Much of Baden is situated in the Rhine rift, which is protected by the Black Forest and the Vosges mountains to the west of Rhine, and is therefore Germany's warmest location. Therefore, its wines are usually more full-bodied and higher in alcohol than wines from other German regions, and it is the only German wine region situated in European Union wine growing zone B rather than A.J. Robinson (ed), "The Oxford Companion to Wine", Third Edition, p 59, Oxford University Press 2006, Alsace is in France on the other side of Rhine from Baden.
