Great Heidelberger Tun

Great Heidelberger Tun

Great Heidelberger Tun The battle for the largest wooden barrel waged over the centuries between Germany’s Electors in a costly power struggle. In 1591, Johann Casimir commissioned the first of four “large barrels” for Heidelberg Castle. Followed by...
The Jahrtausendwein 1540

The Jahrtausendwein 1540

The Jahrtausendwein 1540 The “Jahrtausendwein” is a “once-in-a-millennium” vintage wine, a very valuable Riesling wine from the Würzburger Stein vineyard, Würzburg, Germany of 1540. The year of 1540 is mostly known for its desastrous drought in...
The Schwedenfass

The Schwedenfass

The Schwedenfass The so-called Swedish barrel, the “Schwedenfass”, is a wine barrel in the State Court Cellar in Würzburg, which is located below the Würzburg Residence. The “Schwedenfass”  was created to host the  famous...