Wine festival in Boppard next 2 weekends

Thanks for the info about the wine fest. The new wine you are drinking is "Federweisser", traditionally served with onion tart. It goes down smooth and easy but it will take its' toll on you. Usually served in juice glasses rather than wine glasses. The past few years they are also serving red "rot" Federweisser.

Appreciate the correct info about the shuttle to the Marksburg. I too have never seen it go meet the ferry, so not sure why this gets posted on here that it does. It just sits out in front of its garage until people order it, then heads to the Marksburg.

Interesting about the shuttle. I didn't take that one, only the shuttle to Rheinfels in St. Goar, but I did read the webpage (click on "Approach"). I had assumed, since the page said "regular intervals", that it would be like the one in St. Goar, which waits in the market square, next to the KD dock, and you just pay your money and hop on.

I can't understand why, if there are seats available when it goes, they wouldn't accept walk-ons and make more money. Maybe "regular intervals" doesn't translate well. (Hmm, the German side doesn't say anything about regular intervals, it just gives a number to request times.)

Regarding the Marksburg shuttle -- when we arrived in Braubach on the ferry with 4 other tourists we saw no shuttle, so we walked into the town & asked at a cafe. The lady pointed to where it stops, we waited a couple of minutes and a little train drove up. The driver got out and walked up the hill while a lady was opening & closing the doors for guests getting off. We went over, verified that this is the shuttle and indicated we wanted a ride. She said no, we had no reservation so there is no driver! We asked if she could call him and she said no. So we high-tailed it up that mountain-- it was 12:40 & the English tour started at 1. We made it with maybe a minute to spare. When the tour starts, the guide locks the entrance gate. So had we been late, we would have had to take a German tour at 1:30 or wait for another English tour (at 4).

The other people with us also had read that the shuttle meets the ferry. They couldn't remember where they got that info but didn't think it was the RS site. It turned into an adventure for us but could have been a major disappointment & waste of time for someone unable to make that hike!

It could well be that the "Marksburg Express" runs "routinely" only on weekends and holidays and/or at certain times of the year - and otherwise only on demand. Sadly, websites aren't always updated properly.

Does the shuttle meet the cruise boat?? No, not in my experience either. But maybe the RS poster making this claim was there on a day when the shuttle firm experimented with a dock run. Readers of these boards should keep in mind that much of the information they get here is anecdotal, and they should also remember that even courtroom eyewitnesses often disagree about what they saw. There's a guy on the Fodor's Germany board who has been to the area many times and is always telling readers about the (completely non-existent!) chairlift ride they can take up to Marksburg!! Even the most helpful posters (and the offending poster in this case tends to be a very helpful one 99% of the time) are going to have memory glitches.

Good point, Russ. I didn't mean to be critical, but just to alert other travelers. I have gotten lots of great help from people on this site ... just finished a lovely day on the Moselle sitting in the sunshine with a wheat beer (I know, I'm in wine country but am not a fan of those sweet Reislings -- even the dry ones are too sweet for me. But I do enjoy the new wines with an onion tart. Thanks Ms. Jo!).

Tomorrow we go to Neef for a wine festival. Maybe I'll find a wine there I like!