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Article: Wine connects: the Rhineland wince culture.
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- The World and I
- Article date:
- August 1, 1998
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Black-haired, thickset, a little rumpled, and brimming with intellectual energy, Jochen Gummersbach greeted us as we clambered off the bus. But his first words came as a surprise: "Welcome, welcome. I know that you have come from Munich, but now you are in the real Germany. Now you are in wine country."
Several years ago, I had joined a small group that was visiting castles and sites of historic interest in southern Germany. After touring Munich, we had arrived in Wurzburg, Bavaria. "This is not really Bavaria," said Gummersbach. "Officially it is, but we are really east Franconia. And Franconians are Catholic and drink wine, as does all Germany. Beer is ...