After the floods, German winemakers look to rebuild

Lukas Sermann works at his flood-affected vineyard in Altenahr, Germany, July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Andreas Kranz

ALTENAHR, Germany (Reuters) - Lukas Sermann's family has been making wine in Germany's Ahr wine district for almost 300 years. On Thursday last week, a night of flooding and ferocious storms all but wiped them out.

The rolling landscapes of the Ahr valley were among the worst hit by the disaster which killed at least 180 people.