The municipality lies surrounded by vineyards, meadows and woods in the Moselle valley between Bernkastel-Kues and Trier.

Piesport is found on the river’s right bank where the valley begins to broaden out into country marked by utterly flat riverbank slopes.

Between the centres of Alt-Piesport and Ferres, the biggest Roman wine pressing facility north of the Alps was unearthed in 1985, and partly reconstructed.

It is the focus of the yearly Römisches Kelterfest (“Roman Wine Press Festival”) held on the second weekend in October.

[citation needed] In the Middle Ages and early modern times, Piesport belonged to the Electorate of Trier.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[4] Near Piesport lies the Moselloreley, a similar formation to the Loreley on the Rhine.

The craggy massif that rises steeply out of the Moselle allows no transport links downstream, nor is there even any room for a footpath.