Petes-Pix: Viking Tialfi Day 5 - Rhine Castles and Moselle Tasting

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27 April 2022

Viking Tialfi Day 5 - Rhine Castles and Moselle Tasting

Wednesday morning is promising for our cruise past steep vineyards, fairy tale castles and the Lorelei Rock.

Pfalzgrafenstein Castle

Rhine Vineyards

Marksburg Castle

The sun is shining, the sky is blue so we are seated on rocking chairs at the front of the bow deck.

Lorelei Rock

But then the river valley is closed in by low cloud, the breeze is bitter and Amerigo, the hotel manager, brings around mugs of hot chocolate and a bottle of rum and distributes blankets, but the cold defeats us and we go back to the comfort of the lounge.

Winnenger Uhlen Vineyards

We’ve moored at Koblenz where the Mosel joins the Rhine, and after a walk around the town we take an optional tour along the Mosel to admire its steep vineyards.

and then to a wine tasting at Weingut Weyh in the village of Winninger on the Mosel.

The tasting is conducted by owner Richard Weyh (above) who planted a small vineyard outside the property twelve years ago where he demonstrates their viticultural practices, rather than go to one of their dizzying steep vineyards.

Weingut Weyh’s tasting is of four of their single vineyard Rieslings, and we buy a bottle of the sweet Riesling Spatlese 2019 from Uhlen vineyard to bring home.