Larry and Frankie flew out for a brief visit on their way to visit some friends in northern Germany. So, naturally, we went wine tasting. Wineries here give you a solid 1.5-hour wine tasting with up to 15-20 wines plus a tour of the cellar if you want it (we didn't request it). So it's a fun activity. We chose to go tasting at the Karst Weingut, which we thought we liked when we tasted their wines at the Weinbergnacht. However since we tasted their wines towards the end of the Weinbergnacht we weren't 100% sure we really liked them so we had to go and find out for real (i.e., when we were sober). Here's the restaurant and Weingut right next to each other:
Martin and Frankie, ready to go:
We were actually at this tasting with a group of 7 Germans who were really nice. Since they weren't dumping out their wines like we were (they didn't have to drive anywhere afterwards like we did) they were very happy and friendly by the end of the tasting! We took a big group photo at the end that they will hopefully email to us and I will post it here whenever I get it.
Our guide, Uli. He owns the winery; it's been handed down in his family for four generations. He spoke excellent English and was very friendly and informative and engaging.
Figuring out which wines to order. Don't let Frankie's look in this picture deceive you - she was very happy by the end of the tasting since she didn't dump out her wines like the rest of us:
Our haul - 26 bottles! Some we bought just to try again and the wines we really liked we bought a case of so we can enjoy them for awhile without having to worry about getting back to the Weingut to buy more. We really liked a few of their red wines - their Cabernet Sauvignon is the best one we've had from this region (though not the best we've ever had, just the best from the Pfalz ... so far). And their Merlot was really good which was a surprise.
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