Kaiserstuhl Pins and Buttons

View across the Kaiserstuhl in Autumn

Kaiserstuhl - vines

A view of the vines in the autumn, just before harvesting.

The vineyards at the end of March poised to start bursting forth again for a new year.

A sample of the finished product.

A view of the village of Schelingen with the Vosges mountains in the distance.

Another autumn view of the vines.

This is a range of hills of volcanic origin in south-western Germany. The climate here is extremely mild - it is practically the warmest part of Germany - and the main occupation seems to be growing grapes for winemaking. More information on the Kaiserstuhl "here":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiserstuhl_%28Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg%29

View from the top of Bad Berg with the Vosges mountains in the distance.

Bad Berg is one of the volcanic hills which make up the Kaiserstuhl area in south-western Germany. More information on the Kaiserstuhl "here":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiserstuhl_%28Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg%29

Sunset on an extremely windy day.

Jechtingen, Kaiserstuhl, Germany

The castle ruins amongs the autumn vines.

...and the Vosges mountains in the distance.

There seems to be some kind of wine on sale here. As long as you're not superstitious...

A small village right in the middle of all the vines with the Rhine and Alsace somewhere in the background.

A small village on the Kaiserstuhl literally surrounded by vines.

The ruins of a castle built on a site originally used by the Romans. It's obviously gone to the dogs since then...

Burkheim, Kaiserstuhl - another view of the castle

Another view from a distance

Sunlight on autumn trees, Kaiserstuhl, Germany

Sunlight falling on these vines growing down the side of an old building.

This one's got it all really - beautiful weather, landscape, autumn colours, and little puffy clouds...

A close-up view of autumnal vines turning colour in the sunlight.

A wonderful old fruit tree in full autumn glory. Kaiserstuhl, South Germany.

Kaiserstuhl grapes just waiting to be harvested