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Rainer Zierock: Visionary Provocateur

ByRainer Schäfer May 31, 2023June 29, 2024

If Emilio Zierock finds it hard to talk about his controversial father, you can’t tell by listening to him. He speaks with remarkable openness about…

Austria · Germany

Cans with a Plan

ByValerie Kathawala May 31, 2023September 28, 2024

Djuce first entered my periphery late last year at the New York City iteration of Karakterre’s natural wine fair. Amid a cheerful invasion of producers from…

Germany · Baden

Wish You Were Here! Love, Bodensee

ByChristoph Raffelt May 31, 2023November 2, 2023

Ask a German about their favorite domestic vacation spots and Bodensee — aka Lake Constance — routinely sits near the top of the list. The country’s largest…

Germany

Still A Place For Prädikat?

BySamantha Cole-Johnson May 31, 2023February 17, 2024

The one piece of German wine law I thought I fully understood was the Prädikat system. First, I memorized the Prädikat levels. Later, I memorized the minimum must weights….

Austria · Germany · Italy · Switzerland

Alpine Wines Get New Scouts

ByValerie Kathawala April 14, 2023May 2, 2024

Archetype, a Portland, Oregon-based import start-up, is focused on Alpine wines. They are refining consumer’s understanding of the category and building community near and far.

Small house at the top of the Vitzenburger Schlossberg vineyard in Saale-Unstrut

Germany · Saale-Unstrut

Wine at the 51st Parallel in Saale-Unstrut

ByChristoph Raffelt February 15, 2023November 5, 2023

Trink Magazine | That viticulture is still possible in Germany’s Saale-Unstrut in an age of climate crisis is due to the microclimate of the valleys and the perseverance of its growers.

Germany · Mosel

The Southern Mosel Would Like a Word

ByRainer Schäfer February 15, 2023November 9, 2023

Jonas Dostert is relaxing in the inner courtyard of his family’s Southern Mosel estate in Nittel. The sun is shining, the grapes were harvested in late…

Bronze statue tipping his hat above a German Riesling vineyard on Rheinhessen's Roter Hang

Germany · Learn · Rheinhessen

Rheinhessen – welcome to your intervention

BySteven Sidore February 15, 2023February 11, 2024

A jack of all trades is inherently a master of none. While finding the right focus can help, that is often easier said than done….

crystal ball sits atop a wine glass with white wine overlooking the Mosel River

Germany · Alto Adige · Austria · Switzerland · Trends

Future Casting

ByValerie Kathawala February 15, 2023February 17, 2024

Trink Magazine | Valerie Kathawala hazards forecasts for the future of wines from Alto Adige-Südtirol, Austria, Germany, and German-speaking Switzerland.

AI-generate image of an Auslese wine pouring from a green bottle.

Germany · Mosel

Is It Truly ‘Aus’ with Auslese?

ByDavid Schildknecht November 16, 2022November 11, 2023

With production levels dwindling, many German wine circles are asking the uncomfortable question “Is Auslese finished?” David Schildknecht answers.

Germany · Austria

A Queer-Forward Wine Shop Gives New Wings to Umlaut Wines

ByValerie Kathawala November 16, 2022March 25, 2024

March 25, 2024 Update: Schmetterling has closed. It’s owners hope to reopen in the future. Are there parallels between German and Austrian wines, small-scale farming,…

Germany · Baden · Portrait

Weingut Blankenhorn: French Inspiration, Local Engagement

ByBart De Vries November 16, 2022November 11, 2023

Weingut Blankenhorn It wasn’t love at first sight for Martin and Yvonne Männer of Weingut Blankenhorn in Schliengen. On a trip to Switzerland in spring 2015, they…