The nine-day event is one of the most popular wine festivals in Rheinhessen and, since 2014, has even been able to call itself an ‘EXCELLENT Wine Festival’ after being awarded the seal of approval by Rheinhessenwein e. V.

Ingelheimer Kultur und Marketing GmbH (IkUM) has come up with some exciting new features for this year's red wine festival. For the first time, there will be a Ferris wheel wine tasting, a wine quiz, a GPS wine walk and a strolling wine tasting. Another new addition to the programme is ‘Silent Monday’. In addition, for the first time, all food stands at the Red Wine Festival will use standardised returnable tableware. Musical highlights include the Queen cover band ‘Rockfonie’, which will play in the festival tent on Red Wine Festival Tuesday.