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hello and greetings from Saale-Unstrut today we  are visiting the northernmost of germany's 13  

wine growing regions which sits along the 51st  parallel north the wine history here dates back  

over a thousand years with the first vines being  cultivated by monks in the year 998 a.d and it's  

as picturesque a destination as you can find  this is a place where terrace vineyards come  

spilling down the hills where medieval castles  sit atop cliffs and where churches stand guard in  

the heart of the old town we've said it before and  we'll say it again germany has some pretty magical  

destinations to discover so without further ado  the following is our travel guide to Saale-Unstrut  

for visitors looking to have an action-packed  and wine fuel day good morning good morning  

guys greetings once again from germany today  is such an exciting day because it is all about  

wine tourism here exactly so we have arrived in  Saale-Unstrut and we are going to be here for  

only a day but we have an action-packed schedule  we do that's going to include some wine tastings  

staying at a wine hotel yes we're going to be  visiting freyburg visiting the cathedral in  

nambuch and also did i mention staying at a  wine hotel where we're going to be drinking  

more wine (wein) apparently this wine hotel has  a 24-hour bar and you access it with your card  

yeah just wind by the glass it's pretty amazing  exactly and i'll also mention in the afternoon  

we're going to be visiting a forge master  and creating a little souvenir of our own  

so we've got that fun activity coming up yeah  but anyways we've just arrived the day is just  

getting started so we're going to bring you along  and have fun on this little adventure let's do it

so we started the morning with a guided  walk through the town of freyburg  

which is considered the wine capital of the region  we found the town to be super walkable and full of  

charm with lots of cheerful pastel shades vines  crawling up the side of buildings and rooftops  

with eye-shaped windows that kind of made it  feel like you were being watched from above

we also popped into saint marion for a visit  which is the lutheran church in the center of town  

it is considered the little sister of naumbu  cathedral which we will show you later in the  

day but back to the sightseeing one thing that  really caught our attention during our walk was  

that we were surrounded by vineyards vineyards  and more vineyards yes we knew we were visiting  

a wine town but i don't think either one of us  expected the vines to be right in the town and  

so accessible all right how are we doing  over there we've had a great walking tour  

of the town so far so many historic buildings to  visit but what impresses me the most is just how  

the vineyards come spilling into the town like  we are right on the we were just walking down  

a path and then we suddenly came upon this  we looked up and like wow it's spectacular  

it just gives this town such a a distinct  a distinct backdrop i would say yeah

and speaking of wine that morning we also visited  hotkepien mum a winery that dates back to 1856 and  

specializes in sparkling wines hot gepin mum  makes up nearly half the market for sparkling  

wine in germany and they're also one of the five  largest producers of sparkling wine in the world  

they do offer tours in german but another option  if you don't speak the language is to just visit  

the shop and peruse their various sparkling wine  offerings because certain bottles can only be  

obtained at this particular location well today's  our lucky day we got a special sparkling orange  

lucky day okay so we just visited which  means little red riding hood um this place  

specializes in sparkling wines this is  kind of like their main headquarters here  

and we've just acquired a very special bottle gold  seal apparently you can only get it from here you  

can only get this bottle over here so right here  so yeah we'll tell you more about them later today  

once we're back in the hotel we've got this to  try and we've got the wine (wein) at the hotel  

to also try it's gonna be a boozy day so if you're  a wine lover i think you're gonna enjoy this video

all right guys so we drove up to the abbey church  of saint bonifas and honestly i think these may be  

some of the best views we have come across like  this is truly impressive behind me you've got  

the whole valley with the river that flows  through that's how the region gets its name  

from the saale river and the unstruct and  you can see cute little villages and towns  

freyburg where we were this morning is just back  there and yeah it is so so charming it was well  

worth the drive check out the views we get of the  town from here and there's a beautiful bike path  

that i would love to do someday to go visit the  vineyards maybe with my dad would you imagine the  

two of us doing that oh yes the two cyclists and  the family we'd probably be taking naps along the  

along the trail after every bottle this is  probably a good time to tell you that cycling  

trips are really popular in this area so if your  idea of a really good holiday is cycling through  

scenic countryside hopping from one winery to the  next and stumbling upon a few castles along the  

way well this is the place and it has hundreds  of kilometers of bike paths along the zale  

and unscott rivers but as for us we were here to  drink some wine so let's take you to our next stop

for lunch we visited hertzoglihel weinberg  which is a terraced vineyard that has been  

preserved in the style of a baroque  vineyard from the late 18th century  

it sits at the foot of the unstruct river and  it has neurenberg castle watching over it from  

the hilltop this may very well be one of the most  scenic vineyards we have ever visited some of the  

grapes you can find in this vineyard include  pinot blanc sylvaner and pinot noir plus they  

also offer a picnic lunch to accompany their wines  which makes for a really nice quick meal on the go  

so lunch time and we are having  a picnic at a vineyard how's that  

oh this is amazing we've got olives both colors  black and green we've got slices of salami  

stuffed peppers with cheese little tomatoes  well and some bread to go along with it and  

the star of course is the peanut butter the  very famous wine from this area let's try that  

oh and they gave us a nice big glass gotta  love that it's above the line look at that

beautiful beautiful tasting dry white wine  (wein) from here so sam is normally a red  

wine drinker this is unusual for you to be  trying some white i'm learning to appreciate  

whites more on this trip we've been i  mean germany is famous for its white so  

i wouldn't say it's an acquired taste i love  wines of all flavors and colors yeah this is  

this is definitely a good one so let's  also try a little bit of a bite here  

it's a perfect way to spend an afternoon  here in germany sipping on wine  

local wine i should add and  having a nice tasty snack

afterwards we couldn't resist going to neuenberg  castle for a closer look so we drove up to the top  

this castle was built around the year 1090 by the  turingian count ludwig the leaper and yes there is  

a story behind his name according to local legend  which may have been quite embellished over time  

after stabbing a ruling count and then being  incarcerated ludwig the leaper leapt from a castle  

tower into the river where a servant was waiting  for him with a boat and his favorite white horse  

named swan where he made his perfect escape  sounds like the stuff of german fairy tales i know  

but either way it was a cool castle  to visit with equally impressive views

next up we continue to the nearby town of naumbuk  to visit the cathedral which not too long ago  

was recognized as a unesco world heritage site  also known as the cathedral of saint peter and  

saint paul this is considered one of europe's  most important cultural monuments from the high  

middle ages and what makes it unique is that  it's the only church in the world to contain  

two choir screens from the high medieval period  the main attraction is definitely the west choir  

which features 12 statues depicting the church's  top donors dating back to the mid 13th century  

these statues were crafted by a medieval stone  sculptor now only known as the noun bulk master  

the most famous statue of all is uttar which  is said to depict the most beautiful woman of  

the middle ages and rumor has it she may have  also been the inspiration for the evil queen in  

disney snow white during our guided visit of nambu  cathedral we got to climb up a spiraling staircase  

that led to the attic which then led to one of the  towers where you can enjoy views of the town below

we also toured the cathedral treasury vault  which is one of the largest romanesque  

vaults in central germany and houses sacral  works of art all in all a really cool visit

then for afternoon activity we drove to a  broken lunch medium for a foraging workshop

all right sam this is right up your alley  here tell us what are we doing this afternoon  

i remember like about half a year ago we were we  were in a hotel and we were like binge watching  

forged in fire for the first time i'm not  making a sword but i am going to make a small  

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