Reserve wine system, most DACs have an additional "Reserve" designation for a wine which has slightly more strict requirements. Before the 1971 German wine law, a term corresponding to reserve wine existed in "kabinett", sometimes written as "Kabinettwein". In 1971, the similar-sounding term "Kabinett" was instead introduced as the lowest level of the "Prädikatswein" category, i.e., with a completely different meaning. Therefore, in the present German wine classification no legally defined term corresponding to reserve wine exists. Reserve wine Reserve wine is wine of a higher quality than usual, or a wine that has been aged before being sold, or both. Traditionally,
German Wine Route the Giant Cask or "Riesenfass", in Bad Dürkheim in September. Other important wine festivals are the German Wine Harvesting Festival ("Deutsches Weinlesefest") in Neustadt an der Weinstraße where the German Wine Queen is selected in October, the festival in Freinsheim ("Stadtmauerfest" in July), and in Deidesheim ("Deidesheimer Weinkerwe" in August). The first wine fest on the wine route is the "Mandelblütenfest" (Almond Blossom Festival) in Gimmeldingen held in March depending on the start of the flowering. On the last Sunday in August, the route is closed to motorized traffic for German Wine Route Day ("Erlebnistag Deutsche Weinstraße") with many wineries