32. Erfurter Weinfest

In the organizer's words:

Once a year, winegrowers from various wine-growing regions invite guests to the romantic old town of Erfurt to celebrate with a good drop of wine, good food and great music.
Winegrowers from different wine-growing regions in Germany bring the best wines from their cellars to the old wine city of Erfurt.

Although it is hard to imagine, a lot of wine was grown in Erfurt in the Middle Ages. A chronicler wrote about the city in 1161: "The hills around Erfurt, even the one to the north, the old Steiger, were covered with vineyards".

The oldest evidence of vine cultivation is provided by a document from 1121, in which the provost of the Severi monastery issues orders for food supplies.

But even today, the people of Erfurt are still fond of wine. The ideal opportunity for this is the wine festival, which combines good music and good wine.