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A place, where wine can be tasted and bought. It can be a wine shop in a winery, but also in other places. Tastings can be done spontaneously for few people, but also for larger groups, with a booking. In Rheinhessen, there has been a program, that awads excellent wineries with the expression "Rheinhessen Ausgezeichnet". A list can be found below. Excellent wine shops
Buns, mostly the "Paarweck" made with water, or the "Spitzweck". The weck is part of every tasting, as it helps neutralizing the taste buds. However, it is often mistaken as food by ignorant tasters, who immediately empty the basket, as soon as the tasting has started.
The trinity of Mainz. These are symbols worn and celebrated on parades through the city durng carnival, but they are also consumed throughout the rest of the year for brunches, wine festivals or in winetaverns. During carival, there even is a local song worshipping the "three Ws" and declaring that nobody in Mainz can live without them.
viticultural political representation of the Rheinhessen winegrowers. Integrated into the farmer's association in 1959, now "Weinbauverband Rheinhessen im Bauern- und Winzerverband Rheinland-Pfalz Süd e.V.". Regional association of "Deutscher Weinbauverband"(German winegrowers association)
Rheinhessen expression: »Wingertshaisjer« Stone buildings of varied design in the vineyards. Mostly from 18th or 19th Century. They offered the winemaker, his family, vineyard workers and grape harvesters protection from rain and sun and a served as a shelter during lunch break. Occasionally, they were also built as romantic watchtower or as Biedermeier arbour. A curious rarity are the "Trulli", which are predominantly around Flonheim and Wendelsheim, and which can not be found in any other German wine growing area. In…
In Rheinhessen, there is aspecial culture of vineyard tours, that is offered bymany winemakers: A "Weinbergsrundfahrt". It is a driving wine tasting. The visitors sit on a covered wagon pulled by a tractor. While taking a tour through the vineyards, they enjoy the classic "Weck, Worscht and Woi" picnic and good Rheinhessen wines, while passing beautiful views and other attractions.
German expession for "wine fraternity Rheinhessen". Founded in October 1970 in Oppenheim, where it is also located ("Weinbruderschaft Rheinhessen zu Sankt Katharinen"). Purely idealistic union of friends of Rheinhessen wine from all professions and social classes with a limited number of members. The aim is to cultivate and promote wine culture, to increase the knowledge of wine, to stand up for the honor wine and to keep in touch with other wine fraternities. "Brudermeister" is Otto Schätzel, Nierstein. Link to…
Since 1987, the best wines and sparkling wines of the Chamber of Agriculture of Rhineland-Palatinate have been presented on this tasting every year on the last weekend of October (Friday / Saturday / Sunday) in Mainz. It is organized by the Chamber of Agriculture and Rheinhessenwein eV.
Jelly made of wine, sugar and gelling aid. Has been offered by Rheinhessen winemakers as an addition to their product range for some years now.
Former cattle stables with cross vaults, built by master mason Franz Ostermayer for the first time in Rheinhessen. After the dairy industry was abandoned, so far 45 such "cow chapels" have been converted into wine taverns, "Straußwirtschaften" and wine tasting rooms. The owners joined together in 1999 to form a "IG Rheinhessen Weingewölbe", which aims to cultivate and make use of these landscape-typical buildings.