This year, the Rheingau Wine Week will be celebrated from August 9 to 18. For the 47th time, wineries will be offering their wines and sparkling wines for tasting and numerous food stalls will be providing refreshments. "The unique selling point of the Rheingau Wine Week is the special atmosphere on the squares between the town hall, market church and castle, in addition to the diverse and local range of wines on offer from the winegrowers. The people of Wiesbaden, as well as many visitors, look forward to the joie de vivre, lightness and hospitality that this festival radiates," says Wiesbaden's mayor Christiane Hinninger.
The sustainable approach to the food on offer at the Wine Week serves to protect the climate: "Plastic crockery and cutlery will be dispensed with and there will once again be a reusable bottle deposit of 3 euros," says Environment Officer and Mayor Hinninger: "The official wine glass of the wine week is produced in a more environmentally friendly way, made from lighter glass, which means we have saved the environment 315 kilograms of Co2." The glass can be purchased for three euros at Wiesbaden Tourist Information and at eight selected stands at the Wine Week. It is decorated with a motif from the recently opened Reinhard Ernst Museum. For environmentally friendly travel to and from the event by bus and train, there will once again be a wine festival event ticket subsidized by the Department of Economics. This is not only particularly inexpensive, but can also be used as a voucher for wine tasting at selected winegrowers.
Simon Rottloff, authorized signatory of Wiesbadener Congress und Marketing GmbH (WICM) and responsible for the outdoor events, points out the special website: "At www.wiesbaden.de/weinwoche you will find a stand plan, an interactive stand overview and brief portraits of the winegrowers and their wineries. Impressions of the Rheingau Wine Week can be shared on Instagram under the hashtag #rieslingsfreunde".
The official opening of the 47th Rheingau Wine Week with its 117 stands will take place on Friday, August 9, at 5 pm on the stage in front of Wiesbaden's town hall. Wiesbaden's Lord Mayor Gert-Uwe Mende and Mayoress Christiane Hinninger will give the starting signal in the presence of the Rheingau and Wiesbaden wine majesties. A total of 50 bands will provide the perfect musical backdrop on the three stages in front of the town hall, the Marktkirche and on the Dern'schen grounds. The musical performances, including band classics such as "Krüger Rockt" and "Los 4 del Son", will end at 10 p.m. on all ten days of the event.
The Protestant family education program in the Wiesbaden deanery offers childcare for children aged five to eleven on both weekends of the Wine Week. On Saturdays, the little ones are offered entertainment from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Haus der Marktkirche (costs five euros per hour, siblings 2.50 euros), on Sundays from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thanks to the support of Wiesbaden Congress & Marketing GmbH, the painting, craft and play activities are free of charge on Sundays. Just drop by - children will be accepted as long as there are places available. A guarded bicycle checkroom will also be set up again at the rear exit of the Marktkirche.
The 47th Rheingau Wine Week at the Rheingau Wine Week at a glance:
- The Rheingau Wine Week stands are open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 11 am to 11 pm (the square in front of the Marktkirche on Sundays from 12 pm) and on Fridays and Saturdays from 11 am to midnight.
- There are 117 stands (96 wine stands, 18 food stands, a water stand from ESWE-Versorgung, a Lotto Hessen sales stand and a charity stand "Ihnen leuchtet ein Licht").
- Wiesbaden's twin city San Sebastian is represented with its products at its own stand
- The bicycle checkroom (at the rear exit of the Marktkirche opposite the "Lumen" restaurant) is guarded Monday to Thursday and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and on Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to midnight.
- There is once again a city-subsidized wine festival event ticket, which not only enables inexpensive, environmentally friendly travel by bus and train. It can also be used for wine tasting at selected winegrowers. The voucher is available in front of the mobility center, Markstraße 10, daily from 12 to 20.30.
- Three stages offer musical entertainment: on the Schlossplatz, on the square in front of the Marktkirche and on the Dern'schen grounds. The entertainment program of the music bands ends at 10 pm on all ten days of the event.
- Childcare is offered by the Protestant Family Education in the Wiesbaden Deanery on Saturdays August 10 and 17 and Sundays August 11 and 18, from 4 to 10 pm (Saturday) and 1 to 8 pm (Sunday) in the Haus der Marktkirche. The cost on Saturdays is five euros per hour or part thereof, and 2.50 euros for siblings. Childcare on Sundays is free of charge thanks to the support of Wiesbaden Congress & Marketing GmbH.
- Toilet facilities will be set up between Marktkirche, Rathaus and Restaurant Lumen, between Marktkirche and the kindergarten and at the corner of Marktstraße and Friedrichstraße.
- The first-aid post will be located between the Marktkirche and the kindergarten. The first-aid post is manned Monday to Thursday from 6 pm to 11 pm, on Fridays from 5 pm to midnight and on Saturdays from 2 pm to midnight and on Sundays from 2 pm to 11 pm.
- The cab stop can be found at its regular location in Friedrichstraße.
- An ATM will be set up at the town hall, between the town hall and the market church, which will also feature a map of the stands at the wine week.
- Three advertising pillars will also be set up on the festival grounds with a map of the Wine Week stands.
Further information on the 47th Rheingau Wine Week, the Rheingau Wine Week and the Rheingau Wine Festival. Rheingau Wine Week, the musical program and the stand plan are available online at www.wiesbaden.de/weinwoche.
