Beethoven Ludwig

The composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a pronounced wine lover. He loved walks in the countryside and the wine bars in the wine villages around Vienna. He once remarked to his friend and fellow composer Carl Maria Weber: "I love these country walks and the wine taverns." In addition to the "Viennese wines", he favoured the Ofen mountain wine from Hungary. However, the red wine caused him problems, so his family doctor prescribed him Gumpoldskirchner from the municipality in Lower Austria as medicine. His favourite wines are also said to have included Riesling wines from Schloss Johannisberg in the Rheingau.

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