Mason Washington and the Pull of German Roots
Mason Washington wants to set himself apart in the wine world. He’s convinced his German identity is the ticket. The 24-year-old digital media marketer grew…
Nahe – Welcome to Germany’s Wild West
Some say it lacks the historical cache of the Rheingau, the legendary vineyard names of the Mosel, or the easy charm of neighboring Rheinhessen. There…
Releasing the Power of Hidden Sweetness
“Dry” describes what wine drinkers overwhelmingly profess to desire. And “trocken” can only appear on labels of German Rieslings with less than 10 grams of…
Eat + TRINK | Weissburgunder meets “Schnitzel”
TRINK Magazine | Japanese Tonkatsu proves an ideal pairingwith 2018 Alto Adige’s Kettmeir Pinot Bianco.
The New Teachings of Old Field Blends
The year is 1806. The date June 17th. Privy Councilor Goethe sits in Frankfurt — high and dry. He reaches for his quill and writes a…
Six Swine Wines in the Steiermark
12/17/2021 Swine Wines in the Steiermark By Sebastian Bordthäuser In mid-October, Koch.Campus invited guests to a first-class pig-out in Trautmannsdorf, in Steiermark. “Going Whole…
Hoss Hauksson: Daring Aargau Pinot to Go Higher
Hoss Hauksson is transforming his Pinot Noir vineyards in the Swiss Aargau into havens of ecological diversity.
Tom Litwan
Trained mason Tom Litwan began crafting elegant yet edgy, biodynamic, low-intervention Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays in Switzerland’s Aargau back in 2006. Today his wines play in…
What to Drink When a Somm Comes to Dinner
It is Friday night and I’m terrified. In 24 hours, a top sommelier is coming to our house for dinner. A sommelier who puts together…
Riesling, Weed, and the Creative Cosmos of Skinny Pablo
On an early autumn night, in a quietly insiderish neighborhood of Queens, New York, deep beats and warping, hypnotic sound penetrate the stillness. Trapezoids of light slant…
It Takes Two: Heidi Mäkinen and Gernot Kollmann
What do one of the Mosel’s oldest winemaking estates and a country with a fledgling wine-drinking culture have in common? The answer, as with most…
Wines with a View at Winkler-Hermaden
12/17/2021 Wines with a View at Winkler-Hermaden By Jill Barth The story of Weingut Winkler-Hermaden and its home in a striking 11th-century castle starts…