Wine Festivals in Pfalz

Duerkheimer Wurstmarkt ★ 4.8

A 1417-founded September fair that draws around 600,000 visitors to Bad Duerkheim across two long weekends. More than 30 Schubkarchstaende grower stands pour Pfalz Riesling and Spaetburgunder at the foot of the Michelsberg.

Host: Stadt Bad Duerkheim

Tip: Skip the fairground rides and head straight for the Schubkarchstaende behind the main fair; the grower-direct stands are the wine-quality heart of the Wurstmarkt.

Deidesheimer Weinkerwe ★ 4.5

Deidesheim's village wine fair runs for five August days through the half-timbered Altstadt, with stands from the local first-growth estates including Bassermann-Jordan, Reichsrat von Buhl, von Winning and other Mittelhaardt growers.

Host: Stadt Deidesheim

Tip: Walk the festival as a slow tasting trail across the village; Deidesheim is small enough to compare three or four top Mittelhaardt growers on foot in a single evening.

Forster Winzerfest ★ 4.4

A first-weekend-in-August village wine festival in Forst, the basalt-soil home of Jesuitengarten, Pechstein, Ungeheuer and Kirchenstueck, with stands from Mosbacher, Acham-Magin, Eugen Mueller and other Forster growers.

Host: Gemeinde Forst an der Weinstrasse

Tip: Time the Saturday afternoon for a side-by-side tasting at adjacent grower stands; Forst is the basalt benchmark of the Pfalz and the village wines share the same volcanic spine.

Wachenheimer Burg- und Weinfest ★ 4.3

A July castle-and-wine festival on the ruined Wachtenburg above Wachenheim, with stands from the village's first-growth estates including Dr. Buerklin-Wolf and Karl Schaefer pouring estate Riesling under the Mittelhaardt hilltop.

Host: Stadt Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse

Tip: Climb the Wachtenburg before sunset for the festival's strongest view; the ruin looks straight down the Mittelhaardt with Forst and Deidesheim laid out below.

Kroenung der Pfaelzischen Weinkoenigin ★ 4.2

The annual coronation of the Pfaelzische Weinkoenigin held within the Deutsches Weinlesefest in Neustadt, a ceremonial October weekend that is one of the longest-running wine-monarch traditions in Germany and a fixed point on the Pfalz calendar.

Host: Pfalzwein e.V.

Tip: Combine the coronation Saturday with the harvest parade through Neustadt; floats from every Mittelhaardt village line up along the Hauptstrasse beforehand.

Pfaelzer Weinwoche Mannheim ★ 4.1

The Pfalz wine industry's regional showcase in Mannheim, a ten-day June fair on the Kapuzinerplanken with around 30 grower stands pouring Pfalz Riesling, Weissburgunder and Spaetburgunder to the urban Rhine-Neckar crowd.

Host: Pfalzwein e.V.

Tip: Mannheim's wine week is the easiest way to compare Pfalz growers without driving the Weinstrasse; pick a single Friday evening and walk the planken end to end.

Bockenheimer Weinmarkt ★ 4.0

A late-May wine market at the northern start of the Deutsche Weinstrasse in Bockenheim, opening the Pfalz wine festival season under the Haus der Deutschen Weinstrasse arch that marks kilometre zero of the route since 1995.

Host: Verbandsgemeinde Leiningerland

Tip: Start the Pfalz wine year at the Bockenheim arch and drive south down the Weinstrasse afterwards; the kilometre-zero stone makes the strongest opening photograph of the season.

Bad Duerkheimer Weinprobierstand ★ 4.2

A rotating weekend tasting stand in the Kurpark at Bad Duerkheim, run from spring to autumn by a different Pfalz grower each weekend. The Weinprobierstand is the easiest year-round way to taste Pfalz wines outside a single estate.

Host: Pfalzwein e.V.

Tip: Check the published rota before you go; the rotating grower changes weekly, so a planned visit lines you up with a specific Mittelhaardt or Suedliche Weinstrasse estate.

Wachenheimer Burgkellertage ★ 4.2

Three days of cellar tastings in Wachenheim's old town in late April, with growers including Dr. Buerklin-Wolf, Karl Schaefer and J L Wolf opening private barrel cellars under the Wachtenburg ruin for guided flights and barrel samples.

Host: Stadt Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse

Tip: Buy the all-cellar pass at the tourist office; Wachenheim's cellars are spread across the Altstadt, and the pass lets you taste at every grower in a single afternoon.

