Over 100 vineyards from the Rhein region come to Wiesbaden for 10 days with their portable wine bars. This was the event we discovered last year on our first visit to Wiesbaden. Wine can be tasted at any booth in real wine glasses. Pay a small deposit and fill your glass anywhere.
In true festival style, there are 3 music stages with bands representing all types of music each night. Disco here, classic rock there, and all playing American and British cover songs from each era. The wine is generally rieslings but you can order dry, half-dry or sweet. The dry Rieslings are our favorite.
The food booths sprinkled around the many wine stands offer all types of typical festival food. We had to take a few pictures of our favorites: Flammkuchen which is like a really thin crust pizza layered with a white cream sauce, sliced tomatoes, mozzarella (tomato caprise) and topped with fresh arugula. Simple and really tasty. There are other versions with prosciutto, panchetta and onions.
Another favorite are the antipasta plates. Little pretzel sticks are used like spoons or toothpicks to pickup the food.
During this season there are wine festivals in many of the Rhein towns in the region. This area seems to be perfect for growing grapes along the banks of the Rhein river.
Saturday night we went down with our BFFs from America (Gary and Patty) and we met other Americans working here for GM (Opel) and the military. We managed to snag a stand-up table near the band playing soul and blues. The lead singer reminded us of the over-the-top wedding singer at the end of the "Hangover" movie.
The festival surrounds our Market Church which always seems to look like a painting against the blue sky. This week we have some visitors from Colorado and will be heading to Munich and Austria. After 10 days, the festival has come to an end... and probably just in time...too much of a good thing.
Tschus!
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