- For my 18th birthday, the legal drinking age at that time in my country, reflecting the military draft age,... in 1973, my father gave me a glass of Blue Nun Leibfraumilch...
..very tart and dry, and very low in alcohol, most likely why dad picked it.. - with seafood
It was the very first and very last glass of wine I ever had with my dad.
That summer I was away at college and did not know he had cancer.
By the next school year, I could tell, and the rides we took together back and forth to school
on weekends were treasured times ..the next summer he was too sick, and on August 27th he passed away, not making it to the end of the world series as he had hoped.
The night of my 18th birthday was special, it was the last time my mom and dad and I were together where my dad seemed well. They took me to the Seaman's Inn, at The Mystic Seaport, in Mystic, Connecticut.
So thankful for this dear memory.
The aniversary of my dad's birthday is tomorrow, May 30th
He was 48 when he passed away from cancer,
When he was a pilot in the USA Airforce, ciggaretts were handed out for free.....
Liebfraumilch
This lightly sweet German white wine is made from a blend that often includes Riesling, Silvaner or Müller-Thurgau grapes. Its quality varies greatly depending on the shipper. Liebfraumilch is German for "the milk of our Lady," and was so named because it originally came from the vineyards of a church of the same name, Liebfrauenkirche — "Church of our Lady. "
At the time of my 18th birthday,in 1973, it was made only from the actual district in Worms where the church was and was made of high quality grapes.given to the wine produced from the vineyards of the Liebfrauenkirche or Church of Our Lady in the Rhineland-Palatinate city ofWorms since the 18th century.with Spatlese or Auslese grapes
It became popular and more common, ten years later in 1984. and then declined in populaity and was sold to another company that changed it's name to Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA), changing the grapes from Müller-Thurgau to 30% Riesling, and making it less sweet. It remains relatively low in alcohol at 9.5%.
That origal church yard wine of 1923 is no longer made and the name of Leibfraumilch.is now used as a generic term for lesser quality wines.
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