EuroYank Discovering Luxembourg: 2008

Friday, December 12, 2008

Christmas and Dining In Luxembourg

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First Some Videos To Set the Mood

- Luxembourg Christmas Market - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg - A Visual Tour -

- Luxembourg at Night Part 1 - Luxembourg at Night Part 2 -

Christmas Parades Luxembourg (2nd video please bear with the 24 second lead in English & Luxembourgish Language versions) -

Luxembourg City Downtown Pics
Overlooking the Square Celebrating Christmas

Downtown Square Christmas Booths

One of many Christmas booths (Sweets & Gingerbreads)

Christmas Mass In the Cathedral

Luxembourg City market night view

Downtown On the Square
Downtown square in Luxembourg eating christmas yummies... brats, crepes, belgium waffles, potatoe pancakes, and of course hot spiced wine

A Luxembourg Christmas
One of many booths in Luxembourg serving all kinds of sausages,
hamburgers, wieners, brats, and tons of local goodies

Two hour lunches are standard in Luxembourg. This again is the downtown square at Christmas time where people socialize, and enjoy the special goodies of the season

More of the Christmas market downtown

Elegant Luxembourg Dining

Luxembourg City lights at Christmas time

The Christmas look all around Luxembourg

Entering Luxembourg City from the East

More of Luxembourg at Night

Holy Family Manger Downtown Square

Luxembourg Chefs grilling made to order yum yum goodies

Friday, August 22, 2008

Luxembourg Wines, Babes, Casinos and Stuff

First, Special photos
country of Luxembourg

Night view approaching downtown

Luxembourg city, Luxembourg

The Luxembourg
National Diet

Some Luxembourg Bars

Luxembourg Babes

(mellow and spicy)

Gambling, Golf

and more links ...

Casino 2000 Luxembourg
Luxembourg Golf

Luxembourg -
2000 Year Wine Tradition

Seeing the Luxembourg Moselle vineyards for the first time can only be described as a shock.

There is a 2000-year-old tradition of wine making here, and immaculate and beautiful vineyards climb breathtaking slopes from the flower-filled villages that dot the wine route.

How come then, that the wines of Luxembourg are such a secret? The answer is that Luxembourg has - so far at least - felt no pressure to export. Almost half a million people live here, and happily consume the bulk of production.

And yet many wine makers that I spoke to are painfully aware of the suppressing effect this has on their industry: outside national boundaries, the wines of Luxembourg have no reputation.

So the locals - who can drive to France or Germany in half an hour - will not pay French or German prices. The result? A bottle of finely-crafted Riesling can be picked up for three or four Euros.

The Moselle Valley's wine festivals begin in August and run through November's 'New Wine' celebration in Wormeldange, Luxembourg.

Wine Festival Links

*Luxembourg: the Moselle valley and the Little Switzerland
*Wine Festivals

Luxembourg Wine Tradition

Luxembourg Wine Secrets

Some producers are pushing the envelope in terms of quality. In particular, they are ignoring the high yield limits set by the authorities, and taking an altogether more serious approach.

Legally, growers can harvest up to 140 hectolitres per hectare of grapes like Elbling and Rivaner, and up to 120hl/ha of Riesling, Pinot Gris and the other noble varieties. But the most serious growers are halving these levels, bringing in more concentrated juice from 60hl/ha or so.

There are only around 50 producers in Luxembourg, and all twelve producers that I visited offered wines with pristine clarity of fruit, excellent varietal character (blends are not allowed for still wines) and delightful balance. With their low prices these wines will find many fans.

Some great Luxembourg wine links ...

Luxembourg wine museum

Luxembourg's little-known wines
Wine Production in Luxembourg
Our vineyards and estates