Spät- und Frühburgunder, Dornfelder and Portugieser: Around 80 percent of the vineyard area in the Ahr valley is planted with red wine.
And with the Nelles, Meyer-Näkel and Deutzerhof wineries, the wine-growing region has some of Germany's most prominent winegrowers in its ranks.

Around 20 of them open their cellars in mid-April - and invite you to wine tastings, commented tours through the cellar halls and hikes in the vineyards.
Almost all of them offer a small selection of food and live music can be heard in some farms.