Tales from the Mosel
May 6-17, 2026. We began our latest overseas adventure in Paris where one can see beer ordered occasionally at lunch but wine is more commonly on the tables. There is no doubt that France is wine country. Even the stained-glass windows in the cathedral at Reims depict happy workers making wine. Reims Detail with Grape Stomping Reims Detail with a Monk Riddling But we were about to embark on a river that took the wine culture to a new level for us. The river is the Mosel between Trier and Koblenz, Germany, where wine and wine culture dominates over beer. To be here is to understand why the English word “wine” derives from the German “wein” and not the Romance languages ( vinum , le vi...