these values developed to. produce it to live by and defend the principles of unity justice and freedom in our everyday lives. our journey to meet our series starts october 21st d.w. . traced and on the elba river it's early in the morning and the old town is fully just beginning to stir waiting for the 1st tourists. move. you could spend days just going through the churches in museums.

but i've got other plans i have a steam ship waiting one from greece since white fleet. today i'm going to take you on a trip along with sex and wine route right wine route the name says it all and one of those ships down there is going to take me quite comfortably into the vignettes starting here in greece then via the boil all the way up to the town of mice and. my day includes a sparkling wine too or at casa. revisit the i bleached book in mice in the cradle of sex in the. at my colleague me quote flourish has sent us a travel report from spitzbergen. the white fleet andreessen still is not in historic paddle steamers.

these days the ship starts v in steams along the saxon wine route. one last look at greece and skyline. and then it gets rustic. after about an hour i go ashore in about a boy the city is the center of the sex and wine route. it is one of the smallest and northern most wine growing areas in germany the steep slopes the small palaces and the dry stone walls that's what the region is known for most of the wine produced here is served and consumed locally. the boldest winery in saxony is the whole flue snoots it used to belong to the

saxon electors and the most famous of them is the strong is said to have celebrated a lavish wine dollars here today organic wines are produced on the hoof lose notes which you can taste on the terrace. time for a 1st class and the 1st set. a lot of you have already prepared something what do we drink. this welcome drop is a trim ina what is that this is a wine grape that's been grown here for centuries to the best of health. you can only offer organic why why so your presence the half listen it says the 1st and only organic brain yard in the former east germany the decision to do this was made immediately after the wall fell we've had pretty bad experiences with the pesticides used during these german years and we wanted to do things differently.

so it was natural for us to want keep the it's nice. to have less notes is doing quite well without them it's going to court to find the wine that is produced here in saxony can i buy it anywhere. it's available over the internet most of a nuance have an online order service that most of the sacks and wine is drunk here in saxony. share of germany's total wine production comes to just a 0.2 percent making. shows how little it is a lot more wine is drunk in saxony than grows here. if you do there are many stories about the strong he said to have drawn 3 leaders of wine daily is that correct as well it said that he drank 2 to 3 bottles a day on good days in channel company might have been as many as 6 or 7 yes he drank excessively. but compared to his father your hunger the 3rd who was

a real drinker to us was fairly moderate and from the relative musical think of lead moderately date to your health. to sex an elector love the beautiful things not only wine and women but also pomp and splendor in every form he has made the least in what it is today a pearl of the rock and here are the highlights. 300 years ago augustus the strong ruled as prince elector of saxony and king of poland he brought artists and architects to his court he had seen and marveled at the splendors of courts in france and italy as a young man and invested great sums to transform the sleepy dresden into a european class metropolis of the arts. he had that's facing

a palace built for instance. in this sprawling complex the prince celebrated lavish gallus court balls and masquerades that often went on for days. today that spain or houses several collections started or greatly expanded by augustus the strong one is the old masters picture gallery among the masterpieces to be seen here a raphael sistine madonna with its world famous details the collection focuses on great works from the 15th to the 18th centuries. from titian to rim brand that's finger hosts great names of art history much to augustus the strongs credit. the prince elector also to create a thorough renovation for the dresden castle. he had the state apartments installed

now after being closed for over 70 years they've reopened to the public. after world war 2 bombing the dresden castle was just a shell reconstruction only began piece by piece in 1906 the painstaking restoration of the state apartments is yet another phase in a long process. of the dresden armory started by saxon dukes and electors has been open to the public since 2013. incidentally augustus the strong was not quite as good a commander in wartime as he was an architect or art collector. his treasure chamber the green vault sparkles with jewels and precious gemstones augustus the strong himself put them on public display what good is wealth and fine taste in art without some one to admire it. among the most spectacular pieces is the wall household of delhi incrusted with nearly $6000.00 diamonds originally it

cost some $60000.00 talers which took augustus 5 years to pay off. finally we come to the president's frauenkirche or augustus the strong lived to see its cornerstone laid but not its completion. this church of our lady too was consumed by the flames of the 2nd world war bombing it was only reconstructed after germany's reunification. the from now in cuba with its slender almost floating dome is a masterpiece of baroque architecture. augustus the strong would certainly have liked it. now we go up to the winery called good enough the golden wedding of god a boy a little girl who custom nice to have you here at the golden wagon to drive back almost talk about is an innkeeper tour guide and hubby even he climbs this

