Wine and wine

 Today we will head into one of the wine areas of Germany.  This is a private tour with a guide who started our 10 am tour off with Champagne since he didn’t want us dehydrated and we had about a 40 minute drive. The area we saw was the Platz wine region of Germany  The focus was to be on reds. Of course we were introduced to some amazing whites and we are definitely spoiled with Temecula reds, Paso reds or Napa reds and felt the reds lacked.

Tasting was an open ended affair. In others words they just poured what they produced so we tasted 7 different Reisling varieties and the 6 Chardonnay varieties. Not to mention the others types we tasted. Needless to say we are hoping DHL will ship.  Our guide did assure us!   

The wine handlers were friendly and some even spoke English. The wineries were smaller and were not importing or mass producing for supermarkets etc. 

By the time we had a charcuterie board both Dan and I were feeling no pain.  Upon arrival at the hotel it started to rain and became a major thunderstorm with lightning and hail. A treat to see. 

Our Colorado friend went to the Black Forest and then on an evening river cruise. The Neckar river runs through Heidelberg. We were unable to compare notes on our day and will have to catch up in a few weeks. But it was great to be able to visit. 

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