Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-11-07
HANNISBERGER
THE FAMOUS VINEYARDS ON PRINCE
METTERNIcH's ESTATE.
How the Wine l. Made for Which
C~onnoisseurs Pay Fancy Prices
Trip Through the Wine Cell
lars-The Wineries.
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COLOGNE Cor. Philadelphia Timesl
From the mouth Of the Nsckar. as far
down as Bonn, where Beethoven was
born, the banks OF the Rhine present two
continuous picturesque panorama in turn
smiling and peaceful or warlike and males
tic. Close by the old Castle Won Biberich Is
q big white house at the foot OF a lofty hill
covered all over with grape vinss. Tn
house is owned by Prince Metternich, and
from this vineyard comes the far-famed
wine of Johannisberg. The estate was orig
inally a priory founded in the eleventh GEN.
fury. The priory afterwards became an
abbey n near by was the Gottesthai con-
vent Between the two religious establish
ments stretched q vineyard which belonged
to both. As the monks and nuns lived on
good terms with each other, during the vint-
age they mingled freely under the grapes as
they gathered the ripe clusters; then, when
the baskets had all been emptied and the
presses had received the last lunches the
sleek brothers and tender sisters sampled the
new wine together and united. in singing
hymns or in religious dances around the
vats into which the precious liquid was
flowing. Ah, those were indeed the good
old daysi
H PALACE.
The palace Is about three miles from the
landing-place-not q regular stopping place
for boats, by the way is situated
upon an elevation. A grand and bsauti-
full view met my gaze from the terrace
in front Of the chateau. The vineyard
sncirclss the house closely. There are about
s~eventy-fve to eighty acres Of grapes, and
every acre Of it Is worth more than $4,000.
Their yield, year in and year out, is say,
40 S00 hnfflas avarv drnn NJ IL worfh ne
least 81 on the plantation Ind some Of it
not to be bought If you offer 81 q drop to its
owner.
The wines OF the Johannesburg demand
the utmost care and attention and the cost
Of keeping up the vineyard is very heavy,
but the profits are estimated at quite 10 per
cent. of the actual value of the property.
When the estate passed into possession of
Metternich it was decreed that one-tenth of
the annual yield should be reserved for the
emperor OF Austria, and so every year that
monarch's cellars are restocked with this
magnificent nectar.
THE VINEYARDS.
The soil on this place Is of q very red
clay, heavily intermixed with gravel Some
spots are newly planted and very little
land lies fallow. The vines are all Of one
kind, the Riesling. There are several kinds
of table grapes in the yard and around the
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rivalry between Metternich and the grand
duke OF Nassau, who owns the Steinberg
wilma place. Both vineyards have the same
kind Of grape, 30 II is but the location and
the soil which can be In favor Of the one or
the other.
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