staircase many times a week he owns a little vignette next to the gold wagon. out of breath no no no i'm in good shape . this is not as if he was me fit. the long climb is rewarded with a spectacular view of the elba valley on clear days you can see all the way from the golden wagon to trace didn't end the czech republic. by october most of the grapes have already been gathered only a few bunches remain on the vines. must put about says about 80 percent of all venison saxony do it as a hobby like he does as a boy he worked in this uncle's vineyard and later took it over the work is tiring but the wine is delightful. all of these walls are they just ornamental or do they serve a purpose in the mall and think i was are very important saxony is very far north

for a wine region and we've got some problems with climate and a wall like this soaks up the sun all day and stores heat like an oven and then radiates it back. within is there a difference between wine growing in east germany 30 years ago and today. in denver not that much has changed about the vineyard the steep slopes in particular are still kept up by the hobby vintners the commercial wineries down here produce their premium wines their top quality winds up on the slopes as well of course but the hot. event nerves are the ones who sweat and strain to keep these walls built up though with state financial support but physically it's very demanding work. you're a hobby vintner you know we found a smart solution in saxony we work smaller areas not as many vines but put all the more love into it. and instance was having our you look down on by the professional wine growers. as he posts in the professional wine growers are glad to have the hobby event nerves working to keep the countryside in shape they would not be able

to handle it economically the steep slopes couldn't be maintained without the hobby vendors and if the vineyards fell into ruin the tourists wouldn't comment and the commercial wineries wouldn't be able to sell their wines anymore. come on zog do you have to work daily or are there rest periods what happens for example in winter . as you've been in the winter the vines have to be pruned and the trellis is repaired and even look of course if it's minus 20 degrees celsius out and snow's on the ground that's when you enjoy your wine. but you have to have the time. i just kept saying a vine wants to see its master 17 times but there are different views on how to spread those around a year. if you know how many vines are you the master. 830. piece 830 vines will make 830 bottles of wine and i'll try one of them.

still with the heaviest right i've brought you a flavorful drop from the golden wagon try it. and swats and this is all ours. true does that remind me off. maybe pineapple so i'm not. very good in the pineapple no it's quite pronounced and my wife. because you're learning i'm impressed it has to taste gregg was this that's the most important thing. getting to know the country and its people tasting typical food and typical drinks that's very important for a lot of people when it comes to travelling some people also need a little bit of action me for example or our viewers her holiday video from australia for our main slot looks like a lot of action. his shoulders.

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hotels good for you and to. just tell us which german street is your favorite. what's the most beautiful place in germany. what would you like to explore most. tricky d.w. dot com slash trouble good luck to enjoy. the jewel of sex these vignettes is about the cost of named after the count which is built around $1730.00 today it's the location of the sex and state. it produces wine both sparkling and offers tours and overnight stays i have sampled several winds today now i choose a sparkling wine tour it begins with beginnings of course and a look back at the cosmos history. think over 180

years ago in 836 saxon wine growers had the idea to bring the bubbly beverage to saxony that question paying at the time shiny new drink a french cell a master brought the art of making sparkling wine from champagne year to the ill behaved sights. the tour proceeds to the winery the various types of wine age in enormous tanks the cellar master combines them to produce sparkling wine. you can write his complement each other very nicely on the sling canna blanco together to create our classic bottle fermented sparkling wines in the tradition of the strong and i convey. the base wine ages over several years then he added for the alcoholic fermentation. in the cellar master says the sparkling wine is perfect ready for pouring the bottles go into a riddling rafiq with lots of french invention. but the bottles are riddled or

rotated daily for 4 weeks so the lease or debt used settle in the neck and it's done by hand. if they can damage. the best part of the many stages of making sparkling wine is the last one the tasting. given to the 2nd one route. time for our year or travel throughout my colleague was travelling in the far north of europe on spitsbergen well in the archipelago is definitely not a destination for people who are prone to kill but the call was ripped up properly . it almost seems like the north pole is just over the horizon

