Fonterutoli Houses
Lone Tuscan Farmhouse
Casafrassi
Vineyards and Hamlets on Hilltops
Schloss Stocksberg
Half-Timbered Wine Cellar, Schwaigern
Vineyards on the Heuchelberg
Wine Tavern Sign
Lake Biel
The Loire River
The Loire and Amboise
Church, Saint Ouen
Wheat and Flowers
Street Scene, Amboise
Chateau d’Amboise
Ligerz and its Vineyards
Gate Tower, La Neuveville
Old La Neuveville
The Name Says It All
Church at Ligerz
Sailing on Lake Biel
Vineyards of Lake Biel
Theresienstrasse, Rhodt unter Rietburg
Bike Trails: Cycling Paradise Pfalz
Haut Koenigsbourg
Dambach-la-Ville
Vineyard Outside Combai
Beyond the Back of Combai
Sculpture along the Verdiso Circuit
The Mountains of Combai
Staufen Town Hall
Black Forest Mountains
A Colorful Besen (Broom)
On the Trail: Markgraeflerland Vineyards
Old Wine Cellar, Hoeflein
Vineyards outside Hoeflein
Cabotte
Detail, Hotel-Dieu, Beaune
Historic Center, Beaune
Rolling Vineyard, Monferrato
Hilltop Town of Vignale Monferrato
On the Tra Santi e Vigne Trail
Farmhouse and Vineyard, Sala Monferrato
Gnome Garden, Ermatigen
In the Heights above Berlingen
Scene of Thurgau
Triboltingen: Life Advice
Arenenberg Palace
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What I Learned
The Monferrato has a long tradition of wine-making, pre-dating even the Romans. As the famous Roman naturalist, Pliny the Elder noted, the Romans greatly appreciated the wine coming from the Muscat grape cultivated in the Monferrato as a varietal resistant to cold weather.
The rise of Christianity and establishment of monastic organizations ensured that even after the fall of the Roman Empire, and especially after the barbarian invasions, the production of wine would continue in the Monferrato up until today.
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Vineyards in Springtime, Cotes de Beaune
Vines and Old Door, Auxey-Duresses
Country Lane Above Monthelie
Repurposed Cask, Meursault
Courtyard, Auxey-Duresses
Duck Pond, Castell
Restaurant Sign, Castell
Spring Flowers, Schlossberg, Castell
Hills outside Fleurie
Vine in Beaujolais
Above Fleurie
Sign on the Trail, Fleurie
Esslingen
Outside Obertuerkheim
The Way to the Vineyards, Trarbach
Trarbach, Church
Bernkastel Christmas Market
Bernkastel and its “Doctor”
Trarbach, Vineyards
Swans on the Neckar
Bernkastel, Vineyards
Trail, Wuerttemberger Weinwanderweg
Winnenden, Feathered Friend on the Trail
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