SPECIALITIES 33 SPECIALITIES Enjoy the Rüdesheim and Assmanns-hausen hillside vineyards with their steep quartz slate slopes that are amon-gst the most well known vineyards in Germany. Greetings from the Wine Queen In my capacity as Wine Queen of Rüdesheim Jana the First 2008/2009, I am pleased to extend a warm welcome to you, along with my Wine Princesses, Christiane, Madeleine and Victoria, in our fabulous home town of Rüdesheim am Rhein. Come and visit, wander up through the vines to the “Niederwald Denkmal” (Monument), look round the “Nieder-wald Temple” and the “Rüdesheim Drosselgasse”. Be enchanted by our Rüdesheim Riesling or the Assmannshausen Spät-burgunder in one of the cosy seasonal wine taverns. Celebrate with us at the various festivals in Rüdesheim the sheer joy of living. We look forward to seeing you! Rüdesheim Wine-tasting Stands When the sun lights up the Rheingau, the wine stands invite all visitors and locals to have a glass of Riesling or Spätburgunder wine in the friendly atmosphere. Here you can enjoy a large variety of different wines from Rüdesheim vint-ners every week. Wine-tasting stand in the Bleichstraße Enjoy the original Rüdesheim wines and the atmosphere along the Rhine and try fresh Riesling wines and full-bodied Spätburgunder wines. The Dries, Oho, Reitz and Störzel families take it in turns to welcome you, a diffe-rent family each week, in the Bleich-straße every day from about 17 h. www.weinstand-ruedesheim.de Wine-tasting stand on the Market Square Surrounded by plane trees, the wine-tasting stand on Market Square invites you to stop by. On week-days from 16 h and at the week-end from 13 h the winegrowers Prasser, Schädel, Scholl and Veith-Bertram are there to greet and invite you to sample a glass of wine. www.ruedesheimer-weinstand.de Weinst(r)and zum Goethe The new address on the banks of the Rhine in Rüdesheim. Wines from more than 25 Rüdesheim vintners are pre-sented in a dream location. There is also fresh local cooking. Lounge music and holiday feelings are included. Open Monday to Saturday from 15 h Sundays from 11 h. Rhein-anlage - At peer 6. Live music and specials at www.wein-strand. de Asbach, the famous German speciality from Rüdesheim on the Romantic Rhine has been in existence since 1892 The “spirit of wine” is in Asbach - and it has many qualities. They stand for enjoyment, trust, competence and top quality. Above all it is the Asbach bran-dies that have earned the brand's good reputation. Selected basic wines, spe-cial care in production and the secret Asbach maturing and refining process are characteristic of all Asbach pro-ducts. The classic Asbach Uralt is con-sidered to be the top German spirit. Beyond that there are also some spe-cialities for connoisseurs e.g. Asbach Privatbrand, aged 8 years, or Asbach Selection, aged 21 years, an absolute top-quality product of the distiller's art. Experience the world of Asbach and the diversity of all the Asbach quality products in the Asbach Visitors Centre. Opening times: March to Christmas every Tuesday to Saturday 9 to 17 h. Closed on public holidays. Tel.: +49 (0)6722/497345 Please register first! You will find furt-her information at www.asbach.de 32