The Wine Destination Only the Pros Know

Beautiful scenery, outstanding wines, a warm welcome from the winemakers themselves: There’s so much to love in Germany’s Mosel Valley, a region largely undiscovered by American travelers

The first in a three-part series on German wines.

WHEN I MENTIONED to friends I was traveling to the Mosel region of Germany, invariably they asked one of two questions: “Where else are you going?” and “Why?”

American wine drinkers don’t visit German wine regions the same way they do those in Italy or France. And yet the Mosel is one of...