at 14–16°C (cellar cool).
Try with beef bourguignon, fillet steak or grilled chicken.
Where to go next
Places worth trying if you like this one — neighbours, rivals, and the obvious step across.
Sources
Sources consulted