In Karl Marx’s youthful and spirited defense of Mosel wine-growers the foretaste of a revolutionary career

VINTNERS WITH PROPERTY in the steep hillsides that overlook the Mosel River between Trier and Koblenz have a worldwide market for their cooly aromatic, austerely-structured white wines.  Today, growers there can count on steady demand and good prices.  In the U.S., the hipster segment appears to have succumbed to the taut allure of cool-climate riesling…