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Paula Sidore and Stuart Pigott on stage of Prowein Forum Trend Talks

ProWein Pro Tips

ByThe Editors March 4, 2024March 5, 2024

A ProWein primer on how to survive and thrive at the world’s largest wine and spirits trade fair.

Caroline and Sylvain Diel lean into each other holding two wine glasses in the garden of their Nahe winegrowing estate

Germany · Nahe

A Sweetheart Diel That’s Better Than Chocolate

ByPaula Redes Sidore February 14, 2024May 2, 2024

For Valentine’s Day, how a chocolate and wine pairing made for a meet-cute that is now writing a new wine narrative in the Nahe.

Bottle of Aldinger Burgundersekt before disgorgement in cellar

Germany · Tasting Article

How Burgundersekt Is Usurping Riesling’s Sparkling Crown

ByChristoph Raffelt January 23, 2024January 27, 2024

10 sparkling secrets of the sekt generation.

Blue triangle marking organic spraying among Pinot (aka spätburgunder) vines in Germany's Ahr valley

Ahr · Essay · Germany

Better Spät than Never in the Ahr

BySimon J. Woolf January 23, 2024January 25, 2024

How catastrophe proved a catalyst for change, and helped Germany’s Pinot paradise find a new way to farm.

Silas Weiss and Hanspeter Zieresien in the cellar

Germany · Switzerland

Ziereisen Crosses a New Line

ByBart De Vries January 23, 2024February 8, 2024

A Swiss winery benefits from the touch of the master of Markgräflerland.

Germany · Alto Adige · Italy · Württemberg

What You’re Still Getting Wrong About Trollinger

ByRainer Schäfer January 23, 2024January 25, 2024

Trollinger was long decried as a poor excuse of a wine. Increasingly, growers and drinkers beg to differ.

A stack of German wine books with Vom Boden: Ten Years of Hocks & Moselles on top

Germany · Book Review

A New Book Probes the Heart of German Wine

ByValerie Kathawala January 23, 2024January 27, 2024

Stephen Bitterolf’s new book “Vom Boden: Ten Years of Hocks & Moselles” in review.

The endangered Apollo butterfly in its home on the lower Mosel terraces rests on vegetation with wings unfolded.

News · Germany · Mosel

The Butterfly Effect: A Battle Heats Up in the Mosel

ByValerie Kathawala January 11, 2024February 7, 2024

The future of the Mosel Apollo butterfly and its habitat of the Mosel terraces are endangered. Can a solution be found that allows both to continue to coexist?

Eat+TRINK · Alsace

Seeking an Alt Route to Choucroute

ByJoyce Lin October 18, 2023November 9, 2023

Joyce Lin gives a traditional and beloved Taiwanese dish an umlaut twist and a fresh French pairing.

Red stone French church in foreground among vineyards with mountains in back.

Alsace · Essay

In Alsace

ByNina Caplan October 18, 2023November 9, 2023

The ancient injunction to keep your friends close and your enemies closer is all very well, but in Alsace it can be hard to tell…

Rheinhessen

Ingelheim: The Spätburgunder Hotspot You’ve Never Heard of

ByNils Kevin Puls October 18, 2023September 16, 2024

Ingelheim Rheinhessen is a hotspot for German Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder).

Germany · Finger Lakes

German Lessons in the Finger Lakes

ByNaomi Thorner October 18, 2023November 9, 2023

Slopes tilting toward shimmering water; a long, cool growing season; and shallow slate soil — to a connoisseur of German wines, these features immediately evoke…

Germany