The aim: To taste as many red wines as possible within a 10 km ramble.
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Tag: Freinsheim
Not getting lost in a crowd
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
JRR Tolkien
More photos inspired by the LotR quote can be found linked to Travel with Intent.
Many wine growing regions in Germany (and I guess elsewhere as well) organise a “Weinwanderung” – a walk of several hours through the vinyards with many stops along the way offering wine tastings and food stalls. These events have been growing in popularity and there are usually thousands of people on the way.
Most of these “wine walks” are during summer before the grapes are ripe or after the harvest in autumn but some are also organised in winter.
Cold weather doesn’t seem to deter anyone.
And nobody is forced to do the whole length – there are buses who collect those who’ve had enough of walking or of wine. So nobody gets lost.
More red wine
Last weekend we went on a “red wine walk”, which is basically a stroll through the vinyards and along the way there are tents where one can sample the local wine (not necessarily red) and a variety of food. At the first station people pay a deposit for their wine glass and keep drinking while they walk, replenishing whenever they feel like it.
The amount of people is quite astounding, even though the weather was not at its best but at least it was dry. And the wine helped to combat weather.
The paths vary from paved tracks to field roads and dirt tracks.
And a lot of fun was had by all. Despite the miserable weather.
More roads, paths, tracks, avenues, and highways can be found on Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge.
From straight lines to round vats and clear glasses
I’ve always found the rows of vines in a vineyard with a vanishing point in the distance make good photos. We went on a wine walk yesterday – basically a stroll through the vineyards of one village with tents put up at intervals where one can sample the local wine and different kinds of food. The weather wasn’t great but it least it didn’t rain and the cold was the right incentive to try out the more than 20 red wines on offer (not to mention the whites and rosés). Not that the thousands of people needed much of an incentive!
More links to photos with lines in them can be found on One Word Sunday.
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