Paarl and Stellenbosch are among the best-known wine-growing regions in South Africa. Since the weather in Cape Town is not yet good enough to explore Table Mountain, we decide to make a round trip to Paarl, on to Cape Agulhas, and back to Cape Town. Paarl is located about 50 km northeast of Cape Town. […]
A day trip to the Moselle
Our day trip to the Moselle begins on a ridge with a view of the High Mosel Crossing. Part of the crossing is the High Mosel Bridge, which spans the Mosel valley with 1.7 km length and 158 m height. It is the second highest bridge in Germany and is currently still under construction. The […]
An evening with Mauro Lorenzon in Enoiteca Mascareta
Mauro Lorenzon is known as the best wine connoisseur of Italy. He enjoys the reputation of a “wine pope” and is well-known from the media, particularly the television. Mauro owns its own winery and a wine bar in Venice, the Enoiteca Mascareta. At the gourmet restaurant PiacerMio in the Marina di Venezia, we first learned […]
The picturesque town of Ribeauville in Alsace
Ribeauville is our last stop during this visit to Alsace. The picturesque town is located around 55 km southwest of Strasbourg and 15 km northwest of Colmar. Any place to which we have gone in the Alsace till now has characteristics of its own and is not comparable with the others. This also applies to […]
Obernai – Alsace
Obernai is about 25 km southwest of Strasbourg. It was founded in the 7th century as a Franconian settlement. It was the seat of the Merovingian Athich, the father of St. Odilia, who founded the nearby abbey Mont Sainte Odile. In the 12th century, the town became a part of the Holy Roman Empire and […]
Barr – wine capital of Alsace
The picturesque town of Barr, 8 km south of Obernai, is the wine capital of Alsace, with the oldest Alsace wine fair (over 100 years old). Many citizens of the 7,000-inhabitant city came to prosperity through the cultivation of wine. Here one produces the famous Grand Cru du Kirchberg with Sylvaner, Riesling, and Gewurztraminer. On […]