Darmstädter Weinfest

Wine festival with tradition
What few people know: Where the Artists' Colony Mathildenhöhe stands today, wine was grown for centuries. Darmstadt in southern Hesse, now an internationally renowned centre for science and art, has been surrounded by vineyards since the Middle Ages at the latest. A very special tribute to the wine-growing tradition, which is now being revived in the city, is the Darmstadt Wine Festival, which has been taking place for almost 40 years.
Also special: vintners from six different wine regions, from the Hessian Bergstrasse, Rheinhessen, the Rheingau and the Palatinate as well as from the Nahe will be taking part.
On the occasion of the Darmstadt Wine Festival, the shops in the city centre will be open on Sunday from 1 to 6 pm.
Save the date for 2024:
29. August to 1. September 2024
Red Riesling

Did you know that there is "Red Riesling" at the Bergstraße? The Riesling-grape in its original version had a reddish skin. Only in the course of time did it become brighter.But there is a winegrowing area in Germany where the tradition is kept alive: this is the Hessische Bergstraße. Almost ten wineries are there, which still today - and even strengthened again! - cultivate and offer Red Riesling. For more information, please visit the website "Home of Red Riesling".
Winegrowers and food stalls at the Darmstadt Wine Festival 2023

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Weingut Schnabel
Our family winery is located in the heart of Rheinhessen in the cosy wine village of Gau-Bickelheim.
Family business through and through - three generations and three families look after the vines with passion.
We cultivate about 20ha of vineyards, mostly on the southern slopes of the Wißberg.
In 2021, we converted the entire cultivation to organic methods. The conversion to organic viticulture means a rethink in all areas of work, but also more closeness to nature.
Reibekuchen Roscher
Roscher offers delicious potato pancakes, as a snack or for the big appetite.
The eighth-generation family business offers potato pancakes made from fresh potatoes every day in proven quality.
Vegetarian offer:
The potato pancakes are baked in vegetable fat. They are served with apple sauce or garlic sauce (made from crème fraiche).
For detailed questions, please contact the stand staff directly.
Roie's fish hut
Roie's offers Hamburg fish specialities
Weingut Lucius
The love of nature, the highest demands and a special awareness of quality are the basis for our actions.
In addition to a range of specialities, such as liqueur or secco, we produce white, rosé and red wines from our own land. We pay attention to single-variety and well-matured grapes, which create the basis for the high quality of the end product wine.
See for yourself - we look forward to your visit.
Weingut Münzenberger
Wine Stories from the Zornheimer Berg
Two generations with common goals and with a great love for wine, the Rhine-Hessian landscape and nature.
Weingut Grosch
Our winery is located in Wallertheim, in the heart of Rheinhessen. A small winegrowing village with a lot of charm, surrounded by the hilly landscape of Rheinhessen. We have been running the family winery for generations. 18 hectares of vines are part of our everyday life as winegrowers and require constant care.
We enjoy working in nature and make no compromises when it comes to the quality and health of the grapes. Wine quality is our first priority, because making wine is much more than just a profession. It requires dedication, passion and fervour to turn the grapes of each vintage into perfect wines that delight our customers.
Weingut Marco Pfennig
As a small family business, we have loved and lived viticulture for four generations.
With a lot of passion we press top wines for you, which grow in the top vineyards of the Wißberg.
We work a large part of our 90,000 vines by hand, so that you can enjoy a piece Rheinhesse in every glass of wine.
Weingut Ellbrück Gästehaus
Our holiday-winery is idyllically situated amidst vineyards, directly on the Kraut- und Rübenradweg and the Mühlenwanderweg.
Our family has been dedicated to viticulture for generations. Both classic and modern grape varieties thrive on an area of 10 hectares.
Weingut am Schlossberg/Rainer Becker
Winery in the heart of Rheinhessen in the small village of Gau-Heppenheim with 13 ha of vineyards. Our product range includes
red wines, white wines as well as sparkling wines and seccos. You will also find brandies and liqueurs as well as wine gifts for every occasion.
