_Gräfenberg_, also once ecclesiastical property, produces wine equal to _Rüdesheimer_, which is a wine of the first Rhine growths. _Marcobrunner_, _Roth_, _Königsbach_ are excellent drinks. _Bacharach_ has lost its former celebrity. The conclusion to which a celebrated connoisseur has arrived after an exhaustive examination of German wines is this: “On the whole, the wines of _Bischeim_, _Asmannshäuser_, and _Laubenheim_ are very pleasant wines; those of rather more strength are _Marcobrunner_, _Rüdesheimer_ and _Niersteiner_, while those of _Johannisberg_, _Geissenheim_, and _Hochheim_ give the most perfect delicacy and aroma.” The Germans themselves say _Rhein-wein, fein-wein; Necker-wein, lecker-wein; Franken-wein, tranken-wein; Mosel-wein, unnosel-wein_.[30] [Illustration] The red wines of the Rhine are considered inferior to the white. Red _Asmannshäuser_ is perhaps the best. Near Lintz _Blischert_ is made. Königsbach and Altenahr yield ordinary wines. The most celebrated of Moselle wines is the _Brauneberger_, of which the varieties are numerous. A variety called _Gruenhäuser_ was formerly styled the Nectar of the Moselle. The wines of Ahr, of which some are red, resemble Moselles, but will keep longer. Of the wines of the Neckar the most celebrated is _Besigheimer_. Baden, Wiesbaden, Wangen, and Würtzberg, all grow good wines. Of the last is _Stein-wein_, produced on a mountain so called, and named by the Hospital to which it belongs, _Wine of the Holy Ghost_. _Leisten_ wines are grown on Mt. Saint Nicolas. _Straw_ wines are made in Franconia. _Calmus_, a liqueur wine, like the sweet wines of Hungary, is made in the territory of Frankfurt. The best vineyards are those of Bischofsheim. Wines of Saxony are of little worth. Meissen and Guben produce the best. Naumburg makes some small wines, like inferior Burgundy. The excellence of the Rhine wines has seldom perhaps been proved more clearly than by one who loved them well. Goethe, in his _Aus einer Reise am Rhein, Main und Neckar_, says: “_Niemand schämt sich der Weinlust, sie rühmen sich einigermaassen des Trinkens. Hübsche Frauen gestehen dass ihre Kinder mit der Mutterbrust zugleich Wein geniessen. Wir fragten ob denn wahr sey, dass es geistlichen Herren, ja Kurfürsten geglückt, acht Rheinische Maass, das heisst sechzehn unserer Bouteillen, in vierundzwanzig Stunden zu sich zunehmen? Ein scheinbar ernsthafter Gast bemerkte, man dürfe sich zu Beantwortung dieser Frage nur der Fastenpredigt ihres Weihbischofs erinnern, welcher, nachdem er das schreckliche Laster der Trunkenheit seiner Gemeinde mit den stärksten Farben dargestellt, also geschlossen habe—_” But for those who understand not the German tongue we will give some of the sermon of this Church dignitary on the Rochusberg in English. “Those, my pious brethren, commit the greatest sin who misuse God’s glorious gifts. But the misuse excludes not the use. Wine, it is written, rejoices man’s heart. Therefore we are