Playing Bond, James Bond, at a Swiss Wine Hotel
The lure of 007 and having bubbles at their fingertips in the Bollinger Suite pulls some people into Erlinsbach, in northern Switzerland, for a night…
Flood Comes for the Ahr and Its Winemakers
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…
Berlin-Style Sustainability
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…
Terroir Trocken
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,…
Explore Pfyn: A Swiss Wine Nature Park
In a Swiss park, a footpath leads from Leuk, a village straddling the Rhone, up to Varen, which is perched on a cliff. The trail…
Germany · Alto Adige · Austria · Switzerland
Get to Know German-Speaking Orange Wines
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…
Germany · Austria · Essay · Switzerland
Opinion: Reconciling the Racism of Rudolf Steiner
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.
Non-vintage Is Timeless
Was everything really better in the past? Well, people were at least more patient. Vaccines were developed over the course of years. Under Communism…
The Greatness of Small
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…
Veritable Vernatsch in Alto Adige
For centuries, the grape variety Vernatsch has been both flagship and albatross around the neck of Italy’s northern region of Alto Adige-Südtirol. In this final…
Eat + TRINK | Where Silvaner Meets the Sea
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…