Wine Festival in the Hessigheim Steep Slopes

Before the Premiere

2025 was a year of preparation for Hessigheim: The municipal council discussed the plan for a new wine festival several times and set the conditions — only local vintners and restaurateurs are allowed to offer services. The Steillagen Hessigheim association, which has been caring for the terraced vineyards for years, took on the sponsorship.

In the run-up, the concept was coordinated: festival grounds directly in the steep slopes below the Felsengärten, three days of program with an admission fee (whose association contribution goes towards steep slope maintenance). The 2026 premiere is thus the first practical test of a concept deliberately counter to the usual festival logic: smaller, local, authentic.