“I told myself we couldn’t just throw it all away,” recalls Linda Kleber, the founder of the “Flutwein” (“Flood wine”) initiative. (article continues below) See also on The Local:In his cellar, about 200,000 bottles of wine were submerged on the night of June 14th. “Without wine, the Ahr valley wouldn’t exist — to say nothing of its gastronomy,” says Joerg Kleber, husband of Linda. READ ALSO: From water to wine in the Rhineland’s beautiful BoppardPaul Schumacher, 63, is one of those whose losses were great. Just before the waters arrived at his door, Schumacher went down to make sure his barrels of wine were well sealed.

Source: The Local August 05, 2021 07:30 UTC