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Tag: Wein
The Vines Are Empty
Let’s get working on the bottles. One Word Sunday: Empty
Spoilt for Choice
What’s your pleasure: Wine or Schnaps? Driving on the autobahn south from Cologne one has the option to drive left side or right side of the river Rhine. When on the A61 (left side) one has to cross the river Moselle and there is a … Continue reading Spoilt for Choice
A Masterpiece
This winery has no qualms of calling this particular wine a masterpiece. We tested copiously and – concurred. FOWC with Fandango: Master
Labels Maketh the Wine
It used to be that the alcohol of choice that was consumed at the Hash (amongst Hash House Harriers) was beer but these times are gone and now we drink wine, too. Wine labels can look classy or pretentious or boring but sometimes they add … Continue reading Labels Maketh the Wine
Rhythm in the Rhine Valley
Respect the past Live for the present Shape the future
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Time
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An Unlikely Quality
“And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence”
Bertrand Russell
This god might. If he were sober enough which is unlikely being Bacchus, the god of wine.
It’s also unlikely that I’ve ever met a younger god.
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Asinine Wine Growers
The small winegrower village of Mußbach in the Palatinate has a Weinlage (smaller than a wine appellation but consisting of a number of vineyards) called “Eselshaut” (skin of an ass). The name is supposed to relate to the grass growing around the vines and which was harvested to feed the donkeys.
Images of donkeys abound all over the town in crests and emblems and sculptures. I found this red one particularly asinine … fetching.
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