European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wine Tours Are anything but dry Erie i lie rods Tours Are Lor fun lovers Only 1 hey Are to people who like to sing and dance eat Good food and taste Good wine and they Are Tor people who enjoy spending a relaxing Dav in Beautiful German Countryside visiting magnificent historical sights and learning about wine. A a a a that s just what happened saturday when inc the red a nit name of German wine expert Erich Post Ich a took a group of americans from Ramstein Germany,-.tin a bus tour along the riesling wine route a the tour passes through villages in the rheingau Region of Central Germany along the right Bank of the Rhine Rier near Wiesbaden. Quot hut whereas tin Nierstein tour is a Quot Filli wine. Education program a Complete with a visit to a wine museum according to Poszich the riesling Vine route tour otters visitors an introductory glimpse into the win making and w me a to linking process. The riesling tour kicks Oil in i it Ille a town on the Rhine i or dating Back to the a Fth Century. It Isnit Long Bettie Poszich gets Down to the. Serious business of wine tasting. 1 he lust Stop along the tour a it was just 1 1 .i0 , saturday a is a visit to a Straus it Hatt a family run winery that can open its doors to the Public Only tour months out of the year to sell its homemade wine and food. Some to americans took their seats at a Long table in a Dank cold and Musty wine cellar surrounded by enormous w Ine barrels. The Only Light came from candles. There Poszich explained that the proper Way to enjoy wine was by using  senses looking at the w Ines color smelling its bouquet hearing the Clink of the Glass while toasting and finally tasting the wine by swishing it around the Mouth. Three Small glasses of wine later the group was already chanting the wine Toast Zum Wohl and  a wine songs accompanied by Poszich s Harmonica. The Are Singlour continues through the Hillside s and vineyards along the Rhine Down the narrow alleyways and past Hall timbered houses in the villages dotting the River Bank on to the monastery Borbach a former cistercian Abbey dating from 1135. It was Here that parts of the. Movie the name of the Rose starring Sean Connery was filmed. I for an hour the group had the Chance to explore the vast gothic galleries of the monastery see its collection of ancient wine presses and roam through its luxurious gardens. Next Stop on the tour is lunch at a typical German Gasthaus followed by singing and dancing to German oomph music. C v then a Short Stop at the 10th-Century Johanisberg Castle for a magnificent View of the rheingau Hills and vineyards before the return trip Home. A Anita Gosch it is  two bus Tours Poszich takes americans on the other is to Nierstein in the Rhein Hessen Region along the Lett Bank near Mainz. Eric Poszich takes a break from playing the Harmonica to explain some Fine Points of wine tasting to a tour group from Ramstein Germany seated in a Candle lit cellar. The refectory at the a amp Erbach monastery contains several huge wooden wine presses dating Back to the 17th Century. A april 18, 1991 stripes Magazine 11