Karlsmühle winery
The Karlsmühle an der Ruwer winery is located in Mertesdorf / Lorenzhof near Trier ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). It belongs to the Moselle wine-growing region , " Ruwer area ".
The remains of the oldest Roman stone mill north of the Alps were found near the mill . Mills were built at the time by the Roman engineer Vitruvius . In the year 371 AD the Roman writer Ausonius wrote in his poem Mosella : The Ruwer turns the grain-grinding stones in dizzy eddies and pulls the screeching saws through smooth marble blocks . In 1843 a Roman sarcophagus lid was found at Karlsmühle, which shows half-length portrait of a couple. The last time the Swedish archaeologist Örjan Wikander examined the area of the Karlsmühle in 1989 and described the Karlsmühle as the oldest mill north of the Alps to date in the international journal Opuskula Romana . In the meantime, this statement has to be limited to “the oldest sawmill north of the Alps”, because in 2009 the remains of a grain mill from the first century AD were discovered on the Inde near Düren , see watermill on the Inde from the first century .
The mill came to the Himmerod Monastery in 1325 and to the St. Maximin Monastery in Trier in 1457 . After its secularization in 1803 by Napoleon Bonaparte , the mill came into family ownership : Since that time, in addition to the mill, viticulture has also been carried out in the Lorenzhöfer Felslay and Lorenzhöfer Mäuerchen sites, and later also in the Kaseler Kehrnagel and the Kaseler Nies'chen . The property in these sloping to steep locations today covers around 14 hectares, on which predominantly Riesling , but also Müller-Thurgau , Pinot Blanc , Dornfelder , Pinot Noir and Elbling are cultivated. The owner is Peter Geiben, whose winery also includes the Hotel Karlsmühle. The Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg runs in the immediate vicinity on the route of the former Hochwaldbahn .
Awards
Several of the winery's wines from the Lorenzhöfer , Kaseler Nieschen and Kaseler Kehrnagel sites were awarded the Golden Chamber Prize Coin at the state awards for wine and sparkling wine . Most recently on July 15, 2005, Riesling wines from the 2003 and 2004 vintages from the vineyard's locations were awarded six gold, three silver and one bronze chamber prize coin. From 1989 to 2002 the State Prize for Viticulture was awarded nine times . RM Parker awarded 94 points for a 2004 Lorenzhöfer Riesling Auslese . RM Parker wrote about a 2002 Lorenzhöfer Riesling Eiswein: extra ordinary wine . A 1998 Lorenzhöfer Riesling Eiswein received the DLG Golden Prize . The magazine Der Feinschmecker wrote in 2003: One of the best wineries in Germany. Gault Millau magazine and wine critics Stuart Pigott and Gerhard Eichelmann also gave positive reviews . In the Wein-Plus wine guide , the winery is awarded four out of five stars. (As of 2009)
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Coordinates: 49 ° 46 '14.1 " N , 6 ° 43' 26.8" E