THE BINGEN WINE FESTIVAL
Discover the longest wine festival on the Rhine
Friday, 01 to Monday, 11 September 2023 ⋅ 6 fairgrounds throughout the city center ⋅ Daily from 12 - 23 h, Fridays & Saturdays until 01 h ⋅ Fair daily from 14 h
Experience excellent wines, exuberant festive evenings & lots of highlights at the Bingen Wine Festival!
For11 days, Bingen is all about its versatile vinos! 16 warmly authentic vintners present the diversity of the vines and the Bingen sites at the gateway to the UNESCO World Heritage Site. A varied program with live music and culinary delights awaits you at five festival sites in the city center of Bingen.
Wine, pleasure and fun - with many familiar & some new highlights: "Bingen drinks red", the new Ferris wheel wine tasting, the bridge festival, the magnificent fireworks, the festive wine festival wine tasting and the great wine festival parade at the longest wine festival on the Rhine!
Come by & celebrate with us - see you in Bingen am Wein! 😊
The program
11 days full of highlights & enjoyment
Daily from 12 - 23 h ⋅ Fr. & Sa. until 01 h ⋅ Rummel daily from 14 h
Program closes one hour earlier each time ⋅ The program is continuously expanded until the event.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE WINE FESTIVAL PARADE
Restrictions in the city center of Bingen
The traditional Winzerfest parade on Sunday, September 10, from 2 p.m. (start Mainzer Str. at Volksbank) to about 4 p.m. (end Fruchtmarkt) with over 30 colorful, crazy & cheerful parade participants.
Due to the traditional Winzerfest parade must be closed on Sunday, 10.09.23 between 12:00 clock and 16.00 o'clock large parts of the Binger city center must be closed for the motor traffic
The blockage concerns the following areas / roads:
- starting from the corner Gerbhausstraße/Vorstadt
- starting from the Mainzer Straße height "agency for work"
- starting from the Drususbrücke direction city center
- The parking lots at the Naheufer, in the City Center, Gerbhausstraße, Fruchtmarkt and Rheinkai cannot be approached for visitors and residents during this time.
- Visitors are asked, therefore, to come on foot, or by bicycle or alternatively to use the public transport. Visitors are therefore requested to come on foot or by bicycle, or alternatively to use the public transport services. It should be noted that the closure will result in deviations from the timetable. During the closure, the trips end and start at the stop Drususbrücke.
The Tourist Information Bingen is open on the Winzerfest parade Sunday from 12.00 -16.00. Information and souvenirs for tourists and locals are available.
More information about the public transport schedules during the Winzerfest:
- Stadtverkehr Bingen: Timetables | Bingen am Rhein
- RNN with the districts Dromersheim, Gaulsheim, Kempten: By bus and train to the Bingen Wine Festival (rnn.info)
NEW & POPULAR HIGHLIGHTS
Winzerfest wine tasting, Bingen drinks red & 2023 very NEW: the Ferris wheel wine tasting
🥂 The festive Winzerfest wine tasting on Friday, September 08.
No longer an insider tip: Our festive Winzerfest wine tasting is one of the absolute highlights of the Bingen Winzerfest!
After a festive champagne reception on the sun terrace of the Palais Bingen, an excellent 4-course menu awaits you, accompanied by selected wines from Bingen, which will be presented by the wine majesties, among others. The menu will be created again this year by top chefs. Michael Choquet and Frank Hemmes will lead through the program.
The menu
Salmon trio ⋅ Porcini ravioli with sage butter & Grana Padano ⋅ Veal fillet with truffle crust & baby carrots on mushroom & potato gratin ⋅ Tarte au Citrone with white chocolate mousse
The vegetarian menu option
Beet carpaccio with feta cheese, walnut & arugula salad ⋅ Porcini ravioli with sage butter & Grana Padano ⋅ Risotto á la Milanese with grilled green asparagus ⋅ Tarte au Citrone with white chocolate mousse
The regional culinary artists
André Choquet ⋅ Vinothek Bingen
Tiberiu Vasile ⋅ Zollamt
Sarah Lentis ⋅ Winzerkeller
Steven Bergner ⋅ Zum Weinkeller
🎟️ Tickets are available for only 84,- € p.P. now here online & as hardtickets at the TouristInfo Bingen.
