Oestrich-Winkel

Oestrich-Winkel

Oestrich's vineyard area is the largest in the Rheingau. Lenchen and Doosberg are the most important vineyards. You can sample the wines at the outdoor wine-tasting stand, opposite the 18th-century crane on the riverbank of Oestrich (nearly opposite Hotel Schwan).

The village of Winkel (pronounced vin-kle) lies west of Oestrich. A Winkeler Hasensprung wine from the fabulous 1811 vintage was Goethe's wine of choice during his stay here with the Brentano family in 1814.

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