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.
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.
Address: Weinstrasse, 67157 Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse, Germany, Pfalz
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.
Tip: Park in Neustadt and walk up the Mandelpfad to Gimmeldingen; the trail through the almond avenues is the festival's headline approach.
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.
Tip: Combine the second Saturday's harvest parade with the wine market; the parade winds through Neustadt with floats from every Mittelhaardt village.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wachenheimer Burgkellertage runs 24 to 26 April. These are the wine tours and tastings in Pfalz to book for the days around it; most cancel free up to 24 hours ahead.
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