Sixteen Iphofen wine estates pour over 50 wines from pavilions on the historic marketplace over four days in July, with regional food, live music and a Sunday cabaret show.
Tip: Go Friday evening for a table; the marketplace fills fast on the Saturday and Sunday sessions.
Address: Marktplatz, 97346 Iphofen, Germany, Franken
Wine-and-food walking evenings through Iphofen's old town timed to the local Kirchweih parish fair, pairing Iphofen growers' wines with regional dishes at stations through the historic streets.
Tip: Bring cash for the walking stations; most pours are sold by the glass at each stop rather than as a single ticket.
Wine-and-food walking evenings through Iphofen's old town timed to the local Kirchweih parish fair, pairing Iphofen growers' wines with regional dishes at stations through the historic streets.
Tip: Bring cash for the walking stations; most pours are sold by the glass at each stop rather than as a single ticket.
Autumn wine festival through Volkach's walled old town, with Mainschleife growers pouring alongside harvest-season food stalls and live music.
Tip: Combine with a Heckenwirtschaft stop in nearby Escherndorf or Nordheim the same weekend; several run overlapping seasons.
Regional wine and Franconian food fair on Miltenberg's Engelplatz in the Mainviereck's half-timbered old town, spread across two autumn weekends.
Tip: Miltenberg's Mainviereck reds (Spaetburgunder) headline here more than the Silvaner-heavy Maindreieck festivals further east.
Two-day wine festival at Marktbreit's town gate on the Main, pairing Franken wines with regional food as the harvest season closes out along the river.
Tip: Marktbreit's Renaissance old town is small; walk the full riverfront before or after the festival stands.
Autumn wine festival in the walled town of Frickenhausen am Main, home to Weingut Bickel-Stumpf, pouring the town's growers along the historic Main-river ramparts.
Tip: Frickenhausen's town wall walk is worth the detour before the festival stands open.
