Berlin-Style Sustainability

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Liv Fleischhacker

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Volume 06, Forest for the Trees •
World clock on Alexanderplatz in Berlin seen from below
Photo credit Paula Redes Sidore

Over the last decade, Berlin has established itself as a wine city. No small feat, since little quality wine is made within a five-hour driving radius. But in the early 2010s the natural wine movement brought in “small plates and natural wine” bistros and more and more distributors — independent wine stores who both import and buy wines and then sell them to both restaurants and consumers alike — are basing themselves here. The RAW wine fair made Berlin its Central European hub back in 2015. Before March 2020, business was good.  Then came Covid.  Putting the Neighbor back in Neighborhood at…

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Liv Fleischhacker is a born and bred Berliner who's worked as a food and drinks writer since 2014. She is particularly well-versed in the city's bars, having experienced Berlin coming into its own as a culinary destination over the past decade. She co-runs the natural wine pop-up series natty. A lover of all foods sour and salty, there unfortunately aren't enough lemon trees in the city for her - all the more reason to seek out Berlin's more innovative eats. Her writings can be found in publications including Food52, Effilee, Mixology, and Munchies.

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