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The Auslese Alchemist

ByTorsten Schmidt September 17, 2021October 17, 2023

People imagined him to be an alchemist. Granted, it wasn’t gold his slender hands were currently molding, rather a gleaming tinted zinc capsule, encompassing perfect…

Die Rebe ist ein Sonnenkind

ByAmanda Smeltz September 17, 2021August 1, 2023

for S.B. with love Die Rebe ist ein Sonnenkind. Sie liebt den Berg und haβt den Wind.So open your door already—for god’s sake, just let…

Germany · Literary · Rheinhessen

Wine Meets Literature in Wiesbaden

ByJudy Rae Merhar September 17, 2021November 14, 2023

The intimate wine bar from Holger Schwedler, the size of a Texas walk-in closet, sat off a quiet pedestrian alley not far from the famous curative hot spring of Wiesbaden, the Kochbrunnen. Too small for a kitchen, the wine bar encouraged patrons to bring their own vittles, which, like the guests, included a variety…

Germany · Essay · Literary · Nahe

Hermannshöhle Hallelujah

ByClare Tooley September 17, 2021August 1, 2023

Her child, she thinks, is a Riesling. Of all the varieties in the world, she inevitably returns to this one. There is something in the…

Germany · Austria · Essay · Literary · Mosel

How Natural Wine Made Me Confront My German Problem

ByAlice Feiring September 17, 2021November 2, 2024

For a Jewish baby boomer like me, the Holocaust was always part of my DNA. Yet, I was not the child of survivors. My Polish…

Germany · Literary · Mosel

Humility

ByTrink Magazine September 17, 2021August 1, 2023

By Rudolf Trossen The sun recedes, the summer wanes,the ripe grapes long since gifted.A chill arrives under the guise of evening wind,Long shadows stretch heavy…

Germany · Literary

Letter to My Younger Somm Self

ByPaula Redes Sidore September 17, 2021April 12, 2024

Don’t let anyone tell you those rocks are a waste of time. Twenty-five years from now, sitting in a Koblenz classroom on your first day…

A small building half destroyed by flood is in the foreground, in the background a terraced vineyard.

Germany · Ahr · News

Flood Comes for the Ahr and Its Winemakers

ByValerie Kathawala July 19, 2021October 29, 2024

From last Wednesday night into Thursday morning, 148 liters/square meter of rain fell on the Ahr. In a normal July, the region gets about 80…

Germany · Austria · Portrait · Rheingau · Vienna

Beethoven as Bacchus, Part II

ByRon Merlino June 23, 2021November 12, 2023

In the first movement of this piece, we looked at the origins of Ludwig van Beethoven’s interest in wine and the critical role this played in shaping…

World clock on Alexanderplatz in Berlin seen from below

Germany

Berlin-Style Sustainability

ByLiv Fleischhacker June 23, 2021August 1, 2023

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…

Germany · News

Terroir Trocken

ByStuart Pigott June 23, 2021August 1, 2023

The photos that German astronaut Alexander Gerst sent back from the International Space Station during summer 2018 were deeply shocking: Germany was no longer green,…

Germany · Alto Adige · Austria · Switzerland

Get to Know German-Speaking Orange Wines

ByValerie Kathawala June 23, 2021February 8, 2024

Skin-contact white wines may have their revolutionary roots in Georgia, Slovenia, and Friuli, but the umlaut zone also stakes a strong claim for orange expressions. Austria…