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Heinrich Breuer of Georg Breuer Weingut also granted me an audience. Standing among the 1,200-liter Stücken (large oval wine casks made of oak), I commented that his cellar was unusually warm. He explained that he dislikes the now ubiquitous modern technique of temperature control, which often promotes fruitier wines. "It's as if your children were brought up with no fresh air," he says. His wines--even his Spatbürgunder (Pinot Noir)--are exciting...
...head scarf. She serves guests sweet Arabic tea and fresh dates from Saudi Arabia. The couple's 5-year-old daughter, Nora, bounces around the room speaking perfect German and watching American cartoons on TV. Khalaf says municipal authorities are exaggerating the problem. He was born in Saarbrücken to a Palestinian father and German mother and likes to compare the rigorous nature of Wahhabism to his mother's Catholicism. "The Catholics are very strict," he says. "And the nuns also cover their bodies and heads. Where is the difference?" But Khalaf acknowledges that the combination of fundamentalist religion...