While attending the Dusseldorf Wine & Spirits trade show in March (Prowein), I experienced a number of great new wines. What a fantastic event! Wines from so many countries to try. But even though the event itself was a wine lover's dream, a visit to the Mosel afterwards completed the dream. We visited one of my favorite estates, Weingut Thanisch.

This story-book estate's vineyards overlook the medieval city of Bernkastel, on the Mosel River. It was founded in 1895 by Dr. Hugo Thanisch, a Prussian politician and his wife Katharina. The Riesling wines from the great "Berncasteler Doctor" vineyard are some of the most famous white wines in the world. According to a legend of the 14th. century, Bishop Boemond II (1354-1362) cured himself by drinking this wine and gave it the name "Berncasteler Doctor". Today the estate is managed by Sofia Thanisch, the great granddaughter of the founders, and the fourth generation of women to run the estate! ABC carries a variety of Thanisch wines at great retail prices.

Marie Griffin, Central NW Florida Wine Supervisor

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