Important to us to continue the tradition of wine growing and nurture this Cultural Property its our heritage our mission of. Whats the origin of the close connection between the Catholic Church and why. What makes the grapes so important in the history of christianity. The story of the grape is a thread running through the whole of biblical history beginning with no up in the book of genesis the builder of the ark is named as the 1st farmer to plant a vineyard his story culminates in she says the catholics believe is truly present in the eucharist wine. Wine and grapes the vine everything to do with wine making are mentioned more than 600 times in the Old Testament you sense that something very important. Wine influenced the lives of ordinary people in the bible it was part of everyday life inseparable from jewish and christian culture. Jacob brought it to him and he ate and he brought some wine and he drank genesis 27. 00 verse 25. 00 of it in there since wine is associated with social life as with dating and drinking together its also connected with human relationships as men for sure but seal the. I am the vine and you are the branches if you remain in me and i in you you will bear much fruit john 15 verse 5 even today the grape is a symbol of fertility and of a countrys prosperity but to believe is wine is also a visible and symbolic expression of gods blessings. And i dont know any other plant or any other Cultural Property that is such a powerful metaphor of matal forgot paul. On the slopes of the river mosel the heart of germanys oldest wine region the connection between church and wine is tangible even today the history of tree cathedral has always been linked to wine growing. Historical documents show that members of the archdiocese used to be released from their religious jews hes joining the great poverty and the medieval tradition of parishes in monasteries producing wine is still alive and well today. The vineyards belonging to the tree archdiocese are among the most admired in germany in fact they set the benchmark for the entire moser region. These vineyard stretch of 130 hectic is an area almost 3 times the size of phatic and city but they havent always been this big in 19663 large estates each of them centuries old were amalgamated the archbishops vineyard the vineyard of the diocesan seminary and the cathedral fame yet. Most of the diocese in vines are planted on the steep slopes of the laws of adelaide they include world famous and prestigious to walk like the consummate out and back. It spring and their loosening up the soil traditional techniques sustainability and respect for the environment a core values here. As much of the work is exhausting especially in hot weather because a lot of the work is done by hand. There are many plots which attract contacts us there we have to do everything by. Traditional techniques are also used an enormous surplus with the weinstein aged in barrels. Spread out over some 30000 square meters underneath the city center the cellars house wines from the slopes of the mosul the river and the song. Each cell is the size of 4 soccer fields no wonder your highness spec it uses a bicycle the names extent of a claw mosis is lord of this wind pepper and hes been chief wine maker since 987. I mean i have been racing around these lanes for the past 42 years i know these sellers better than my own home. Games of so unlike many modern wineries we use traditional wooden barrels and we use the same techniques that were used 500 years ago we dont interfere with the wind. Here for instance you see a barrel made in 1966. When we filled this one with the peano blank from which will later make a criminal style sparkling water. Theres one in the criminal needs to mature and an old barrel so it doesnt take on the oak flavors for sort of opened only when a barrel is really old and has been primed as the wind relatively unaffected by the woods. Who is to question why now here is one of the oldest barrels we have as you know. But we dont know if it was cooper to 958. Partitions that makes it over 60 years old which is about the Life Expectancy of this kind of barrel of his old fossil. Its not just the barrels that are old in another part of the cellar there was a pot station back to roman times the 2nd century a. D. So here home one title here we have an example of roman plumbing discovered by my predecessors in the 1960 s. When they were excavating the cellars close to go on the pipes lead down to the tree or imperial. The romans built a large complex of thermal babs about 500 meters from here the old city of 3 or 4 parts of it are virtually under our feet here the romans also brought wind to the mosul region could be seen roman wine prices have been found all the way down the mosel valley providing evidence of a wine growing tradition its very good with you inside. The cell as a food of myths and legends like something out of a harry potter movie. Since i know form this is one of 7 treasure chambers in our old cellar vaults. Until the 1950 s. It was a tasting room for clients. After swirling the wine around in their mouths they spat it out and to this sandstone drains we dont know any of. The semi isnt used for wine tasting anymore. Instead it houses some intellectual treasures the archbishop some very finest been teach racings. Sort of home you know here we have our iler coupe for the superb wine