a last outpost of civilization and the frozen north you may well be wondering where on earth i am i mean long european and small part. i'm in europe northern most town and that is by far not the only record long european holes. fall hard lines about halfway between the northern tip of norway and the north pole longer being with a population of around $2100.00 as the largest settlement is on the $78.00 north parallel no other settlement with over a 1000 residents lines farther north. time for a 1st look around but i'd rather go in the company of my guide frederick's rubric and tez rifle polar bears could be anywhere here real ones this time. this is the best thing with you when it go outside the no secret trick to scare

them away you know is to different kinds of bears in the world. of white bears. if it's wrong ledo if it's black fightback if it's white good look at. who. due to the permafrost all of the homes here are built on stilts. it's practically impossible to raise livestock or farm still someone was brave enough to try benjamin that martin a chef from the us. proud some green by the way he plans herbs and vegetables and his polar greenhouse. can even taste the arctic. is a good. good. benjamin 1st came a small bar back in 2007 and fell in love with the place the only problem was the lack of greens i wasn't happy with the food situation you know you pay 50 krones

for iceberg lettuce that's a lot of money for iceberg lettuce and i'm still going home i would never even eat this i wouldn't even need if somebody gave it to me but here i'm like oh haha my smug lettuce on you know you have to eat because you don't have anything else and i just was so frustrated so you know this is i have to do something either i leave or i have to do something. now he's applied local restaurants like the groovy lager and with these artists here fine dining is served up in a former coalmining warehouse head chef philip has served the likes of the norwegian royal family. the next morning i prepared to make an expedition. frederick frederik takes me to one of the nearby fjords. he wants to show me the wall of the tonight brain type water glacier.

every time you come to a small boat or get out in nature they like is different and that's makes it very special because it's like seeing a new place every time it without. i'm truly impressed with long here be the northernmost challen on earth. the steamboat takes me now from a lot of oil to moist. fish that feel it is the oldest ship in greece that's why fleet it was built in 1879. but 140 year. slater big engine still running smoothly. now of the town of meissen comes inside with its vignettes and costs

a little. at the markets where in my city there's all sorts of just like interesting. in addition narrow streets and lots of wine bars by the way the 1st vignette in sex to me was documented here in my city 850 years ago. and then again. climbing stairs but i'm already used to bet. the mice and to feed really is 80 meters high and 800 years old. the 2nd attraction up here is the i wish to book the oldest kosslyn germany. now you might ask yourself the book is it a fortress or is it

a castle well the answer is it is both 1st there was a fortress then it was a castle and later even a factory this building is more or less 1000 years old and a lot has happened at that time. today my son's un-bush for might come across as charmingly elegant. but a 1000 or so years ago when it 1st took shape up on the elba the fortress was designed to be daunting and unassailable. knowing the next monday in 129 king henry the 1st and read the fowler came to this river fought against the slow. and took this hill you know he had a fortress built on it at the time on stilts and google's fall and that's really when it all began for the saxons on this because. saxon is rulers lived in the

fortress through the high middle ages until the age of 45 castles ended the nobility demanded housing befitting their status and so in 1471 work began to convert it into the 1st german palace with ball rooms and living and working quarters arnold a vest faily up was the court builder yellowed some with pine arnold of vesta failure introduced 3 essential architectural innovations to the castle which was the someone is the cell vaulting with its fascinating play of light and shade because the vaulting reaches high into the roof. do you feel in the stocking night light. and the arched curtain windows where the very latest fashion event of the elegant round stairway has been copied many times since the windows brought lots of light into the previously dark castle.

but as splendid as the castle was hardly anyone actually lived in it meissen head meantime forfeited its status as residents of saxons rulers to tristen. the castle stood empty till august as the strong had an experimental laboratory set up for the alchemy. but had promised to make gold but the gold he finally made was white porcelain in 1710 europe's oldest porcelain manufacturer started production in the uk. for she must remain mines various machines were installed once including a steam engine in the 19th century the man who fucked with the moon that is busiest a good 700 people were working here in the castle. in the late 19th century the factory moved down into the town today meissen porcelain is still handmade there.

once again the book was left empty and once again it was renovated and painted with several murals depicting chapters from saxony turbulent history which began here in my sins. do you know what it takes to make a real cost. exactly a costal tavern even if the weather is not very inviting it's enough for a last look over my scene. i noticed one thing above all today most of the wine here is served directly in the tavern or at the wine growers on site that means if you want to try some of that delicious wine you just have to come to the sex and wine route i have to admit it's

a small wine region but it's got a lot of history and culture. human

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