Germany ~ Mosel ~

I was happy to see the vineyard in Mosel, because I have learned there are steep mountains in Mosel, so it means that workers have strict conditions to pick up grapes.  The workers need life ropes in some cases.  Therefore, I can understand the reason why the price of wine is expensive.  Especially, foreign products which far from us like wine is difficult to understand the reason of cost, but everything has reasons.  Even so steep, the view of mountains and river shined by sun was so beautiful.   We visited Dr. Loosen ( http://www.drloosen.com/index.php ) and Markus Molitor ( http://www.markusmolitor.com/ ).  Mr.Loosen explained us by himself about their 11kinds of wines and vineyard.   1) 2010 Dr. L Riesling trocken 2) 2010 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling GG 3) 2010 Urziger Wurzgarten "Alte Reben" Riesling GG 4) 2010 Erdener Pralat "Alte Reben" Riesling GG 5) 2010 Bernkastel Lay Riesling Kabinett 6) 2010 Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabonett 7) 2010 Urziger Wurtgarten Riesling Spatlese 8) 2010 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 9) 2010 Erdener Pralat Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel 10) 2006 Dr. Loosen Riesling Beerenauslese 11) 2008 Bernkasteler Lay Riesling Eiswein.  We understood well how workers select grapes for grading while picking.  After enjoying tasting at Dr.Loosen, we visited to taste 10 kinds of wines at Markus Molitor.  On the way back to Rüdesheim, we run along the Rhine river by coach with watching historical castles, steep sided vineyards and the Loreley rock.  Those views were quite different from Scotland where I had looked at.        

By the way, when I visit and hear about wine from owners of winery directly, I suppose that a good winery (company) is that the owner who knows the process, logic and worker's responsibilities well manage the winery.  I sometimes talked with managers of companies, some of them assert that the role of managers control a organization or archive their targets, so they do not need to know the technical logic, the manager is a conductor as an example.  It is certain that managers especially in giant corporations may be difficult to obtain skills to make products, but they should know about the logic.  The conductor must be studied well to obtain knowledge.  In my opinion, someone can not understand the technical logic, there is no qualification of managers.  Hopefully, I want to be a well-known person or to know a company fundamentally well.  That is not only a company but also everything.  No need to look good cosmetically.

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