Gimmeldinger Mandelbluetenfest ★ 4.3

The traditional Pfalz wine-season opener, a late-March Mandelbluetenfest in Gimmeldingen under the pink almond blossom. Local growers pour estate Riesling and Weissburgunder along the Kurpfalzstrasse under flowering Mandelbaum trees.

Host: Festausschuss Gimmeldingen

Tip: Park in Neustadt and walk up the Mandelpfad to Gimmeldingen; the trail through the almond avenues is the festival's headline approach.

Deutsches Weinlesefest Neustadt ★ 4.4

The German harvest festival in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, running across the first ten days of October. A wine market on the Marktplatz pours Pfalz Riesling and Spaetburgunder, and the Deutsche Weinkoenigin is crowned in the final weekend.

Host: Stadt Neustadt an der Weinstrasse

Tip: Combine the second Saturday's harvest parade with the wine market; the parade winds through Neustadt with floats from every Mittelhaardt village.

Rhodter WeinTestival und Kunstfestival

Spring wine and art festival in Rhodt unter Rietburg on the Southern Weinstrasse, spread over the village's wine estates. About a dozen estates open on Friday for the Testival opening, where visitors choose from 48 wines in four categories to live music and reach four stations on foot or by the Schoppenbaehnel. On Saturday and Sunday visitors stroll through the village between the estates.

Host: Ortsgemeinde Rhodt unter Rietburg

Birkweiler Weinfrühling

Pentecost wine festival in the Kastanienbusch vineyard above Birkweiler, where Birkweiler estates and regional restaurateurs serve wine and food at six stations in the vines. A circular vineyard walk of 2 km with 120 metres of climb links the stations and gives views over the Rhine plain. The 2027 edition is billed as the 20th.

Host: Birkweiler winegrowers with regional restaurateurs

Weinfest in den Winzerhöfen Burrweiler

Four-day wine festival in the wine village of Burrweiler on the last weekend of August. Winegrowers, clubs and private hosts open their courtyards, with tasting stands along Gaisbergstrasse, Hauptstrasse and Weinstrasse and seating at the Alter Schulhof and the Pfarrhof. It opens on Friday evening with a tasting stand that pours a selection of Burrweiler wines chosen after an expert tasting.

Host: Ortsgemeinde Burrweiler

Wein am Dom

Spring wine fair that turns the historic centre of Speyer into the venue, with more than 100 Pfalz estates and cooperatives pouring wines and Sekt in five buildings, among them the Historischer Ratssaal, the Alter Stadtsaal and the Historisches Museum der Pfalz. The programme adds guided Wine Walks led by Pfalz wine royalty, the Best of Wein am Dom competition and Yoga and wine. Tickets are sold online.

Host: Pfalzwein e.V.

Weinfest an der Römerkelter

Four-day wine festival at the Roman winepress of the Römisches Weingut Weilberg above Ungstein, run by the village clubs, among them the Bauern- und Winzerschaft, the Turnverein and the Liedertafel. Sparkling wine and wines from the Weilberg vineyard are poured, including the Weilbergselektion of Ungstein winegrowers, with Palatinate dishes every day. Proceeds go to the further expansion of the open-air museum at the Roman winery; the 2025 edition was the 42nd.

Host: Ungstein village clubs (Ungsteiner Vereine)

Weinfest der Südlichen Weinstraße Edenkoben

Four-day wine festival in the centre of Edenkoben along the Weinstrasse, Ludwigsplatz and Kirchbergplatz, locally called Edekowwener Woifeschd. The opening takes place on Friday at Schloss Villa Ludwigshöhe, and wines from Edenkoben and the Südliche Weinstraße are poured, partly in the Palatinate Dubbeglas, with food from local clubs and regional vendors. The 2026 edition was the 79th.

Host: Stadt Edenkoben

Haardter Weinfest auf der Straße

Seven-day street wine festival in Haardt, a village of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, with a festival strip along the Mandelring where wine is poured at the wine estates and stalls and regional specialities are served. The district head opens it with the Haardt wine royalty on the first Friday evening in the school yard, and it ends on Ascension Day with a wheelbarrow race, with live music in the evenings. The 2026 edition was the 71st.

Host: Haardt district of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse

Ilbesheimer Kalmitfest

Two-day wine festival in the vineyards along the Affenschaukel path below the Kleine Kalmit in Ilbesheim, where winegrowers of the association Gast & Wein pour Ilbesheim wines and serve dishes such as Flammkuchen, burgers and tapas. Local clubs add further food, and an after-work party opens the weekend on Friday evening. The Pfalz tourism listing records that Pfalzwein e.V. named it Schönstes Weinfest der Pfalz in 2004.

Host: Gemeinde Ilbesheim with the winegrowers of Gast & Wein