Overview

• Temperatures neared 30°C on Saturday afternoon, creating clear T-shirt weather across the festival grounds.
• Thousands of visitors packed the Dorfanger in Altkötzschenbroda, according to on-site reporting.
• Winemaker Michael Mitzschke, 65, described it as probably the warmest edition and said he has attended nearly all 33 festivals.
• Mitzschke and partner Matthias Lang farm about 600 vines near Hoflößnitz, replanted in 1989, yielding up to roughly 800 bottles in a typical year.
• Attendees described a relaxed, cozy atmosphere, and the weekend program continued Sunday with a grape harvest event.