Three-hour Roter Hang vineyard walk run by Julia and Michael Voss with their 1979 Barkas Wein-Laster. Comparative tastings of two producers per varietal across the Pettenthal and Hipping slopes. Great Wine Capitals Best of Wine Tourism 2020.
Address: Mainzer Strasse 38, 55283 Nierstein, Germany, Rheinhessen
Family-led Nierstein cellar walk at the Heise estate at Karolingerstrasse 15. Five-wine flight of Roter Hang Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc and Saint Laurent with baguette and the 100-year-old Rotliegend-cellar tour.
Annual June wine presentation run by the Wein vom Roten Hang association of Nierstein producers, hosted directly on the Roter Hang Pettenthal, Hipping, Brudersberg and Oelberg vineyards with multiple-producer pours.
Roter Hang wine-and-herb walk run by Roter Hang ambassadors. Pairs Riesling and Burgunder tastings with vineyard botany along the Pettenthal and Hipping ridge across roughly three hours.
Family-led Nierstein cellar walk at the Heise estate at Karolingerstrasse 15. Five-wine flight of Roter Hang Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc and Saint Laurent with baguette and the 100-year-old Rotliegend-cellar tour.
Annual June wine presentation run by the Wein vom Roten Hang association of Nierstein producers, hosted directly on the Roter Hang Pettenthal, Hipping, Brudersberg and Oelberg vineyards with multiple-producer pours.
Roter Hang wine-and-herb walk run by Roter Hang ambassadors. Pairs Riesling and Burgunder tastings with vineyard botany along the Pettenthal and Hipping ridge across roughly three hours.
Underground tour of the 12th to 17th century cellar labyrinth beneath Oppenheim Marktplatz, booked through the Tourist Information. Tour I covers 500 m of vaults, Tour II 250 m of narrow passageways across roughly one hour.
1.5-hour Mainz Sektkellerei tour at the 1850-founded Kupferberg cellar. Seven-level cellar walk through medieval vaults, the Art Nouveau Traubensaal and Otto von Bismarck's Bismarck-Zimmer with sparkling-wine tasting.
1.5-hour traditional-method Sektkellerei tour run by Ruediger Flik at the historic Marienhof in Mainz-Laubenheim. Tasting of three Sekt vintages at 19 euros per person with cellar history.