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Germany
Wherever the Roman legions marched, they brought along the grape vine. In France and in spain they found conditions similar to what they knew at home, but when they settled what is today Germany, they were presented with some serious challenges since parts of Germany are as far north as grapes will ripen. Winemaking is possible in much of Germany only when four elements come together: site, climate, soil and grape. Tricking Mother Nature into providing a little extra help was a stroke of genius on the part of the pioneering grape-growers here; they realized that if they planted their vines on the steep rocky slopes of the river banks, the ripening grapes would get not only direct sunlight, but additional sunlight reflected off the surface of the stones and extra warmth from the sun's heat stored in the rocks as well. No doubt it took a bit of experimenting, but as long as 500 years ago, the clear winner in the grape derby was Riesling, which as wine writer Oz Clark remarks, "has an uncanny ability to take advantage of all that German vineyards have to offer, (turning) minuses into pluses at the same time."
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