A ginger cat ran out to greet us on the bike trail foreshadowing our arrival at Zell where a big bubba black cat crossed our path. According to legend, three wine merchants were tasting wine to take back to Aachen and couldn’t decide which barrel of wine to buy. The winemaker’s black cat jumped up on one barrel and hissed at the merchants, fiercely defending the barrel. Seeing it as an omen, the merchants bought the whole barrel and bottled it with a drawing of a black cat with an arched back on the label. It was so popular that the merchants came back for more and more. The town trademarked the name Zeller Schwarze Katz for wine from this region and the rest is hiss-story. In Winningen, they remember the town’s witch hunts of the 17th century with a Weinhex (wine witch) who guards the cellars. Seems like they missed a good opportunity for their own spellbinding trademark. There’s always broom for improvement.
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I forgot to tell you that I spent close to $2000 on Cody and Pito last week, so you can add that to your No Fido Fund. Buy more wine! E says you're in France now but your blog is still in Germany. Pourquoi?
ReplyDeleteNow I understand how the Brothers Grimm found so many folk/fairy tales. Clearly such tales were/are everywhere in Germany.
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