Faithful and devout but also successful and innovative, the monks at Eberbach really knew how to run a business. Once they’d settled in the secluded forests of the Rheingau region, their abbey quickly grew to become one of Germany’s biggest and most influential Cistercian monasteries. Its highly profitable business was based on wine. The monks developed new pressing techniques, cultivated vast vineyards and used the largest wine barrels available at the time. Today’s modern wine cellar is a futuristic looking building that stands in stark contrast to the magnificence of the Romanesque-Gothic abbey. #germanytourism #visitgermany #hessentourismus ©Wiesbaden Marketing GmbH / Thomas Weinsheimer