Self-guided walk from Neustadt up through Hambach Riesling vineyards to Hambacher Schloss at 325 metres on the Haardt foothills. Castle audio-guide tour traces the 1832 Hambacher Fest, the cradle of German democracy.
Address: Hambacher Schloss, 67434 Neustadt-Hambach, Germany, Pfalz
Annual almond-blossom season along the Deutsche Weinstrasse in mid-March to mid-April when 100,000 pink-flowered almond trees line the wine road. Themed walking days with vinothek and Hoffest stops at participating estates.
The 1936 Deutsches Weintor at the southern end of the Deutsche Weinstrasse on the French border at Schweigen-Rechtenbach. The 18-metre sandstone monument marks the start of the wine road; viewing terrace and on-site vinothek.
Annual Deutsches Weinlesefest in Neustadt from late September to mid-October, with the crowning of the German Wine Queen and the German Wine Princesses. The closing parade is the festival's set-piece event.
Self-guided vineyard walk through the Kallstadter Saumagen and Kobnert Grosse Lage parcels, on chalky soils above the village of Kallstadt. Combined with a tasting at the Kallstadt cooperative or one of the village estates.
Cellar visit at the 1744-founded Mueller-Catoir estate in the neo-classical Manor House at the foot of Haardt Castle. Tasting flights of Riesling, Rieslaner and Scheurebe from the Mandelgarten, Buergergarten and Herrenletten Grosse Lagen.
The Bad Duerkheim Wurstmarkt has been held on the second and third weekends of September since 1417, drawing more than 600,000 annual visitors. Over 150 Bad Duerkheim wines pour from around 50 stations around the Riesenfass.
