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Eat + TRINK | Where Silvaner Meets the Sea

ByJérôme Hainz June 23, 2021March 21, 2024

Confession time: Which wine and food pairings make your eyes roll faster than a teenager’s? Champagne and strawberries? Pizza and Lambrusco? Muscadet and oysters? In…

Germany · Mosel · Pfalz · Rheingau

Kabinett Trocken: Oxymoron or Opportunity?

ByDavid Schildknecht June 23, 2021February 27, 2024

It’s an unfortunate paradox: the very climatic conditions that leave us thirsting for lightweight, refreshing and soul-satisfying dry wines render these hard to achieve. Yet,…

Germany · Austria · Interview

12 Questions for Terry Theise

ByValerie Kathawala May 19, 2021August 1, 2023

Terry Theise. Until quite recently, I would have written “an importer of German and Austrian wine who needs no introduction.” But over the past year,…

Germany · Württemberg

Swabian Vibes

ByKatharina Matheis May 19, 2021February 11, 2024

Those who go on the hunt for modern Württemberg may be surprised by what they find on the journey. In this stretch of southern Germany, many things…

Germany · Portrait · Rheingau

Beethoven as Bacchus

ByRon Merlino May 19, 2021November 12, 2023

On the dark morning of March 26, 1827, a heavy snowstorm was falling outside the fogged window panes of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Vienna apartment. Everything…

Germany · Eat+TRINK · Pfalz

EAT & TRINK | Pfalz Riesling and Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup

ByJoyce Lin May 19, 2021August 1, 2023

If you ask a person from Taiwan to choose the 10 dishes that best represent his or her cuisine, Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup is inevitably…

Statue of blind Lady Justice | Revised German Wine Laws 2023

Germany

Winners and Losers of the Revised German Wine Law

BySteven Sidore May 19, 2021May 2, 2024

Roughly once a generation, the German government pops the hood on the country’s wine law for a tune up. 2021 is one such year, with…

Germany · Mosel

When Vermouth was Spelled Wermut

ByPhilippe Grandbois May 19, 2021October 17, 2023

It was the first hour of my first shift, and of course, it was a “Manhattan Cocktail.” I pictured the flashcards heavy in my pocket…

Germany · Tasting Article

Sober Culture

ByEva Biringer May 19, 2021August 1, 2023

What does one drink, when one doesn’t drink? Isabella Steiner opts for an oat milk latte. On the sun-kissed, hipster corner of Berlin known as…

Germany

“It’s the Nitrogen, Stupid!”: On Agrochemistry, Biodynamics and Wine

ByRomana Echensperger April 7, 2021May 2, 2024

Above, a postcard from the German fertilizer industry of the 1920s. At the time, perspectives on soil were changing: Until then, people had spoken of plant growth…

Austria · Germany

WeinGoutte: A Suitcase Winery Unpacks on New Ground

ByValerie Kathawala April 7, 2021November 9, 2023

Home is where the vines grow. We’ve all heard variations on that theme. But just how far can that idea be taken? Wein Goutte…

Germany · Alto Adige · Austria · Tasting Article

In the Sign of Subtlety

ByDavid Schildknecht April 7, 2021August 1, 2023

Pinot Blanc is neither a distinctive cépage nor a particular grape variety – at least, not from the viewpoint of ampelography or genetics. And what there is of pure Pinot Blanc worldwide is nearly all rendered in German-speaking growing regions where it is typically known as Weissburgunder.

Germany

Eat + TRINK | Where Silvaner Meets the Sea

Kabinett Trocken: Oxymoron or Opportunity?

12 Questions for Terry Theise

Swabian Vibes

Beethoven as Bacchus

EAT & TRINK | Pfalz Riesling and Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup

Winners and Losers of the Revised German Wine Law

When Vermouth was Spelled Wermut

Sober Culture

“It’s the Nitrogen, Stupid!”: On Agrochemistry, Biodynamics and Wine

WeinGoutte: A Suitcase Winery Unpacks on New Ground

In the Sign of Subtlety

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