you need to uncover sensational findings. 60 minutes on. there's no. managers today. you know the banks. and so watch the language of the bank. speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made for mines. stray stood on the elbow river it's early in the morning and the old town is fully just beginning to stir waiting for the 1st tourists.

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 boston via another boil all the way up to the town of mice and. my day includes a sparkling wine to. revisit the i bleached book in meissen the cradle of sex and. that my colleague because flourished has sent us a travel report from spitzbergen. the

white fleet interest in still is mine historic paddle steamers. these days the ship docked v. in steams along the saxon one route. one last look at greece skyline. and then it gets rustic. after about an hour i go ashore in and out of oil 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 oldest winery in

saxony is the whole flue snit's it used to belong to the saxon electors and the most famous of them was 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 chat. a lot well if you have already prepared something what do we drink and what the requests welcome drop his or 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 and why so your posts the half listen it says the 1st and only organic vein yacht in the former east germany the decision to do this was made immediately after the wall fell we'd 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 this nice. and a half less notes is doing quite well and we've got them a good score to divine the wine that is produced here in saxony can i buy it anywhere. it's available over the internet most 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 make and i'm told from. such shows how little it is a lot more wine is drunk in saxony than grows here. is that there are many stories about the strong he said to have drawn 3 leaders of wine daily is that correct as a spy was well it said that he drank 2 to 3 bottles a day on good days in channel company it might have been as many as 6 or 7 yes he

drank excessively. but compared to his father your hunger of the 3rd who was a real drinker was fairly moderate and from the relative musical playing lead moderating your date to your health. or sex intellect or 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. and. 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 spring 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 are 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. 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 war 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 presidents frau and. 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 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 golden of the golden wedding of god a boy or a little girl who cussed nice to have you here at the golden wagon to drive back

home us talk about is an innkeeper tour guide and. he climbs this staircase many times a week he owns a little vignette next to the gold wagon go. out of breath no no no i'm in good shape. this is as it seems to 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 dresden and the czech republic. by october most of the grapes have already been gathered only a few bunches remain on the vines. must 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 a very important saxony is very far north for a wine region and we've got some problems with climbing to the 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 be. tween wine growing in east germany 30 years ago and today. it's. 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 hobby 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. so if you're a hobby you know right we found a smart solution in saxony we work smaller areas not as many vines but put all the more love into it and if that's what's holding are you look down on by the

professional wine growers. as if the pope is 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 vintners and if the vineyards fell into ruin the tourists wouldn't come in 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 those places must move into. as you've been in the winter the vines have to be pruned and the trellis is repaired. then of those 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 brought you a flavorful drop from the golden wagon try it. on its watch this is all ours. and this is what the fruit does that remind me off maybe pineapple. yes yes very good in the pineapple notice quite pronounced am i why. because you're learning i'm impressed it has to taste good i was 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 view. her holiday video from australia

for our mates lot looks like a lot of action. his shoulders. beach. the street. the. players. on the guns it was absolutely safe enough for the. next. place to visit the place it was. on. the street. i take.

the trip to. go christmas market hopping with dublin cologne and a little. hotel. and a guest. just tell us which german street is your favorite. what's the most beautiful place in germany. what would you like to explore most of the turkish d.w. dot com slash travel good luck to enjoy. the jewel of sex in these vignettes is. named after the count which is built around 730 today it's the location of the sex since they've been. it produces one both sparkling and offers tours and overnight stays i have sampled several winds today now i choose a sparkling wine 2 or it begins with beginnings of course and

a look back at the cosmos history. ah that's over 180 years ago an $836.00 saxon wine growers had the idea to bring the bubbly beverage to saxony less champagne at the time it trendy new drink a french cellar master brought the art of making sparkling wine from champagne year to the sights. the tour proceeds to the winery the various types of wine age enormous tanks the seller master combines them to produce sparkling wine. you can write his complement each other very nicely on the sling can a bronco 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 yeast is added for the alcoholic fermentation. in the cellar master says the sparkling wine

is perfect ready for pouring the bottles go into a wriggling rafiq that's a 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 some of. the best part of the many stages of making sparkling wine is the last one the tasting. due to the 2nd one root. time for our euro trouble thought my colleague was travelling in the far north of europe on spitsbergen well in the archipelago it's 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 in the frozen north you may well be wondering where on earth i am i'm in longyearbyen and small part. i'm in europe's northern most town and that is by far not the only record long here be in whole. the south part of lines about halfway between the northern tip of norway and the north pole longer being with a population of around $2100.00 is 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 god frederick frederick i am tess rifle polar bears could be anywhere here real ones this time.

this is the best thing to with you when it go outside the town no secret trick to scare them away you know as to different kinds of bears in the world of black. and 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 morning a chef from the us. proud green by the way he plants of herbs and vegetables and his polar greenhouse. can even taste the arctic. is a good. guide. benjamin 1st came a small bird 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 a hologram iceberg 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 some either i leave or i have to do something. now he supplies local restaurants like the group or lager and when these are here fine dining is served up in a former coalmining warehouse head chef phillips has served the likes of the norwegian royal family. and. the next morning i prepared to make an expedition. frederick's train back takes me to one of the nearby fjords.

he wants to show me the wall of the 2 numbering tidewater glacier. every time you come to a small boat or get out in nature they like this 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 moisten. this stuff is the oldest ship in greece this white fleet it was built in 1879. but 140 you. slater big engine still running smoothly.

now of the telling of meissen comes in sight with its vignettes and costal hill. at the market square in meissen there is also its own kitchen just like interest. in addition narrow streets and lots of wine bars by the way the 1st vignette in sex and me was documented here in meissen 850 years ago. and then again. climbing stairs but i'm already used to best. the mice in cathedral 80 meters high and 800 years old. the 2nd attraction up here is the i wish to book the oldest costal in 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 it 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 own pleasure store 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 bonus money in 129 king henry the 1st and read the fowler came to this river i fought against the . 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 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 yonex him with fine arnold of vest 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 address to. the council stood empty till 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 manufacturers started production in the next book. forseen the machine god various machines were installed on including a steam engine in the 19th century among folk to a museum that is busiest a good 700 people were working here in the castle walls. in the late 19th century the factory moved down into the town today meissen porcelain is still handmade

there. once again the bush left empty and once again it was renovated and painted with several murals depicting chapters from saxony turbulent history which began here in my son's. do you know what it takes to make a real cost will. be exactly a caso tavern even if the weather is not very inviting it's enough for a last look over mice and. 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. good

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