Читать книгу The Moselle Cycle Route. From the source to the Rhine at Koblenz онлайн

39 страница из 42

Winningen, home of Germany’s oldest wine festival (Stage 14)

Weinorten (wine-producing villages) spread right along the gorge, from the French border to Koblenz, and extend short distances down the Saar and Ruwer valleys. Most villages have a number of vineyard slopes, some on more favourable ground than others, and individual growers have strips of vines in different vineyards. Each grower has their own regime of pruning, weeding and application of pesticides. As a result, when seen from a distance, every vineyard appears as a patchwork of plots. The most renowned ‘great first-class vineyards’, all on south-facing slopes, tend to be in the middle part of the gorge between Schweich and Zell and include Goldtröpfchen and Domherr in Piesport, Juffer and Sonnenuhr slopes in Brauneberg, Bernkasteler Doctor, Wehlener Sonnenuhr and the Würzgarten, Prälat and Treppchen vineyards between Ürzig and Erden. There is also one in the Saar Valley (Schwarzhofberg) and two in the Ruwer (Karthäuserhofberg and Grünhauser Abtsberg). Other famous vineyards, often with associated local legends include the Kröver Nacktarsch (bare bottom), Zeller Schwarze Katz (black cat) and Bullayer Brautrock (bridal gown). Most weinorte have an annual wine festival, the oldest being in Winningen near Koblenz.