Next dates
2027 dates not yet announced — typically around June. We're watching and will update this page when they land.
Quick answer
Ipsheim SummerWineTime 2026 is Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June at the Weinnest in the Ipsheimer Weinberge, hosted by Weinbauverein Ipsheim. It is a two-day Bewirtung weekend (not through Monday 29). Saturday service from 13:00; Sunday from 11:00.
- Best for
- Franconian vineyard hospitality seekers who want a local Weinbauverein weekend rather than a town-centre Weinfestplatz.
- Booking urgency
- Low — open Bewirtung with no reservations needed; just confirm the dates haven't shifted before you travel.
Weinbauverein Ipsheim's SummerWineTime weekend at the Weinnest in the vineyards — Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June 2026.
SummerWineTime, hosted by Weinbauverein Ipsheim, runs Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June at the Weinnest in the Ipsheim vineyards — a two-day weekend, not a three-day fest through Monday, and a separate, smaller event from the same association's own three-day 'Ipsheimer Weinfest' held every September at Bacchusplatz. Saturday hospitality starts at 13:00; Sunday and holiday hours start at 11:00.
The full story
SummerWineTime is Weinbauverein Ipsheim's own turn in the Weinnest's rotating weekend hospitality calendar — a two-day, free-entry wine weekend at the association's hospitality house standing among the vines above the village. The 2026 edition runs Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June only, with Saturday service starting at 13:00 and Sunday at 11:00; there's no admission charge, and visitors pay only for wine and food poured by the Weinbauverein's own members.
It's worth being precise about what SummerWineTime is not: Weinbauverein Ipsheim also organizes a separate, older, and considerably larger event, the "Ipsheimer Weinfest," a three-day tent festival held every September at Bacchusplatz and tracing back to 1980. The two events share an organizer and a generic "Weinfest" description on some listings, but they're different weekends, different venues, and different scales — this June record covers only the smaller Weinnest weekend, not the September festival.
No founding year has been documented for SummerWineTime itself. That's distinct from the Weinbauverein's own history as an association, founded around 1950 with its first documented membership list recorded in 1952, and from the separate 1980 origin of the September Bacchusplatz festival — neither of those real dates applies to SummerWineTime, whose own founding year remains undocumented. See the Weinfest Ipsheim page or explore Middle Franconia.
History
No founding year is documented for SummerWineTime itself — it's simply the Weinbauverein Ipsheim's own weekend in the Weinnest's rotating annual hospitality calendar. That's distinct from two other, real dates that shouldn't be borrowed in its place: Weinbauverein Ipsheim, the association behind SummerWineTime, was itself founded around 1950, with its first documented membership list recorded at the 5 March 1952 meeting; and the same association separately organizes the older, larger, three-day 'Ipsheimer Weinfest' at Bacchusplatz each September, tracing to 1980. That September festival is a different event entirely — different weekend, different venue, bigger tent-based format — and its history doesn't carry over to SummerWineTime, whose own founding year remains undocumented.
On Tap
- Local focus
- A two-day wine weekend at the Weinnest in the Ipsheimer Weinberge vineyards.
- What to try
- Local wines poured by the Weinbauverein Ipsheim, starting Saturday afternoon or Sunday late morning.
- Best for
- Vineyard-setting wine fans who want a quiet weekend over a big-city wine fest.
- Bavaria On Tap take
- Just Saturday and Sunday among the vines, run by the local winegrowers' association.
Frequently asked questions
- When is Weinfest / SummerWineTime Ipsheim 2026?
- Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June 2026 only — Weinbauverein Ipsheim runs SummerWineTime on those two days at the Weinnest.
- Does it run through Monday 29 June?
- No — SummerWineTime runs only Saturday and Sunday, 27–28 June 2026, not through Monday.
- Where is it held?
- The Weinnest, the Weinbauverein's hospitality house in the Ipsheim vineyards above the village.
- Is entry free?
- Yes — open vineyard hospitality; wine and food are purchased on site.
- Is this the same as the Ipsheimer Weinfest in September?
- No. Weinbauverein Ipsheim also runs a separate, older, larger event — a three-day tent festival at Bacchusplatz every September — that's a different weekend, different venue, and a bigger format from this June SummerWineTime weekend.
- Free entry
- Scenic setting