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.
Christmann's Gimmeldingen estate vinothek pouring the Demeter-biodynamic dry Riesling range alongside the estate's traditional-method Pinot Noir Sekt brut.
The list: Christmann's Gimmeldingen estate vinothek pouring the Demeter-biodynamic dry Riesling range alongside the estate's traditional-method Pinot Noir Sekt brut
Tip: The Pinot Noir Sekt brut is the quieter Christmann signature; ask for it alongside the Idig and Reiterpfad still Rieslings for the full biodynamic flight.
Steffen Christmann at Gimmeldingen began biodynamic farming in 2004 and the estate became Demeter-certified, working the Idig and Reiterpfad sites for the dry Riesling range alongside a Pinot Noir programme on biodynamic principles.
Tip: Compare the Idig and Reiterpfad GG dry Rieslings side by side; the same biodynamic farming reads two single sites a short walk apart in Gimmeldingen.