European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 32 stars and stripes thursday april 122007 festivals from Page 31 june 29iidy 1 Sheigra june 910 Mem Leben june 30jtriy 1 Glenna Park and wine fest aug 45 Dom oif aug 1719 bad Suiza aug 1719 Goseck at the Castle aug 1720 Lautcha aug 1819 Reinsdorf aug 2326 Weimar aug 2426 Nauenburg aug 31sept 2 Nebra sept 12 Hohnstedt sept12 Burg Verben sept 12 Falgstadt wine and Castle fest sept 79 Freyburg sept 15 Harsdorf sept 1516 bad Kosen Kloster Forta Sachsen june 13 Meissen at Proschwitz Castle june 2224 Dresden wine fest along the Wei Strasse july 1215 Dresden Haup Strasse Rhineland palatinate win Fesl june 2324 Rade Beul Wackerbarth Castle aug 2426 Rade Beul at Houlos Surtz aug 31sept 2 Wei Bohla sept 8 Pima klosterhoff sept 1516 Rade Beul new wine festival at Wackerbarth Castle Wurt Tennberg april 2122 Tauffen april 27may 1 Heilbronn april 2830 Nordheim april 30may 1 Bonn Isheim wine tasting and Stromberg Kellerer open to the Public april 30may 1 Bracke Nheim april 30may 1 Hessig Heim wine tasting and wine fest May 1  wine tasting in the wine press May 46 bad Cannstatt Happy Days May 1213 Egl Osheim May 1213 Neckar Esthern wine fest and wine walk May 1213  May 1214 Eberstadt May 1214 Klein och Senberg wine fest May 1720 Mundel sheim May 171929 Vaihinger Rosswag May 19 Sellbach Long night of the wine cellars May 2627 Schwaiger City fest May 2628 Alsfeld june 14 bad Mergentheim Markel sheim wine fest june 14 Heilbronn wine cellar fest june 23 Stemen Feis cellar fest with wine probe june 23 Beilstein june 23  june 810 Ingelfinger Center of town june 910  Market Days june 910  in Street fest june 10 vineyards open to the Public june 1517 Bretzfeld Schwebbach june 1617 Hafs Lauenstein Street fest june 1618 Schwaiger june2223 Stuttgart Rohracker june 2224 Heilbronn Neckar est june 2325 Obers Tenfeld around the Rathaus june 28juiy 2 Ohringer Hohenlohe wine Village a a woman in Puglia Italy tastes one of Southern Italy full bodied red wines june 29iuly 1 Schafter sheim june 29july 1 Mundel sheim june 30july2 rein around the City Hall june 30july 1 Bracke Nheim nature and july 78 Steinheim marketplace july 78  gourmet wine press fest july 79  wine Village july 78 Isfeld wine press fest july 8 Gross Bottar fest at the wine producers july 1415 Elpers Heim at the town Fountain july 1415 och Senbach around the wine press july 1416 Schwaiger wine fest St Kilian july 2022 Bretzfeld Waldbach Fountain fest july 2023  july 2023 Beilstein Vineyard fest july 2122 Necka Westheim Market place july 2720 Nerenstein Eschelbach wine press fest july 27aug 6 Esslinger onion fest july 2830  aug 9ii Heilbronn at the Wartberg aug 923 ludwigs Burg by the City Hall aug 1112 Bretzfeld Siebeneich aug 1112 Ilfeld Helfenberg Schloss Bergeest aug 1112 Lowenstein music and wine fest aug 1719 Stuttgart Feuerbach wine press fest aug 1720  by the old wine press aug 1720 Erpenbach aug 1720  aug 1819 Glt Marksheid aug 1820 Nordheim Park fest aug 1819  aug 1819  wine tasting in the vineyards aug 2427 Winn Enden aug 2526  fest around the wine press aug 2526 Lehren Steinfeld wine and Street fest aug 2526  in the of wine press aug 2526 Mundel sheim aug 2527 Dorrheim Gundelach wine press fest aug 29sept 9 Stuttgart aug 29sept 9 Pforzheim Oechsle fest aug 31sept 2 Dorzback sept 12 Bracken Heidhausen sept 12 Maraach wine press fest sept 12  Triet fall fest by the wine press sept 12 sept 12  sept 12 Dorzback sept 13 Eberstadt wine and Street fest sept 13 Gross Bottar Street fest sept 13 Beilstein Billesbach sept 614 Heilbron sept 710 Ingelfinger fall and wine fest sept 79 Laudenbach fall and wine fest sept 710 Stuttgart Muhlbach sept 89 Sellbach at the Gappelberg sept 89 Sachsen Heimsohen Haslach wine press fest sept 810 Cle Bronn festival of the wine producers sept 89 Steinheim at the Lewann Berg sept 8 Gro Sheppach fest of the 100 wines sept 89 sept 810 Bonn Isheim in the Castle Park sept 810 Gemmrig Heim around the festival Hall sept 810  wine press fest sept 9  at the Wunn Enstein sept 9  fall wine tasting at the wine press sept 1415 Weinstat night of the wine cellars sept 1417 Besig Heim sept 1417  sept 1516  Stein wine press fest sept 1516 Leuffen sept 1516 sept 1516 Pfaffe Hofen wine press fest sept 1517 Esslinger sept 1517  Henriet sept 2123  sept 2124 Weinsberg sept 2223 Stuttgart bad Cannstatt wine press open to the Public sept 2224 Sachsenhei Ochsen Bach fall and wine fest sept 2224 wine press fest sept 23 Grants Chen Winzer Genos Kenschaft wine cellars open to the Public sept 2830 forc Tenberg at the City Hall oct 67 bad Mergentheim mar Felsheim oct 1215 Sellbach