I don’t know if I will be able to tie this into politics somehow… probably not… but good wine can be political! Everyone was asking for pictures… so, I stopped in at REAL yesterday and bought a multiformat memorycard reader for 19€(I forgot and left my USB camera cable at home) for my in-laws, and voila… I can send a few pictures!
This is one of the many fine Rieslings that we tasted yesterday at Joseph Schönleber’s winery… he and his wife proudly sat down with us and sampled about fifteen of their wines. Frau Dood and I will be bringing home two bottles of full-bodied Riesling and a bottle of Cognac…My brother in law stocked up with two cases.
The Schönleber’s were happy to accomodate our little party, and they have an internet site if anyone is ever in Oestrich and interested. This is a picture of the cellar, which is completely under their house and has been in operation since around 1100 AD! We were told that the oak barrels used in aging and fermenting are all from Germany and that the wood is of such fine quality that it is used around the world for this purpose.
We later went on a little walk long the Rhein, and took in a few sights… this is a swan who was paddling along seemingly effortlessly against the current…
And of course, just across the street from the swan is the Swan Hotel, which my brother-in-law describes as “old worldly” and very “ritzy”…
Sorry for the quality of the pictures, but I had to reduce them to about 15% of the original size, as I am using a Sony 8 mega-pixel camera… at that size, two pictures would wipe out the entire remaining memory of my website!
Tonight, we fly to Namibia, and supposedly will see much of the wildlife there as well as the desert. I will probably not be able to post more pics or write anything further until we return next week… until then, the Dood Hydrates!
Sorry for the quality. They are beautiful pictures.
Thanks for making me jealous.
Enjoy.
Heh. My sentiments exactly.
The camera itself (Sony DSC F828) actually makes it hard to take a bad shot… problem is that the full pictures are 3mb even in jpeg format! I wish I could post one so that you could see the full detail… you can see water droplets on the swan’s feathers! You can get photo quality 11×14’s. I am really looking forward to taking pictures in Namibia!
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Never discuss politics with a Republican friend, unless he serves a good French ‘freedom fries’ Bordeaux or a German ‘not on my watch’ Riesling Mosel wine.
Oui – Liberté – Egalité – Fraternité
My brother-in-law says that this is his grandmother’s village, Oui…
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… enjoyed traveling along the Mosel river from Trier Luxembourg to Koblenz and along the Rhine river. Beautiful landscape.
Played it safe with AE Traveler Cheques in good old US $$$ dollars! So first weekend in Europe, Nixon still president, the $ let go of the gold standard and dropped 8-10% in value. Thank you tricky Dick!
Never ever thought of voting Republican! Never.
Oui – Liberté – Egalité – Fraternité
dayum, now I’ve got to drive 45mi to a good wine shop, and find some good german wines.
Geesh, I’ve been on the wagon from those wine shops for about 3 months now, (mouth watering)
See what they mean by a picture is worth a thousand words… ; )
Enjoy your holiday, peace be with you.
I completely misread the title and thought it was Weingnut Jospeh Schonleber, so I was expecting something about German wingnuts.
hey Bood, glad to see the beautiful pix-even if you don’t think the quality is that good-and that you’re having a wine tasting good time or should I say, Party On Bood!
Although have to say I have never aquired the taste for wine of any kind(I’ll stick to coffee with kaluha in it-or that really fine tequila Bartcop talks about).
No pressure but can’t wait for pictures from Namibia either. Have a wonderful time, we’ll all be here when you get back.
sampling South African wines… does there seem to be a theme here?
unless I find internet access in Namibia… I have the ultimate GWB insult planned… heh,heh… stay tuned…
No Fair….is this like the cliff hanger episode? GWB IS an insult but will wait impatiently for your ‘Insult’.
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Last chance … traveling by plane?!
Have a safe journey – Bon Voyage – Goeden reis – Vaya con Dios – Glückliche Reise – auf Wiedersehen!
BooT‘s need to add in their own language.
Oui – Liberté – Egalité – Fraternité
Unless you will be in remote areas of Nambia, I think you might be able to find internet connection capabilites. I have an email friend in Uganda who is able to communicate via email, because he works in an internet cafe, which I gather are quite common in parts of Africa.
I don’t pretend to know Nambia, but I am just pointing this out, that you may be surprised.
Hope you have a great trip and I look forward to your reports.
Say hi to Mrs. Abides and the rest of your group for me.
Have fun. Btw- is Weingut German for Wingnut?