Karl Kulick Weine
Karl Kulick Weinhandel on sale: wine and sparkling wine from Bergsträsser Winzer eG Heppenheim
Hausmann's Schwenkgrill
Delicious food from the grill directly at Luisenplatz.
vinum autmundis – Die Odenwälder Winzergenossenschaft eG
vinum autmundis stands for winegrowing tradition since Roman times, deep roots in the region and a passion for good wine.
Today, the Odenwälder Winzergenossenschaft is the largest winegrowing company in the Umstadt area and cultivates about 75 ha with its approximately 100 members.
Due to the special diversity of the soil, a variety of grape varieties thrive on the Odenwald wine island. The classic grape varieties such as Riesling, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir are joined by new varieties such as the PIWI's Cabernet Blanc, Regent and Johanniter, as well as the trendy Sauvignon Blanc and the rediscovered Roter Riesling.
We warmly welcome you to vinum autmundis on the Odenwald wine island - because islands are always special.
Löw's Zwiebelkuchen & Flammkuchen
Our onion tart is made according to a traditional family recipe. We also offer tarte flambée
- Alsatian style with onions & bacon
- Greek style with pepperoni & white cheese
- Nordic style with salmon & prawns
Wine sticks, Winzerknorzen, pretzels and Federweisser round off our range.
Hill`s Weinhütte
Famiily-run winery from Udenheim, Rheinhessen
Vegan offer:
All wines are vegan.
For detailed questions, please contact the stand staff directly.
Trinkwasserbrunnen am Weinfest
There is a drinking fountain in the lower Wilhelminenstraße, near the city police station.
You can fill your own drinking bottles with water here free of charge.
Sekthaus Solter
Sekthaus Solter from Eltville, Rheingau
Weingut Abteihof St. Nicolaus
We are a family-run winery in the sixth generation in Johannisberg in the Rheingau.
Our vineyards are planted with the grape varieties:
Riesling, Pinot Noir, Müller-Thurgau and Chardonnay.
We cultivate our vineyards in an environmentally friendly manner, as is required in water protection zones.
We are responsible for everything from plant protection to harvesting, vinification, bottling bottling of the wine to shipping.
This means that all work processes are under our control and we can thus guarantee our quality.
Weingut Jakobshof
The Jakobshof winery is located between Mainz and Worms in the middle of beautiful, sunny Rheinhessen, Germany's largest wine-growing region.
It has been family-owned for over 200 years and is now being successfully managed by the 9th generation.
With our wines, we always want to produce a little bit of quality of life - not only for wine connoisseurs and lovers.
See for yourself that Rheinhessen wine is the most drunk wine in Germany for good reason.
Grupe's Crêpes Stand
Sweet and savoury crêpes.
Weingut Uwe Claß
Uwe Claß Winery from Vendersheim, Rheinhessen
Köhler Langos King
Langos, the Hungarian speciality, with various toppings.
Weingut Johannes Wirschinger
The J. Wirschinger winery has been producing wine since 1986. The farm covers about 10 hectares of vineyards, 90% of which are planted with Riesling. The other 10% consists of Pinot Noir, Dornfelder Müller-Thurgau and Monarch.
We are a small family business that produces conventionally.
You can taste our wines at various wine festivals and markets. We can also deliver the wines to your home or you can invite us to your home and we will organize a wine tasting with your friends.
Our products
Riesling wines
Pinot Noir
Riesling sparkling wine
Nungesser's Schlemmerhütte
Delicious grilled food is available at Nungesser's in the upper part of Wilhelminenstraße.
Weingut Kampf
For seven generations, the Kampf family has stood for agriculture and viticulture in Flonheim, the gateway to Rheinhessen Switzerland.
Bergsträßer Winzer eG
We invite you on an enjoyable journey of discovery along the Hessian and Baden Bergstrasse. Get to know our wines and sparkling wines.
Bergsträsser Winzer eG was founded in 1904 by 21 winegrowers. Today, our 360 winegrowing families cultivate around 260 hectares of vineyards along the entire Bergstrasse.
We thus not only connect the two growing regions of Hessische Bergstrasse and Baden, but also several generations of winegrowers.
The diversity of the sites with their different soils forms the terroir for our wines.
With a lot of love, manual work and passion, our winegrowers and cellar masters create a unique natural product: the Bergstrasse wine!
