Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-11

The term Hook, by which all Rhenish
wine is designated In England, is des
ignated in England, Is derived from
Hockheim, near Castel; but the district
that produces the choicest wines lies
between Bieberich and dAsmannshausen,
extending northward as far as the Rau-
enthal, close to Schlangenbad. Here is
the Johannisberg, with its famous Gel
lars, where you may drink wine at
eighteen and more horins bottle; more
inland the Steinberg, whose two vine
yards bear the appropriate designations
of "Golden Cup" and Rosegarden,
and where the vine was first cultivated
about ll77 by the monks of the adjOin-
ing monastery of Eberbach, stately
building, but seldom visited by the tour
list, though the lover of choice wines
ought instinctively to be drawn to it;
for here in its vaults are the cabinet"
cellars, where specimens Of the best
vintages since the year l7oO are stored
up in mighty casks, each cask furnished
with bright brass tap. Double walls
and shady groves inclose the cabinet
cellars, and their treasures of Rudeshei-
mer, Hook, Hattenheimer, Liebfrauen-
milch, what poetic name for wine, and
especially Rhenish wine, which is in
deed milk for the aged d.-Marcobrunner
and Steinberger. The ancient monks
we're great lovers of good wine, and also
good judges, and it is upon the monks
of Eberbach that the time honored an
ectlote of the key with its leather label,
which gave to the wine the twang Of
iron and leather, is rightly fathered.
The ancient refectorium of the monas-
terry also deserves attention.
Since the year 1917 the recesses be-
tween the fourteen columns with ex
quisite capitals, which support the roof,
and which anciently contained altars
dedicated to wine presses; and where
once the hideous representation of the
mythical blood Of some fabulous martyr
was worshipped, we may now behold
and taste the golden drops of the real
Lachryme Christi. To the north Of the
Steinberg is the Rauenthal. producing
a wine which excels even the famous
Johannisberger. At the Congress of
Princes, held at Frankfort in 1868, Rau-
enthal wine at eighteen horins the bot
tie was served and when the corks were
withdrawn its fragrance filed the lof-
ty hall of the Romer.
Either by dispute about titles. or in
consequence Of the French-invasion, the
gathering of the grapes in the Johannis-
berg vineyards was deferred in the year
1911 until the grapes had apparently
been almost destroyed by frost and wet.
But Messrs. Mumm, the wholesale wine
merchnnts Of FrankfOrt-On-the-M Main,
purchased from Marshal kellermann-
on whom Napoleon had bestowed the
beautiful domain of Johannisberg-the
vintage which had already been given
up as lost and the "edelfaulen" grapes
of that vintage vintage laid the founda-
ton of the great wealth and hourishing
business OF the firm of Mumm. For II
was found that the frost eliminates the
watery particles of the grapes, leaving
behind the saccharine and alcohol
whereby what is lost in quantity is made
up two and three fold in quality.
The vintage along the whole Rhine
commences between the beginning ol
October and the end Of November. Tht
opening as well as the closing days arr
fixed and publicly announced BY the
local authorities, In conjunction with