Talk:Mosel wine

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A fact from Mosel wine appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 29 November 2007.

[edit] Steepest vineyard

This 76° sloped vineyard (Calmont, in Ediger-Eller) can't be right. 76° implies that 1 m horizontal matches 4 m vertical displacement (tan 76° = 4.01). The German article de:Calmont says 65°, that's already quite steep (1 m horiz. = 2.1 m vert., tan 65° = 2.14). de:Ediger-Eller says 65% (1 m horiz. = 0.65 m vert.). Markussep ^Talk 13:02, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, does the German article have a source? 76 is what the Wine Bible says at least twice. It's certainly a reliable source but I would take a German source as probably a little more reliable. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 13:15, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

This site shows more detail: 56° = 148% average slope, and 65° = 215% maximum slope. I've seen the pictures, I believe the 65° now. It's not a scientific site, but it looks reliable. This site says no one really knows, could be something between 55 and 70°. Markussep ^Talk 13:46, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

And its called Bremmer Calmont; perhaps Ediger-Eller is closer, but vineyard-name-wise it's in Bremm. Tomas e (talk) 21:55, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Having seen a photo of a grape-picker harvesting this vineyard I can well beleive the 76 degrees. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.254.192.195 (talk) 19:56, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wishlist Photo

I'd love to have a good photo a green hock bottle or really any Mosel wines. I'll probably make my own when I get my camera fixed but if anyone has some pics of their own I'll greatly appreciate it. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 13:15, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History section

The history section is a tad long and out of balanced with the rest of the article. It seems like there is enough fodder for a History of Mosel wine article (like the History of Rioja wine or History of Sherry) and turn this section into a summary. It will have to be a bit lower on more to-do list but it might be a worthwhile direction to take. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 23:46, 17 February 2008 (UTC)