Cheese tastings, cave tours, markets and cheese routes in Pfalz.
A guide to cheese experiences in Pfalz.
Hands-on course with cheesemaker Barbara Kuhn: stir, cut and scoop the curd, finish a soft cheese with herbs and take it home, tasting her cheeses as you work. Autumn 2026 dates run from 7 October to 28 November.
Volksfest in the Maiblumenwald at Lustadt, founded in 1925 around Handkäse, with Handkeesbrot, Weinschorle and Bellheimer beer. The 2026 edition was held from Friday 1 to Sunday 3 May.
Market on Landau's Rathausplatz every Tuesday and Saturday morning, with regional cheese stalls, Alsatian cheeses and a stand pouring Pfalz wines; some town festivals move it to the Alter Messplatz.
Discover the world of organic wine on a guided tour of our family winery. Learn how organic viticulture works and enjoy four organic wines during a leisurely tasting session.
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In Lustadt, where the Loschter Handkeesfescht was founded in 1925 and is held around 1 May. The festival's own history page says hand-pressing Handkäse was a centuries-old household tradition in Lustadt before the first fair.
Only the name Hessischer Handkäse, registered as a PGI by Commission Regulation (EU) 784/2010. Since September 2010 only sour-milk cheese made and packed in Hesse may carry it. Handkäse as a type is not protected, and the Palatinate is not in Hesse.
German Wikipedia says cider is the usual drink with Handkäse, but that in some areas such as Rheinhessen and the Palatinate a dry white wine is drunk with it as well. The Lustadt fair's own page lists a Handkeesbrot with a Weinschorle or a beer.
According to German Wikipedia, weißer Käs is the name used in northern Baden and the (Kur-)Pfalz for what Alemannic speakers call Bibeleskäs, quark mixed with herbs.
German Wikipedia says it is served mostly with potatoes (boiled, baked, fried or as rösti) or with fresh farmhouse bread. Its article on Palatinate cooking lists Gequellde mit weiße Kees, jacket potatoes with quark seasoned with onion, caraway, pepper or chives, as a popular dish, and the Pfalz tourism board's recipe pairs it with crushed, oven-baked potatoes.