Wine tasting
We went to Cochem for a little wine tasting on the Moselle. We chose the Rademacher family winery for this, partly because it is easy to reach on foot (after all, nobody would have been able to drive after the wine tasting). Mr. Rademacher offers various wine tastings/tours: From simple wine tastings with a tour to vineyard hikes with a chairlift ride. We were just stupid enough not to book any of the tastings in advance... So unfortunately we couldn't do a wine tasting with a tour so spontaneously. The moral of the story: don't forget to book!
However, Mr. Rademacher was able to offer us a good alternative: A simple wine tasting with six different wines for around EUR 11 per person. In the end, it was just right for us! As there were four of us, we were able to choose a total of 24 different wines from a large selection. As none of us are wine connoisseurs, we chose 24 different types of wine so that we could try 24 different wines. Mr. Rademacher must have been shaking his head inwardly. He offers us his good wines (he has already won several competitions with his wines) and instead of enjoying them, we just overload our taste buds...
However, he didn't take it badly, but rather gave us some recommendations and told us something about the vines and the production of the wine. He also gave us a small brochure with the most important information about the different types of wine. We then turned this into our own personal notebook. After each wine, we wrote down what we thought of it. In the end, there was a clear winner: the 1998 Cochemer Herrenberg, a lovely Riesling.