Freinsheim wine princess Anne II
Before arriving in Freinsheim, my cousin Matthias emailed the plans for April 2. “We have tickets for a wine-tasting with the wine princesses from 2-7 Saturday.”
What could this be? Celebrity princesses holding court behind a wine-tasting counter, pouring out sips from jewel-tinted bottles of wine? Not exactly. Here’s how it worked.
The Urlaubsregion Freinsheim (think chamber of commerce, German-style) organizes a wine-tasting to five different villages in and around the region, guided by the wine princesses from each of five villages. Each princess introduces two wines unique to her village. In our case, the tour included: a Riesling and a dry Weisburgunder in Weisenheim am Sand, Viognier and Grauburgunder in Erpolzheim, Chardonnay and Rose in Herxheim, Auxerrois and Cuvée in Weisenheim am Berg, and white and red Spätburgunders (Pinot Noirs) in Freinsheim.
But pictures say it best.
We meet the wine princesses.
We hike to our first wine-tasting, in a forest park at Weisenheim am Sand.
The wine princesses introduce the vintage and wine-maker.
We sample our first vintage.
We board the bus for the next village.
We hike to a pleasant garden among the vineyards.
The wine princess introduces the wine and wine-maker.
Zum wohl!
Inside the bus.
Next stop, the Herxheim am Berg Schlossgarten.
Back on the bus …
… for Weisenheim am Berg …
… and finish up in Freinsheim.
Viel Spaß!