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Planned Mosel Bridge Will Devastate Vineyards - Voice Your Opposition Now!

In the February 2010 Decanter magazine, the article “A Bridge Too Far” describes how work has started on the B50 High Mosel Bridge, designed to shorten the trip from Belgium and Holland to Germany’s Frankfurt-Hahn airport. The four-lane bridge will stand 160m high and stretch for 1.7 km and cost about €500m of public money, the work expected to take up to seven years to complete. It is figured the bridge will cut the journey time by approximately 30 minutes. Hendrik Hering of the SDP party, part of the ruling coalition in Germany says there is “widespread support across the region” for the project.

Erni Loosen, one of the Mosel’s leading winemakers was in Regional Wines this week; he refutes this and expressed his horror on how the bridge will devastate some of the best vineyards in the region. The bridge will go through and affect the great sites of Sonnenuhr in Wehlen and Zeltingen, Wurzgarten in Urzig and Domprobst in Graach, among many others. It will be impossible to estimate the long-term damage to the vineyards, ecology and wines of the region from pollution and the altering of the landscape. It will certainly not enhance the vista as the beautiful Millau Viaduct has done in France. World wine authority Hugh Johnson upon investigation has described the proposed bridge as “an autobahn on stilts” and vehemently opposes its construction. Loosen states “it is madness how the original plans, rejected in times of plenty, have now been resurrected in these times of recession”.

Those who have visited the Mosel and appreciate the beauty of the area, and wine lovers who enjoy the wonderful wines, the epitome of Riesling, will no doubt make their objections heard. Having toured the Mosel in 2005, and having enjoyed the beautiful delicacy and purity of Mosel wines for over 20 years, I ask you to do so too, otherwise future wine enthusiasts may never taste these glorious wines ever again. Contact the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel with your statement of opposition to the building of the B50 High Mosel Bridge. Email her at: angela.merkel@cdu.de and as Hugh Johnson suggests, open a bottle of Urziger, Graacher or Wehlener…..your choice.

- Raymond Chan


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