Recently, I hoisted myself over to the German Wine Information Bureau, which was featuring a tasting of wines of the Nahe region. The Nahe, in West Germany, is no hotbed of the exciting goings-on we have been reading about in the newspapers—on the contrary, it is rather quiet. The Nahe is between the Rhine and the Moselle River valleys. It is dedicated to agriculture—specifically, to grape-growing and wine-making.
I once lunched in a bistro-like tavern in the Nahe’s chief town, a pleasant little spa called Bad Kreuznach. I ordered wine, as I automatically do with my meals, and was brought a carafe of a white Landwein (vin du pays), which tasted as if Riesling grapes had gone into its making. The wine was not as flowery and delicate as a Moselle, nor was it cloying like some hocks. It was quite a robust wine, and went well with my meal of potato soup and roast veal. I was happy and restored, and particularly pleased with the absence of fuss and bother about the wine.
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