from 2011 because its a fruity riesling event a fight with residual sugar it has lots of fruit flavors and a wonderful spiciness iler coupe is simply a great wine in. The wine takes its name from the hill on which the vineyard is located on the famous mostly southwest face. In slope. Divinia juts out into the sun has reflected the specific environment gives candidates the grapes it produces. To me i love cope has a slight bedrock which is important because it stores the heat by day and radiates the warthe back to the vines at night that gives our wine a wonderful aroma. Along with its at be curious qualities wine has played a different role in history one than today were surprised that so much wine in beer was drunk in monasteries it probably has to do with that back on that water was so dangerous like a fairly today we know this was because of bacteria and. Also in the ancient world clean Drinking Water was a rare commodity beer and wine diluted with water were there for common beverages. The bible even attributes Healing Properties to wine. For instance in the book of proverbs we read. Let beer be for those who are perishing wine for those who are in anguish proverbs 31 verse 6. In this white wine became an important cultural tradition which the archbishops of tria foster to this day though their motives are of course different. Some are in the diocesan vineyards is a busy time for staff and more and is the wine estate manager responsible for all the workers in these lenience. Mice showing yet in the end the growth period we have a lot to do our venue its a stretch from the mosul to the sar as far as wilting and this and these are and the weather is always a major concern its our biggest worry for the weather does whatever it wants we cant influence that by those. Warm temperatures in march late frost in april droughts in july it hasnt rained for weeks the vintners work is at the mercy of extremes weather and wind growing are often a stress test. Yard in america its true and you can see we need some rain soon on the other hand winds have very deep roots that everythings ok for the moment or we must watch what happens in the course of the year but right now wed be glad of a little rain in. Conditions that modern wind grows consider extremely par for the course in anxious times the. She a graphical location of the holy lands produced a climate of hot summers and perennial drought various plagues also annihilated harvests. The vine is tried out and the fig tree is rather surely the peoples joy is withered away one verse 12. But not everything is left to chance in july the leaves are pooled in the tree of diocesan vineyards careful pruning is important for the vine that way it gets more sunlight. The diocese and vineyards are drawn as a business so they have to make a profit and produce good returns. They have an angle is an old hand at one growing pizza place that the business is very different to what it used to be 100 years ago that. The. 100 or. The day or seen vineyards are run entirely by professionals now but talk of the good side thats. Why in the days when parishes in this region had their own vineyards to make wine for the masses but also to provide revenue are long gone for we are. Today that 3 year diocese and been yids is an independent private enterprise a registered company employing 33. 00 workers. For the more the morning and are alone. It looks as though 2018 is going to be a good thing to juggle with horse laws i think so so a bit like the acid level stable of you are stable the only negative thing a straw. Damage and some scolding which means well have a much smaller harvest in dollars for. These vineyards produce some 620000 bottles of wine each year their oldest and most traditional customer if not the biggest is the Catholic Church. One man in particular personifies the link between tree a cathedral and wine growing assistant be shipped franz of that he even has a grape ball in his coat of arms france gave it was born into a family of local wine growers and is a trained wine cooper as a theologian hes also very aware of the religious significance of wine. Celebration of the eucharist is the source of all Ecclesiastical Life without the eucharist there would be no church and without wine or no eucharist so theres an essential link between. All you have created rightly gives you praise for through your son our Lord Jesus Christ in their car by the power and working of the holy spirit give life to all things and make them holy and you never cease to gather of people to yourself. A pure sacrifice may be offered to your name. We humbly implore you by the same spirit graciously make these gifts we have brought you for consecration. Of your son our Lord Jesus Christ whose command we celebrate these mysteries. Himself took bread and giving you thanks he said the blessing broke the bread gave it to his disciples saying name it take this all of you eat of it for this is my body which will be given up for you. In a similar way when supper was ended he took the chalice giving you thanks he said the blessing and gave the chalice to his disciples saying take this all of you and drink from it for this is the chalice of my blood the blood of the new and eternal covenant which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of. The Catholic Church teaches that christ is truly present in. Consecrated bread and wine. And hes