Wine Festival in Wiesbaden

This past weekend Brad and I experienced our first go at a wine festival in Wiesbaden. You might compare this experience to the first time you went trick-or-treating on Halloween. You walk from booth to booth to sample wine from vendors all over Germany and being the lush *ahem* I mean wine lover that I am, this was a pretty fantastic concept. Ok, so it’s not free and you don’t dress up like a super hero (granted, you may feel like one after a few hours there) you get the idea. Tommy and Melissa were our partners in crime and we had a fabulous time.

I have to be honest though, the wine wasn’t all that great. Neither of us are big fans of Rieslings which is primarily what is produced in this region….blech. After several glasses of wine that made our faces tense up like we just ate a lemon, the chardonnay that was introduced to us by a friend was happily welcomed. And if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. We stuck with that for the rest of the afternoon…and evening.

But it’s not just about the wine, there’s food, too! Lots of it. We started off with a pizza-like dish that was made with a sour cream sauce of sorts instead of tomato paste. Very light and tasty. But it wasn’t enough to fill our empty bellies so we moved on to a SomeWeirdGermanWord….wurst sandwich with caramelized onions. Wow, now that was delicious. If I could only remember what it was called. Next up was a pretzel that was about the size of my steering wheel; all that was missing was a barrel of nacho cheese to go with it. And that was it…..ok, that’s a lie – you can’t go to a festival without getting a crepe with Nutella on it (ok, ok – and Grand Marnier). And I’m officially heading to the gym as soon as I finish this.


The exciting part is….drum roll please…..there’s another wine fest right here in Mainz this weekend!!! And the really exciting part? My dear friend, Bethany, will be here to enjoy it with us! That’s right, our first visitor will be here this weekend and I’m beyond excited to see her. Can’t wait!

And there are many more adventures to come in the near future in the life of the Bingham’s…stay tuned. The next few weeks, no - the next few months are going to be amazing!!