How central Europe's pink delight once captured pens and palates.

Germany's role in fueling new thinking on farming

Rheinhessen's dry revolution gives Scheurebe a new taste.

Wein Goutte is on the move

Old vines meet fresh talent in eastern Germany

The tantalizing talents of Pinot Blanc

Five growers' efforts to find out

Embracing the unexpected in Westphalian cheese and Zweigelt from Württemberg.

Moritz Nikolaus Lüke on the joys and challenges of becoming an MW.

Late release wines and manipulating time to reveal intention.

This "cure" for salmon requires a side of Silvaner.

Wine as a product of nature and culture, intricately defined.

Biodynamics as a path to individuality and greater terroir expression.

Germany’s signature sparkling wine finds a new identity.

Exploring what happens when intention and connection outweigh targets in the importer-producer relationship.

Sektlaune: an exuberant love, an idiosyncratic, inherently German emotional condition condensed into a single word.

How a chance call and a promise to set the bar high launched Germany's newest next-level Sekt project.

A renaissance on two fronts.

The hidden world of compounds and precursors behind the alluring spice of "umlaut wines."

Punishing vineyards, abandoned cellars — and the cast of young vintners who can’t resist them. 

What if being on the fringe turns out to be central to the identity and appeal of German wine in our times?

The coming-of-age story of how a white wine has managed to capture the soul of Germany's leading red diva, Pinot Noir.

After years in the background, Steinmetz is ready to be seen.

A new Nordic thirst for German wines is underpinned by philosophical and gastronomic affinities.

Müller-Thurgau has always been there for Germany. Why hasn’t Germany always been there for it?

Ardent authenticity has transformed Silvaner from draft horse to darling among Germany's young winemakers.

It is ancient. It is extra. And love it or hate it, Gewurz is here to stay. (Just give us back the umlaut, please!).

A culinary expedition through the uncharted waters off Germany’s North Sea coast and a hybrid wine from Franken.

The most exciting thing ever to happen to German wines might be that collector Robert Dentice fell in love with them.