In Germany, the village of Bernkastel makes an ideal base for exploring the steep slopes along the Mosel river, home to some of the world's greatest Riesling.

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Without doubt, the best Rieslings are found in the vineyards of Germany, where, on the slopes of the Rhine, Nahe and Mosel, it finds its most precise definition.

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The climate is cooler, the names sound German, the architectural aesthetics call to mind the Mosel region rather than rural France, and the cuisine enjoys a distinct Germanic influence.

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Ernst Loosen, a top winemaker in Germany's Mosel region, home to some of the most famous and most aromatically intense Rieslings in the world, has long acknowledged English as a necessary marketing tool and has put English words on his labels for years.

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