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Ten Questions for Germany’s Newest Master of Wine

ByValerie Kathawala March 11, 2021September 12, 2023

A fresh crop of Masters of Wine was announced late last month: Ten individuals who have grasped the holy grail of wine education. Among them is Moritz Nikolaus…

Winemaker Christine Pieroth in cellar inspecting a raised glass of red wine in the light

Christine Pieroth: The Nahe’s Natural Pioneer

ByStephanie Hanel February 5, 2021February 27, 2024

Piri Naturel is Christine Pieroth’s independent line of natural wines in Germany’s Burg Layen. Her wines bring a breath of fresh air to more straightforward Nahe’s wine scene.

Germany · Mosel · Nahe · Pfalz · Rheinhessen

Time in a Bottle: Good Things Come to Those Who Late

ByPaula Redes Sidore February 5, 2021February 11, 2024

While artists throughout the ages have longed to catch time in a bottle, it is winemakers who have indeed come closest to achieving this noblest of…

Germany · Eat+TRINK · Rheinhessen

Eat & TRINK | Grüner Silvaner and Gravlax

ByJérôme Hainz February 5, 2021October 10, 2024

Curing fish is a bit like baking cakes: unless one follows a particular recipe to the letter, the final result inevitably contains an element or…

Germany · Alto Adige · Austria

How Austrian Biodynamic Growers Put Individuality First, Together

ByValerie Kathawala January 15, 2021February 17, 2024

Why does biodynamics matter? Respekt-BIODYN is the ongoing effort of 25 growers from German-speaking wine regions to answer that question. Though there are many forms…

Germany · Austria

Are the British Getting a Taste for Umlauts?

ByDavid Crossley December 14, 2020February 8, 2024

We British are not the world’s most noted linguists, but that doesn’t seem to put off some of us from drinking “German-speaking” wines. That said,…

Whole spices scattered across a transparent background.

Germany · Alto Adige · Austria · Switzerland

He Who Controls the Spice Controls the Universe

ByCarrie Dykes December 14, 2020February 17, 2024

Picture yourself at a German holiday market (if such things were happening in 2020) — a mug of glühwein in hand and the scent of…

Phototgraph of three bottles of German sekt

Alto Adige · Essay · Germany

Sektlaune is a Sparkling State of Mind

BySebastian Bordthäuser December 14, 2020November 10, 2023

Sekt embodies free spirit, hedonism, even — in its blatant disregard for rules — punk. The limitless maximization of lust for life and the unadulterated…

Germany · Interview · Portrait

It Takes Two: Eva Fricke and Jenna Fields

ByKathleen Willcox December 14, 2020March 25, 2024

March 25, 2024 Update: Eva Fricke and the German Wine Collection no longer together. Apparently, the tango takes even more complex footwork than either party…

Germany · Interview · Pfalz

Not According to Plan: Sektgut Christmann & Kauffmann

ByPaula Redes Sidore December 14, 2020February 27, 2024

Champagne roots and Riesling blood: an interview with Pfalz’s newest sektgut Christmann & Kauffmann.

Germany · Tasting Article

Sekt: The Chequered History

ByAnne Krebiehl December 14, 2020October 18, 2023

For the longest time, Sekt was a dirty word. It stood for bottles of inexpensive, easy fizz with obnoxious plastic corks to be found on the street,…

View onto the terraced Assmannshäuser Hollenberg vineyards in summer overlooking the Rhine River

Germany · Learn · Rheingau

Rheingau – Past, Present, (And Future?) Greatness

ByValerie Kathawala December 9, 2020October 11, 2024

The Rheingau. A small, splendidly historic region of aristocratic estates and superb terroir awaiting an energizing charge. The steady ship in Germany’s often storm-tossed seas, navigating…

Germany