oct 1314 Gross Bottar by the wine press oct 2028 Metzinger Sieben Kette fest oct 2728 Kelsenberg nov 35 Metzinger Neuhausen dec 89  Zimmer wine cellars open to the Public other regions May 2328 Bremen marketplace june 110 Butzbach wine Village at the Hesse tag june 810 Munich wine and gourmet festival at the olympic stadium july 1215 a Kiich Schloss Platz Rhineland palatinate wine fest july 1215  rheingau wine Village by the Toten Kirche july 1922 Osnabrock opem Platz Rhineland latinate wine fest july 1922 Hannover opem Platz Rhineland palatinate wine fest aug 27 Dusseldorf Rathaus Platz Rhineland palatinate wine fest aug 912 bad Sal Zeflen Salz Hof aug 1619 Dortmund Klepping Strasse Rhineland latinate wine fest aug 2326 Aachen Katsch Hof Rhineland palatinate wine fest aug Martand Konigs Platz aug 30sept 2 Berlin Spandau marketplace Rhineland palatinate wine fest aug 31sept 2 Geilenkirche Friedlan Platz sept 49 Bielefeld alter Markt sept 89  Bohnhof Strasse Italy wineries throughout the country Are open annually on the last sunday in May the Movi mento Turisco Del Vino organizes Cantine ape Rte guided visits and tastings in approximately 1000 wineries from 10 Arn to 6 pm May 27 this year  listings Are from  and other sources May 1820 Trentino Teatro social i Trento exhibition of wines of Trentino May 1920 Treviso Vino in Villa in festival Del prose co a sus Egana Luxembourg listings Are from the Luxembourg National tourist office and  april 13 Greven Macher Centre sport if it culture wine fair july 68 Ahn wine weekend aug 45 Schengel festival do pinot Zug Schengel Ennert Der Breck aug 4 Worme Dange riesling Day sept 2 Wellenstein Schweb Singen 55e fete do via sept 79 Greven Macher wine and grape festival sept 1516 riesling open festival Worme Dange Ahn and Ehnen oct 27 Bacchus Estiva Worme Dange Switzerland april 1823 merges Ravinis International wine fair May 26 Char Donne wine Market sept 12 Sierre Vinea viticultural meeting and Wallis wine festival sept 22 Rolle wine festival sept 23 spies wine festival sept 2830 Neuchatel wine festival Parade on sunday oct 57 Dottinger Vintage festival Parade on sunday Box wines earn More acceptance by Lauren Shepherd the associated press  Steph Waller considers herself something of a wine connoisseur but she int seduced by the Sweet smell of Cork or the curve of a narrow Glass neck instead the Calif Burnia native swoons Over a Glass poured straight from the Box Waller who is writing a Book called Box of wine a cultural icon is one of a growing group of wine drinkers turning to the Box rather than the bottle with better wine varieties now available in boxes wineries Are attempting to give the category a new identity far from the Rowdy boating trips and Drunken Frater nity parties that gave Box Vino its cheap Low Quality image the Effort seems to be slowly paying off Box wine is now the fastest growing wine category according to data from a Nielsen three liter Box wine volume grew 44 percent in the past year compared with a three percent gain in Overall table wine vol ume if s gaining tremendous acceptance by the consumer said Ben Bollard president of Pacific wine partners a division of Constellation brands if s just the tip of the iceberg vintners have been doing a Good Deal of experimenting in the last few years wine now even comes in plastic hordes and cans although wine has been pack aged in a Box for some time the new boxes Arent like the five liter jugs of Sweet headache inducing wines of the past Al though those Are still readily available there Are now Premium varieties on the Market which show a bit More complexity with hints of Berry Apple or Oak of course the Premium entries Are More expensive for example a chardonnay can run for a Box that contains the equivalent of four bottles where As the lower Quality five liter boxes sell for Between and s10 for More than 6 bottles of wine the Premium boxes Are still a steal however since one Quality bottle can run anywhere from s10 to or More Box wine manufacturers can afford to charge less for Quality since the packaging materials Are far less expensive morning Stiar analyst Matt Reilly said for example that bottling a 54 or bottle of wine can Cost is where As a Box can Cost a tenth of that and of course you cant beat the convenience you can take a Box of wine just about anywhere or you can leave it at Home and not worry that it will go bad Box wines typically stay fresh for As Long As four weeks after there opened because the boxes con Tain a vacuum sealed bag that prevents the wine from being exposed to air a Box just kind of sits in the fridge and i dont have to think about it said Waller