Our last couple of days on the wine trail in Germany ended up in Mosel. The landscapes here are unimaginable, one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited. An important thing to note of course is the amount of very young, troken (dry) wines that are consumed here and not so much the sweeter styles.
Looking down the Willi Schaefer vineyards into the town of Graach, in The Mosel. These are some of the steepest vineyards in the world, this vineyard here lies on a slope of around 60°. 
The Willi Shaefer wines were all so very focused that they carried one of the most individual styles of German Riesling. The Grosses Gewachs (G.G.) pictured above was one of the very few expressions of these wines to give meaning to the quality level of the G.G. VDP.
Dining at the Wein & Tafelhaus owned by Chef Alexander Oos and his wife in the Mosel was an all around flawless dinner. Wonderful wine list and excellent hospitality. The groups favorite dish of the week by far was this local baby deer with puree of sweet potato and wasabi foam.
Our team Germany 2012 with Willi Schaefer second to left and our legendary driver Stefan second to right.
An amazing last tasting with the lovely Amei from Joh. Jos. Prum. The wines from the Himmelreich vineyard showed an untouchable minerality and balance while the wines from the Sonnenuhr vineyards had a fuller body and riper fruit character.
What an amazing last day in the Mosel and then followed by birthday adventures in Berlin...
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