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the podcast for people who like wine but not the snobbery that goes with it.

I'm Elizabeth Schneider, a certified Silmaier and certified specialist of wine.

And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.

Every now and then, I have the opportunity to visit some of the great wine regions of the world.

And don't think I take it for granted, I don't.

It is so exciting for me to go see the land, the place,

to go speak to the people, to understand the culture and the history, and then to be able to convey it back to you.

Earlier this year I went to Germany I was visiting the Rhinegau region and then the

Mozil region, two of the best places for Riesling on earth. Now if you listen to

the podcast regularly you know I love Riesling. I think it's the most

multifaceted fascinating grape that there is and I've loved it for years it was the wine that got me into wine. So I was so

lucky when moving from Rhinegau where I had an awesome experience to have my first visit in Mozell with Dr. Dirk Max Ferdinand Richter

of Max Ferdinand Richter Vinegut. Dr. Richter is the ninth generation of his family to manage and operate the winery.

This place was founded in 1680 as a wine export company,

but the family actually owned vineyards in Brownaberg in 1643.

And today the estate is owned by the same family that purchased those vineyards. The Richter Estate Mansion

where I did this tasting and this interview which we'll talk about in a second

was built in 1774. The Winery buildings which were built in 1880, have one of the largest footer oak sellers in the

Mozil area.

And the 10th generation, who I met, Constantine, MaxfordNand-Richter also works at the estate. He has a

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