Laura’s travelogue

Wine and Cheese and Thou uploaded on 4 July 2008

A wonderful full bodied red, the St. Laurent enjoyed with a plate of fragrant French cheese....along the Southern German Wine Route.

Wine from thr Region uploaded on 4 July 2008

The Tasting Room uploaded on 4 July 2008

Living in a major wine region here in Germany, we enjoy the ability to go and select our wines...right where they are grown and produced. In small rooms just off the courtyard of most wineries is a cozy room, decorated normally in wine production antiques. If you are lucky you can join in with another couple also in search of the perfect vintage...so a nice dialog during the tasting can be enjoyed.

The Tasting of the Wine uploaded on 4 July 2008

Living in a major wine region here in Germany, we enjoy the ability to go and select our wines...right where they are grown and produced. In small rooms just off the courtyard of most wineries is a cozy room, decorated normally in wine production antiques. If you are lucky you can join in with another couple also in search of the perfect vintage...so a nice dialog during the tasting can be enjoyed.

The Wine Selection uploaded on 4 July 2008

Living in a major wine region here in Germany, we enjoy the ability to go and select our wines...right where they are grown and produced. In small rooms just off the courtyard of most wineries is a cozy room, decorated normally in wine production antiques. If you are lucky you can join in with another couple also in search of the perfect vintage...so a nice dialog during the tasting can be enjoyed.

Tools of the Trade uploaded on 4 July 2008

VERY important, you can not have spargel, (white asparagus) with out the proper equipment. Because it lacks the chlorophyll making it the normal color green...Spargel seems to be a bit tougher than it's green variety so you must peel the ends a bit...and that is where these wonderfully tough Spargel peelers come in. Shot at the Spargel festival in Schwetzingen Germany

In the Fields uploaded on 4 July 2008

The endless rows of Spargel, (white asparagus) in the fields along the Badischer Spargelstrasse or Baden Württemburgs White asparagus route. It is a typical landscape for this region. The asparagus is grown in these covered mounds and deprived of light thus making it white.

Like Dragon's Spines uploaded on 4 July 2008

The endless rows of Spargel, (white asparagus) in the fields along the Badischer Spargelstrasse or Baden Württemburgs White asparagus route. It is a typical landscape for this region. The asparagus is grown in these covered mounds and deprived of light thus making it white.

Schwetzingen at Night uploaded on 4 July 2008

Schwetzingen and Spargel are not easily separated. It is I believe the Spargel, (white asparagus) capital and it grown in the fields in the surrounding country side. Spargel is highly celebrated here in Germany and believed to have a great benefit to health.
This statue of a woman and child sorting the precious produce stand in front of teh famous Brau Haus or brewery of Schwetzingen.

Gimmeldingen Almond Blossoms uploaded on 4 July 2008

The quaint wine village of Gimmeldingen along the German Wine Route each year has an amazing display of Almond blossoms. Their festival, located on the top of a gently sloping vineyard hillside surrounded by the the blush pink of blooming Almond trees, serves nothing but cake and coffee...but what a sight to behold.