Fueled by the wine still drunk each year by the British royal family, I had a very agreeable reading last night at Queen Victoria's vineyard, which is part of Weingut Frick in Hochheim, near Mainz, where the river Main flows into the Rhine.
The young Queen Victoria visited the place in 1845 with her husband Albert. She loved the district and the wine and agreed that the vineyard could bear her name - so long she got some each year. The tradition has been maintained, and a very fine dry Riesling it is. A smart woman, Victoria.
The reading must have been a success, they gave me a bottle of the 2011.
The young Queen Victoria visited the place in 1845 with her husband Albert. She loved the district and the wine and agreed that the vineyard could bear her name - so long she got some each year. The tradition has been maintained, and a very fine dry Riesling it is. A smart woman, Victoria.
The reading must have been a success, they gave me a bottle of the 2011.
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