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Ortlieb Johann Michael

The Alsatian Johann Michael Ortlieb (1730-1807) was an industrialist, farmer, vintner and innkeeper and published a book in 1789 in which he propagated the improvement of viticulture and the cultivation of the white grape variety Knipperlé (Kleiner Räuschling), which later became known after him as Ortlieber. King Frederick II the Great (1712-1786) had the variety planted on an experimental basis in the "Royal Vineyard" in the Mark Brandenburg. In his work, Ortlieb recommends, among other things, not planting vines on the plain and defoliating the vines 14 days after flowering to expose them to the sun. He dedicated the book to King Louis XVI (1754-1793) out of no disinterested intention.

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