Goethe Johann Wolfgang

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) is considered the most important German poet. He was a multi-talented man, as he dealt scientifically with botany, anatomy, zoology, mineralogy, meteorology, optics and colour theory and, last but not least, he was also a wine expert. Goethe wrote the following short memorial to wine and women: "A girl and a glass of wine alleviate all distress, and he who does not kiss and who does not drink is long dead!" Wine and wine culture played a major role in his life.

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His grandfather Friedrich Georg Göthe (1657-1730) was the owner of the renowned inn "Zum Weidenhof" and built up an extensive wine business. His father Johann Caspar Goethe (1710-1782) had the extensive wine cellar of Goethe's birthplace built in the "Großer Hirschgraben" in Frankfurt am Main, where Goethe later kept his extensive collection. According to legend, it was also thanks to the wine that he survived the difficult labour. When the child was born after three days of labour, it showed no signs of life, was blue-black in colour and threatened to suffocate. The baby was then bathed in an arden (wooden trough) with warm wine by the midwife, who "massaged the pit of his heart" and ultimately saved his life.

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