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Bismarck

The German Chancellor Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1815-1898) was a pronounced wine lover. One of his favourite wines was a Riesling from the Reichsrat von Buhl vineyard at single vineyard Ungeheuer (municipality of Forst) in the German wine-growing region of Pfalz. With his saying "This Ungeheuer tastes monstrous to me" , he was instrumental in making this vineyard world-famous. In 1883, Otto von Bismarck was presented with a bottle of the legendary 1811 vintage, also mentioned by Johann W. von Goethe (1749-1832), from the Bassermann-Jordan vineyard on the occasion of his 68th birthday. This wine, which was in excellent condition, was 72 years old at the time.

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