A Few German Wines

As in other wine-growing countries of Europe, the cultivation of the vine in Germany is of great antiquity. The vineyards of the Rhine produce some of the finest wines of the world, the best coming from the Rheingau district. A little up the Main, we get the famous vineyard of Hoch-heim, from which the abbreviated name of “Hock”, applied to Rhine wines in general, is derived. From the centre of the Rheingau comes the famous Schloss Johannisberger, a wine of the utmost delicacy and finest bouquet—one of the best of all German wines.