Rheingau vintners look forward to Idstein visitors
This year, the Idstein Wine Festival will be held for the 29th time in the picturesque old town of Idstein. Around the König-Adolf-Platz, the Rheingauer Weinwerbung GmbH together with the Verein der Gewerbetreibenden Idstein aktiv e.V. organizes the five-day event. The Rheingau winegrowers together with the Idstein restaurateurs invite you to taste, enjoy and celebrate.
Nine Rheingau winegrowers, one wine shop and five restaurateurs will open their stands again this year for the PreOpening on Wednesday at 6:00 pm. On Friday, visitors are expected to arrive at 4:00 p.m., and on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, the wine festival will open its doors at 12:00 p.m.
Majestic things will happen on Thursday, May 25, 2017, at 12:30 p.m., when the Rheingau wine queen Stephanie Kopietz, together with the Kostheim wine queen Celina Dammköhler and her wine princess Michelle Gönder, will ceremoniously open the wine festival at König-Adolf-Platz. "Idstein is one of the first wine festivals in the new year. Here, it is always particularly fun to toast the season with Rheingau wines", says the Rheingau wine queen Stephanie Kopietz.
Also the Idsteiner Stadtlauf has become a fixed program item of the wine festival. As usual, the city run takes place on Fridays; the winners will be honored on the stage of the festival grounds around 7 pm. The little visitors can have themselves imaginatively made up at their own stand on Sunday from 14:00- 17:00.
The participating Rheingau vintners:
Weingut Christian Faust www.christianfaust.de
Winery Fetzer
Winery Kaspar Herke www.weingut-kaspar-herke.de
Winery Lorenz H. Kunz www.weingut-lorenz-kunz.de
Winery Ottes www.weingut-ottes.de
Weingut Karl Schönleber
Weingut Schüler-Katz www.weingut-schueler-katz.de
Weingut Statzner
Weingut im Weinegg KG www.weingut-weinegg.de
Weinhaus Grüninger-Fey www.der-weinladen-idstein.de
To the Rheingau
A total of 700 wineries produce about 2.5% of the German wine volume. The Riesling dominates with 79%, the Pinot Noir takes 12% of the cultivated area.
From Flörsheim am Main over the Hessian capital Wiesbaden, Eltville am Rhein, Rüdesheim am Rhein to Lorch am Rhein, this area (3.165 hectares) offers the greatest that a region can present to its guests in terms of culture, wine, nature and sights.
Throughout the year, the Rheingau region of culture invites visitors to delightful events. Music, theatre, literature, exhibitions, nature experiences, sporting events, wine and traditional folk festivals, castle festivals, cabaret, light illuminations, fireworks and much more are all on the programme
