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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…

Photograph of black and white biodynamic wine bottles to symbolize the racist legacy of the man, Rudolf Steiner, behind the wines.

Germany · Austria · Essay · Switzerland

Opinion: Reconciling the Racism of Rudolf Steiner

ByLauren Johnson-Wünscher June 23, 2021November 14, 2023

It was biodynamic wine that helped me to find my footing in Europe. Yet, as a Black American woman living in Europe, Rudolf Steiner’s interests and views present a complicated and troubling legacy.

Germany · Essay · Literary

The Greatness of Small

ByStephen Bitterolf June 23, 2021August 1, 2023

Truth be told, I relish the fact that the phrase “kabinett trocken” feels like an oxymoron to so many people. For all reasonable drinkers who…

Germany · Eat+TRINK · Franken

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…