"Nothing is more unreasonable than to deny oneself pleasures," Frederick the Great once used to say. Therefore, we would like to invite friends of a good wine to Potsdam again this year to enjoy the pleasures of German wine together with us.

Frederick himself would certainly have been delighted that, some 250 years later, wine is being celebrated in his garden of all places. For more than ten years, winegrowers from almost all 13 German wine-growing regions, from Brandenburg and even from France have been answering the call of wine to Potsdam and delighting wine connoisseurs and friends with their fine drops.

It is part of the philosophy of this festival to present the diversity of German wine to the visitors through a selected representative of each wine-growing region. The public thanks the festival with increasing numbers of visitors - and the winegrowers, in turn, appreciate the technical discussions in a harmonious, almost familiar and yet majestic atmosphere.

At the same time, the festival is considered the official start of sales of the new vintage wine from the Royal Vineyard. The first bottles of the limited edition can be tasted and purchased here for the first time. Afterwards, the wine can be purchased in the museum stores in the old palace kitchen of Sanssouci Palace, in Potsdam's specialty stores, as well as in our online farm store, among other places.

This year, we will also celebrate German wine for three days and end the wine festival on Sunday with a morning pint.

However, the Royal Wine Festival also serves a charitable and cultural purpose. The proceeds of this festival will benefit the reconstruction and reclamation of the Royal Vineyard below the Klausberg-Belvedere. The Mosaik-Berlin gGmbH and the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation have set themselves the goal of making Frederick the Great's former kitchen garden accessible to visitors again in the coming years.

We are therefore already looking forward to welcoming you to the 11th Royal Wine Festival from July 7 to 9, 2023.

Organizer: Mosaikwerkstätten für Behinderte gGmbH