While traveling you can expect some interesting things to happen especially if you interact with people. Today while in Bad Münster we were on a walk to climb up to the Ebernburg castle for the view of the surrounding area. On the way down we saw a gray haired fellow on a street corner tending to a stand we thought had fruit for sale. As we approached the fellow walked away, back into what we thought was his house. As we got up to the stand we found it was a wine shop stand with prices and a collection box. This was a self service stand, pay and go.
The prices were very reasonable but Without an understanding of the wine flavors a choice would be a hit or miss. I decided to walk closer to the house and as we approached we saw it was a small family winery.
The fellow we saw was in what looked like a warehouse and people were sitting outside enjoying some wine. I approached the fellow and found he was the owner of the Rapp family winery and as we discussed further we learned he had been to California and the west coast up to Canada when much younger.
Herr Rapp then invited us to go around the vineyard with other customers (we bought a bottle of wine) on his wine tasting/vineyard orientation which you see here.
What a great experience and such generous support from these great people. The wine was excellent, ranging from dry to sweet, and the other customers were great fun to talk to. THANK YOU HERR RAPP! This was a great highlight of our first week in Germany. I highly recommend this winery/hotel. If you want an excursion close to Frankfurt make sure to book a room and try their wine as well. Coming from California i can verify the high quality of the Rapp wine.
Herr Rapp told us part of the vineyard was sold by a family member a few generations ago to buy a ticket to the States. “He never returned”! Just like my great grandfather.
