No More Wine-ing

On Saturday we headed through the Eiffel Mountains to the west of Bonn to the Mosel River Valley. Heralded as home to some of the world’s best Rieslings, the charm missing from the northern part of the Rhine is visible here in spades.

We stopped in Cochem, a touristy but charming town up river from Koblanz, and then drove along the river. Craning our necks (and happy that the car has a moon roof) we ogled over the scale of the vineyards. Planted on the hills that are 45 to 65 degrees vertical, Europe’s steepest vineyard is located in this valley. We were fascinated by the small tracks with roller-coaster-like cars to help the farmers tend to their vines.