Articles written by Donald Barford

Donald Barford|May 30, 2018

My wife and I have recently returned from a vacation in Europe where we stayed in Martinsthal, a village in the German Rheingau near Wiesbaden. The village’s population is approximately sixteen hundred. It is surrounded by vineyards and a church consecrated in the 13th century. The Rheingau is one of the important wine growing regions of Germany emphasized by a village of this size having five vintners who produce the local “Wildsau” wines. Beside the stream running thorough the village is a small park with a playground and small covered event...