Wine varieties, predominatly grown in Buchhloz, such as Müller-Thurgau, Riesling and Grauburgunder are among the most popular ones. Some wines coming from Buchholz vinyards are produced using organic farming methods.

     Traditionally, white wines are more popular than red or rose. Deep red-coloured red wine has always been hard to produce in the Elztal climate, and in the past was usually light coloured, closer to rose. However recently richer barrique red wines have been made from Spätburgunder (pinot noir) . The best sites for wines are often extremely steep so they catch the most sunlight and subsequentrly difficult to harvest mechanically.

     Quality levels are distinguised into basic 'Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete' abbreviated as QbA, reserved for riper grapes than Tafelwein and Landwein but lower quality than Prädikat wines. 'Qualitätswein mit Prädikat' usually abbreviated as QmP is the level to which most quality Baden wines belong. These wines must be produced from recognised grape varieties grown within one district, which must be declared on the label, and the grapes must reach a prescribed level of ripeness depending on the region and variety.

     QmP wines must be further labelled into categories that are determined officially by their ripeness into Kabinett, Spätlese, Auslese (usually sweet), Beerenauslese (rich sweet dessert wine), Trockenbeerenauslese (made from selected overripe shrivelled grapes often affected by noble rot making extremely rich sweet wines), and finally Eiswein (ice wine) made from grapes that have been naturally frozen on the vine, making a very concentrated wine.

     For Spätlese, meaning late harvest wine, grapes are picked later in the harvest so they are riper and have a higher Öchsle weight. Because of the weather, waiting to pick the grapes later carries a risk of the crop being ruined by rain. However in warm years much of the harvest will reach Spätlese level.

     It is this level of ripeness that particularly suits rich dry wines from Riesling, Weissburgunder to Grauburgunder grapes. At Auslese, alcohol levels may become very high in a dry wine leaving the wine unbalanced, making wines with at least some residual sweetness preferable to most wine connosoires. Spätlese wines generally will also age well.

     The health effects of wine are the subject of considerable ongoing debate and study. It seems that regular consumption of up to 2 glasses a day does reduce risk of heart disease. Originally the effect was observed with red wines. Compounds known as poly-phenols are found in larger amounts in red wine, and there is some evidence that these are beneficial. However, other studies have shown that similar beneficial effects can be obtained from drinking beer. It is unclear if this means that the only important ingredient is ethanol (alcohol).