Wednesday, May 22,2013
This afternoon we took an optional tour of Castle Vollrads. The estate had been in the same family for 27 generations and a continuously operating winery for 800 years! The estate grounds were beautiful and even though we only saw a few rooms, they were really lovely. And huge bouquets of fresh flowers everywhere, including peonies (one of my faves). They had a huge chandelier made of Meissen porcelain, a beautiful piece.
Oh, wait, I should say something about the wine, right? The specialty in the area is white wine so we tasted three, a relatively dry wine, a slightly sweeter one, and a sweet wine. All quite good though I don't normally like sweet wine. Our guide was charming and obviously loves his work, taking a lot of pride in the wine they produce. A nice tour, though we would have loved to explore a bit more.
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