Weingut Wilhelmy
We are a young family winery that is now in its 3rd generation of very successful winegrowing. Our winery is located on the lower Nahe between Bingen am Rhein and Bad Kreuznach. There we cultivate around 7.5 ha of vineyards in the best locations of Langenlonsheim, Laubenheim and Guldental. Thanks to the great variety of soils, we are able to produce different and individual wines.
For us, the quality of the wine begins in the vineyard.
That is why we attach great importance to the care of our vineyards and to near-natural and ecologically friendly cultivation. The grape harvest is mostly done mechanically. This enables us to harvest the grapes at the ideal time when they are ripe and to maintain the quality that has grown in the vineyard. However, this requires a negative harvest by hand immediately before the actual harvest, during which all rotten and unripe grapes are removed.
Churros
Delicious churros, a Spanish speciality.
Vegetarian offer:
For detailed questions, please contact the stand staff directly.
Roie's begian Fries
Roie's Belgian fries offer you delicious potato fries and a wide selection of dips
Weingut Dorst
Some vineyards have been in the Dorst family for over 100 years. Therefore, we know the climatic conditions of our vineyards from the FF. We value our nature more than ever and treat it with care for the sake of our children.
On lime marl, loess, clay marl and terra fusca soils, our grape varieties, 63% white and 37% red, grow excellently.
Situated at 220 metres above sea level, morning mist regularly hangs below our favoured vineyard sites. A resulting, slightly cooler climate makes us winners in times of climate change. Then the so-called cool climate is a blessing for our vineyards in and around Wörrstadt.
Die Apfelhütte
Enjoy delicious handmade cheese or apple sausages with homemade apple and onion chutney, as well as tasty apple wine at the Apfelhütte. All specialities are produced regionally in the Odenwald. You are also welcome to book the Apfelhütte for your next private party or company celebration.
D`Chäsbräter
Swiss Raclette from Lake Constance... this is where the cheese happiness begins!
Vegetarian offer:
Cheese aclette with e.g. potatoes, cucumbers, bread, onions...
For detailed questions, please contact the stand staff directly.
Bioweingut Wagner
The winery is located in the hilly region of Rheinhessen at the foot of the Kloppberg. At 293 metres, the Kloppberg is the highest elevation in southern Rheinhessen. At its feet are many other hills, where our vines also grow.
The different microclimatic conditions here allow for a wide range of grape varieties.
We grow the following grape varieties: Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Weisser Burgunder, Grauer Burgunder, Chardonnay, Gelber Muskateller, Bacchus, Huxelrebe, Blauer Portugieser, Dornfelder, Spätburgunder, Saint Laurent, Merlot, Sangiovese, Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Rosenmuskateller.
Our region is one of the driest and warmest in Germany, which is why grapes like Sangiovese and Cabernet Franc ripen here.
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Weingut Bretz
The Bretz family's winery has been in existence since 1721, which means that they have already celebrated their 300th anniversary. During this time, 10 generations have built up the winery and successfully passed on the wine gene. Today it is run by the ninth generation of Horst, Heike and Harald Bretz. The winery offers an exciting range of wines, from typical Rhine-Hessian varieties to international highlights. In 2020/2021, the Bretz family received the DLG's "Winemaker of the Year" award for the second time since 2013/2014.
Weingut Graf von Kanitz
VDP qualified vegan/ organic wines from Rheingau steep slopes at the highest level
Hausmann's Flammkuchen
Delicious tarte flambée, whether classic, Mediterranean or Hessian.
Vegetarian offer:
For detailed questions, please contact the stand staff directly.
Traber´s Flammlachs
Flaming salmon - in a roll, with salad, various sauces - grilled directly on site.
Weingut Volker und Kai Saulheimer
We cultivate about 15 hectares of vineyards in Rheinhessen with all our heart. We give nature the opportunity to individually equip each vintage with its own nuances and finesses. Visit us in Zotzenheim - we are always happy to welcome you here where your wine grows. We would love to welcome you for a short holiday in our guest rooms, to our events or just for fun!
At the wine festival you will find us in the upper Wilhelminenstraße, in front of the Braustüb'l.
Wines Hand with Heart
Your winegrowing family Saulheimer
