The Mosel Valley is one of Germany's most famous wine regions |
The Moselweinstraße runs nearly 250 km from Koblenz to the French border |
Vineyards covering the hillsides along the Mosel River |
Kloster Beilstein and Burg Metternich, Mosel Valley |
Burg Metternich, Beilstein-Mosel |
Beilstein, Moselweinstraße |
Burgschenke, Im Mühlental, Beilstein |
Weingutsausschank Römerstube, Weingut Josef Bauer, Beilstein |
Burg Metternich, Beilstein |
Burg Metternich, 1129, destroyed by the French in 1689 during the Nine Years' War |
Ruins of Burg Metternich, Beilstein |
Panoramic view of the Mosel from Burg Metternich |
The Mosel River village of Beilstein from Burg Metternich |
Campingplatz "Happy Holiday" on the Moselweinstraße, Poltersdorf |
Dennis at Burg Metternich, Beilstein-Mosel |
Ruins of Burg Metternich, courtesy of Louis XIV |
Gate - Torbogen - Burg Metternich |
Tower ruins, Burg Metternich |
Ruins of Burg Metternich |
Ruins of Burg Metternich |
Village of Beilstein on the Moselweinstraße |
Dennis at Burg Metternich |
Egyptian Goose checking out Burg Metternich |
History of Burg Metternich |
Red sandstone carving with the Metternich coat-o- arms |
Bier vom Fass, Burg Metternich |
View of the Mosel and Beilstein from Burg Metternich |
Schleuse Fankel - hydroelectric station and locks on the Mosel River |
Village of Beilstein-Mosel |
View of the Mosel looking upstream from Burg Metternich |
View of the Mosel looking downstream from Burg Metternich |
Friedhofskirche St. Martin, Ellenz-Poltersdorf |
Mosel River Valley from Burg Metternich |
Karmeliterkirche, Beilstein-Mosel |
Hay bales in the form of a tractor, Mesenich-Moselweinstraße |
Traktortreffen in Mesenich, Moselweinstraße |
Dennis on the "tractor", Mesenich-Moselweinstraße |
Elephant dawn on a hillside vineyard, Mesenich, 2013 |
Driving the Moselweinstraße |
River freighter pushing a barge up the Mosel |
Mosel River downstream from Bremm |
Bremm, Moselweinstraße |
Steep hillside with vineyards and a rail system |
Clever rail mounted device for climbing the steep hillside to the vineyards above |
Helicopter-assisted agriculture spraying the vineyards |
D-HOBY Hughes 369D Aerial Tractor, Mosel Valley |
D-HOBY Hughes 369D Aerial Tractor, Mosel Valley |
Merl (Zell), Moselweinstraße |
Merl (Zell) with 13th C. church tower, Moselweinstraße |
Zell, Moselweinstraße |
Zell, Moselweinstraße |
Zeller Schwarze Katz |
Hydroelectric Power Plant, Enkirch-Mosel |
Brückentor, Traben-Trarbach, Moselweinstraße |
Brückentor, Traben-Trarbach, Moselweinstraße |
Traben-Trarbach, Moselweinstraße |
Buddha-Museum, Traben-Trarbach, Moselweinstraße |
Buddha-Museum, Traben-Trarbach |
Buddha-Museum, Traben-Trarbach |
Buddha-Museum, Traben-Trarbach |
Moselweinstraße |
Weingut Mönchhof, Ürzig-Moselweinstraße |
Another Hughes 369D aerial tractor (D-HIBS) |
Zeltingen-Rachtig, Moselweinstraße |
Moselweinstraße - Grace an der Mosel |
Zeltingen-Rachtig |
The Porta Negra at Trier, dating from Roman times |