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...Johannes Leitz of the Josef Leitz Winery is one of the superstars of Germany's Rheingau wine region. Based in R?desheim, a charming town of 10,000, Leitz is known for his complex, naturally made wines. According to him, the secret of German Riesling is the soil's quartz and slate. Over time, the minerals give the wines their distinctive flavors of rosewater, litchi and apricot. Heinrich Breuer of Georg Breuer Winery also makes outstanding wines the natural way. He eschews temperature control because this technique promotes fruitier wines: "It's as if your children were brought up with...
According to him, the secret of German Riesling is the soil's quartz and slate. Over time, the minerals give the wines their distinctive flavors of rosewater, litchi and apricot. Heinrich Breuer of Georg Breuer Winery also makes outstanding wines the natural way. He eschews temperature control because this technique promotes fruitier wines: "It's as if your children were brought up with no fresh air." His wines - even his Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) - are exciting. Besides having a terrific wineshop, Breuer also offers the town's best digs...
According to Leitz, a secret of German Riesling is the soil's quartz and slate. When one tastes beautifully made Riesling, the minerals are obvious. With time, their flavors evolve into those of rose water, litchi and apricot, with a splash of acidity. That flavor combination is what Riesling lovers crave...
...WORKS: Cosentino's Silestone is made by compressing natural crystal quartz at the molecular level. In the process, the microbe-resistant agent is bonded to the rock so the countertop has a germ-fighting property when cut, shaped or even chipped...
...While surveying a potential mine site near Ninety Mile in 1894 - two years after Bayley and Ford struck gold in Coolgardie, 150 km to the south - he and his party ran out of water. "We followed the line of the reef to the top of the rise, nuggets and quartz lay everywhere," he reportedly said. "The place was literally saturated with the metal." But the town that briefly prospered in his wake (mining had all but ceased by 1910), today seems like another mirage on Lake Ballard. Surveying an otherwise featureless horizon of red earth and mulga scrub from...