To be honest with you, I knew very little of Art Nouveau before moving to T-T. My mother was involved with the Art Deco Society of Western Australia but I didn’t really show an interest as wine and surfing ruled my free-time schedule. The president of the society, Vyonne Geneve, recently sent me an email stating, “The main distinction between Art Nouveau and Art Deco (which followed in time) is that Art Nouveau (being based on plant forms) is curvilinear and Art Deco geometrical.”
Like the Mosel, Art Nouveau is renowned for it’s sinuous form. A style which has moulded the way in which I think about winegrowing. I believe a great wine shows curves whilst staying ‘connected.’ Art Nouveau is historically recognised as being a movement to break with historism and period style. Traditionally at the Mosel, Riesling has been harvested from individual vineyard sites (mesoclimates) and bottled as such with emphasis being placed on a sense of place (terroir). Like the traditionalists, I too ferment the individual vineyard sites separately but the finished wines then undergo further sensory analysis to determine their individual flavour profiles. Like a chef with his ingredients in the kitchen, my aim is to use these individual profiles (i.e. the primary fruit characteristics from vineyard A, the palate weight of vineyard B and the refreshing acid structure of vineyard C) to create the most harmonious and ‘sinuous’ riesling to represent that particular vintage.
Click the Image for an Art Nouveau tour of T-T at the Mosel: This is a small extract from an extensive brochure about Art Nouveau and it’s influence on T-T which you can purchase on arrival at the Tourist-Information office.
Traben-Trarbach Taxi – the ice cream store please!
“Moselle Wine Christmas Fair“ in Traben-Trarbach
First Underground Christmas Fair all about Wine, Pleasure and Culture
Traben-Trarbach / Munich, 16th August 2011. From 3rd December 2011 until 8th January 2012 Traben-Trarbach will be the location of the unique Christmas event “Moselle Wine Christmas Fair” for the first time. On every weekend visitors will make their way down to the mystic twilight of the so-called “Vinotropolis” – a network of wine cellars steeped in history in the underworld of Traben-Trarbach – to enjoy the first and so far the only underground Christmas fair all about wine, pleasure and culture.
In the traditional slate and sandstone cellars partly dating from the 16th century different theme areas – like the mulled white wine cellar, the reading cellar and the children’s cellar – invite to relax in a cosy atmosphere and to enjoy Christmas time pleasures underground from 11.00 am until 9.00 p.m. Along the underground wine mile visitors try fine wines from regional winegrowers like for example the famous Moselle Riesling. Artist-craftsmen and exhibitors present high-grade decoration articles, culinary delights, wellness products and antiques from their region. The wide-spread network of wine and warehouse cellars developed in the time of prosperity of Traben-Trarbach as a wine trading location. Around 1900 Traben-Trarbach was the world’s second largest wine metropolis besides Bordeaux.
For further information please contact:
Claudia Richter <claudia.richter@traben-trarbach.de>
Welcome to the Mosel Wein Nachts Markt
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Looove the video!!!! I wanna go on the tractor too! how cute are the kids!