A reminder from the German National Tourist Office about some upcoming wine festivals:

Winzerfest Freyburg                                                      September 7 – 10
Duerkheimer Wurstmarkt  Wine Festival          September 7 – 11, 14 – 17
Ingelheimer Rotwein Festival                                September 29 – October 7
Weinlesefest Neustadt                                                  October 5 – 15
Federweissenfest Cochem  Wine Festival           November 2 – 4, 9 – 10

 

And while we’re on the subject of Germany,  a new UNESCO World Heritage Site has been named there:  the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth in southern Germany. (However, unfortunately the opera house is going to close in October 2012 for renovation.)