in reciting the sacrificial prayer we believe that it affects what it says thats to say a change of substance occurs without the outward characteristics of the bread and wine changes and calvins are correct of course thats an act of faith but its the basis of every mass of the so wine is crucially important and the sacraments matter becomes a vessel of divine salvation. And matilda waters of baptism for wine and bread in the eucharist and higher this is this isnt magic so im done its the working of god and his spirit but its not just words not just ideas its on clothes on and thats what we need a matter that we can touch so that we can eat and drink clean can come water in which we are submerged the moment. Well there are how to have our schools are very house guard will return here to refusal status was until the 16th century catholics mostly used red wine for the mass the color was considered especially appropriate for symbolizing the blood of christ but it was gradually supplanted by white wines for practical reasons most of the wine north of the alps was white and red wine could stain the old linens. However bishop give it has his own theory. Is governed a bit in the middle ages there were many stories of miracles where blood drift from the consecrated bread and i assume that white wine was introduced because one didnt want to Strong Association with blood like the fruit of the sea. Motive or the reason the church has never regulated the color of mass wine only that it must be pure and unadulterated. It has to be juice from pressed grapes thats been fermenting you cant use any artificial substances you have to. The laws governing the production of wine in germany forbid the use of additives anyway this means that at least in theory priests in germany can buy wine for the mass at the local supermarket the bishop gave it wouldnt dream of doing such a thing he personally selects the wine for masses celebrated in 3 cathedral and of course it all comes from the dial sassoon vineyards. 6 once a year he meets up with irvin angle for a wine tasting. All of the the 1st mass is at 7 in the morning or so we have to select a fairly light winds on the 1st minute of a fire and so have an angle cant say exactly how much mass wine is consumed in the tree at diocese each year but its no longer absolutely necessary for the cathedral should be producing its own wine the diocese is not dependent on it financially. Those are 3 and on a for me as with families there are certain things that one errands and one does them out of respect for the past. The church as mart of society its embedded in a particular landscape for this and so we can serve the regions Cultural Values if prego. Here on the most all wine has been produced since roman times or i going to wine called kids always been here and we dont question it. Untrue except for spendthrift no one culture here on the most of the roof or in the sun attracts people from all over the region and thousands of tourists flock to the wine festivals each year even in biblical times wine was associated with celebrations and festivities. That is life to a man who is without wine it has been created to make men glad ceroc 31 verse 27. Johns gospel tells us that jesus is 1st miracle was to turn water into wine at a wedding jesus said to the servants fill the jars with water and take it to the master of the banquet and he tasted the water that had been turned into wine john 2 verses 7 through 9. Assertive sign john the baptist have often spoon why because of its alcohol content jesus on the other hand appears to have enjoyed the grape he was even labeled a. Drunkard by his enemies but moderation in all things is a virtue. In the time machine or numb universe that means one bottle you are the number of people the resident so if youre alone none more quiet. But thered be no wind at all without the great power fist in the tree and ios is in vineyards the harvest starts in october the long awaited rains have finally arrived the greatest must be harvested immediately or the cold and damp will make them starve moldering. Time is of the essence now and the work starts very early. They work up to 10 hours a day on the steep slopes carrying up to 50 kilos on their backs this is hard work. But many of the pickers return year after year they all have a special relationship to the vineyard. And. Police are some of this is not my 1st time ive been coming here for 26 years its gone up a lot with all the news new stuff i wouldnt want to change my job because i know everybody in the firm and theyre going to want peace from home youre. Going to give them. 25 times i harvested each day and delivered to the wine press. Ive been one of them. Just a few kilometers away here a chance hofburg the grapes oppressed. The work requires sensitivity the grapes oppressed gently so that the business substances are extracted more slowly the harvest is smoothed last year and the quality is very good. And i think thats because of the dries summer we had hardly any rain after below 0 temperatures in may and hail some days we had 10. It has between 40 and 45 degrees celsius it cant be helped anyway the quality of the grapes is better so we cant complain off as i thought 1st the falls. Theres a lot of work to be done before the wine ends up in both of us. The harvest is the best time of year. 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