This is a bottle of the famous Doctor wine from the Mosel village of Bernkastel. One of the most famous wines of the Mosel, the story was that in the 14th century Prince-Bishop Boemund II of Trier was cured from a very serious (some versions say terminal) illness overnight after consuming two bottles of the wines of the vineyard; hence both the wine and the vineyard from which it came, were named Doctor. Apparently there are also other vineyards named Doctor (or Doktor, the German spelling), but the one from Bernkastel is the best known.
Bernkasteler Doktor was originally owned by 3 families, but now ownership has increased to a total of 6 families. Dr Thanish (the winery from which the above bottle came) is one of the original three. That estate has been divided in the 1980s and the two resultant wineries are still comparable in the quality of their wines.
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