🍷 Bingen drinks red on Tuesday 05 September
Bingen can also do red - and really well! Excellent winemakers from Bingen offer selected red wines and red wine sparkling wine for tasting on all festival sites again.
Do not miss the popular and diverse highlight!
🍇 For only 29-, € per person, more than 20 red wines and red wine sparkling wines can be tasted. In addition, there are small culinary delicacies from various caterers. Here you can buy the ticket incl. culinary delights
🍇 For only 19,- € per person there are all red wine and red wine sparkling wine tastings and the limited souvenir glass WITHOUT culinary delights. Here you can get the ticket excl. culinary delights
From Frühburgunder to Spätburgunder, from Cabernet Sauvignon to Merlot, from Regent to Dornfelder, everything is there. Also harmonious Cuvées may not be missing. From sweet to dry, from barrique or steel tank - with this selection you are sure to find at least one new favorite wine in the course of the evening.
At the atmospherically decorated stands, every "Bingen trinkt rot" guest receives a limited souvenir glass at the beginning.
🎟️ Tickets are now available online here for €19 or €29 per person.
🎡 NEW: Giant wheel wine tasting on Wednesday, September 06.
The new highlight at Winzerfest 2023: It goes high up!
Let yourself be enchanted by a very special wine tasting: On the Ferris wheel, your gaze wanders into the distance over the romantic Rhine and the four wine-growing regions of Middle Rhine, Rheingau, Nahe & Rheinhessen. Enjoy with your friends 7 excellent wines of local Bingen winegrowers & a Vesper basket. The wine tasting will be moderated by our wine majesties, the Binger Schwätzerchen.
The new Ferris wheel wine tasting at the Bingen Wine Festival with beautiful views, excellent wines & regional delights!
Per gondola (up to 5 people) incl. wines & vesper only 150,- €
Info: The gondolas can only be purchased as a whole. No more than 5 people will not be admitted to the gondola. When buying the ticket you can choose between a Vesper basket with sausage or a vegetarian Vesper with cheese. The ride will start on Wednesday, September 6 from 2 - 4 pm. The ride will start on time. Please be at the Ferris wheel 15 minutes before the start at 13:45. We are looking forward to seeing you!
An unforgettable highlight in airy heights for you & your friends - you should not miss it!
🎟️ Get your tickets here for 150,- € (for max. 5 persons)!
With us are our partners & sponsors:
Backhaus Lüning ⋅ Kastell Wein, Kunst und Schönes ⋅ Vinothek & Weinschule Hemmes ⋅ Winery Bernhard Grünewald ⋅ Winery Dreikönigshof ⋅ Winery Herrmann Wendel ⋅ Winery Peter Ewen ⋅ WineryPeter Marxen
The winemakers & hosts
Experience authentic Bingen cordiality and excellent vinos of our winemakers & hosts
Freidhof
Winery Oswald Hochthurn ⋅ Winery Hermann Wendel ⋅ Winery Peter Marxen ⋅ Flammkuchen Rothenbücher ⋅ Kevin Kasselmann ⋅ Wildboyz
Bürgermeister-Neff-Platz
Winery Peter Ewen⋅ Winery Dreikönigshof⋅ Wine House Matthias Michel⋅Winery Bernhard Grünewald⋅ Sekthaus Graeger⋅Metzgerei Dobroschke
Food market
Kastell Wine, Art and Beauty ⋅ Winery Josef Müller and Son ⋅ WineryRudi Huber ⋅ Danny König
Rathausplatz
Winzerhof Adi Huber⋅ Vinothek & Weinschule Hemmes⋅ Backhaus Lüning
City Center Bingen
Winery Josef Heinz⋅ Customs Office Bingen
Kaufhausgasse
Winery Stefan Hochthurn
Rummel
Winery Selmigkeit⋅ Butchery Petry