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“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.

collage of three winegrowers standing in front of their cellar doors

Germany · Austria · Rheingau · Rheinhessen

What is the Role of “Heimat” in Terroir?

ByNils Kevin Puls April 7, 2021November 12, 2023

For over a year, we’ve been living with a pandemic that has shut down more than just our senses of taste and smell. It has…

Germany · Franken · Pfalz · Rheinhessen

Drink More Scheu!

ByChristoph Raffelt April 7, 2021September 10, 2024

If there is an underdog in Germany’s largest winegrowing region, Rheinhessen, it is Scheurebe. Vinified sweet for many years, Scheurebe — pronounced SHOY-ray-beh — largely…

Germany · Portrait · Saale-Unstrut

Konni + Evi: Rewriting Possibility in Saale-Unstrut

ByEva Biringer April 7, 2021November 12, 2023

It’s hard to believe now, but Germany was once a divided country, and the East was a strange microcosm of icons of that era: Sandmännchen, Jungpioniere, and FKK-Kultur….

Scellebelle cheese with rind on wooden cutting board beside bottle of Beurer Zweigelt and red wine glass and notebook

Germany · Eat+TRINK · Württemberg

Scellebelle and Zweigelt

ByUrsula Heinzelmann April 7, 2021November 14, 2023

When Westphalia and Württemberg meet on the table good tastes are bound to happen.

Summer view of inner courtyard with plants and stone buildings in Germany's Pfalz winegrowing region

Germany · Learn · Pfalz

Pfalz comes into its own

ByValerie Kathawala March 24, 2021February 17, 2024

The Pfalz is Germany’s second-largest wine region (by volume) — and perhaps its biggest surprise. The south-of-the-Alps feel of abundance and harmony stems from geographic…

Germany · Interview

Ten Questions for Germany’s Newest Master of Wine

ByValerie Kathawala March 11, 2021September 12, 2023

A fresh crop of Masters of Wine was announced late last month: Ten individuals who have grasped the holy grail of wine education. Among them is Moritz Nikolaus…

Winemaker Christine Pieroth in cellar inspecting a raised glass of red wine in the light

Germany · Nahe · Portrait

Christine Pieroth: The Nahe’s Natural Pioneer

ByStephanie Hanel February 5, 2021February 27, 2024

Piri Naturel is Christine Pieroth’s independent line of natural wines in Germany’s Burg Layen. Her wines bring a breath of fresh air to more straightforward Nahe’s wine scene.

Germany · Mosel · Nahe · Pfalz · Rheinhessen

Time in a Bottle: Good Things Come to Those Who Late

ByPaula Redes Sidore February 5, 2021February 11, 2024

While artists throughout the ages have longed to catch time in a bottle, it is winemakers who have indeed come closest to achieving this noblest of…

Germany · Eat+TRINK · Rheinhessen

Eat & TRINK | Grüner Silvaner and Gravlax

ByJérôme Hainz February 5, 2021October 10, 2024

Curing fish is a bit like baking cakes: unless one follows a particular recipe to the letter, the final result inevitably contains an element or…