Swabian Vibes
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…
Beethoven as Bacchus
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…
EAT & TRINK | Pfalz Riesling and Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup
If you ask a person from Taiwan to choose the 10 dishes that best represent his or her cuisine, Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup is inevitably…
Winners and Losers of the Revised German Wine Law
Roughly once a generation, the German government pops the hood on the country’s wine law for a tune up. 2021 is one such year, with…
Swiss Wine Trends
It would be easy to dismiss what happens in the tiny winegrowing country of Switzerland as an inconsequential alpine eddy, an iridescent surge in the…
When Vermouth was Spelled Wermut
It was the first hour of my first shift, and of course, it was a “Manhattan Cocktail.” I pictured the flashcards heavy in my pocket…
Sober Culture
What does one drink, when one doesn’t drink? Isabella Steiner opts for an oat milk latte. On the sun-kissed, hipster corner of Berlin known as…
Shimmering Schiller: German-speaking Rosé Gets Its Day
Germany offers a surprising array of rose wine styles. Elizabeth Gabay MW explores them here.
“It’s the Nitrogen, Stupid!”: On Agrochemistry, Biodynamics and Wine
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…
What’s Driving Swiss Wine?
The Donatschs were never conformists. Starting in the 1970s, Thomas Donatsch of Graubünden turned the Swiss wine landscape on its head with his illegal Chardonnay…
3 Can’t-Miss Wines from Vulkanland Steiermark
In Vulkanland Steiermark — “volcanic Styria” — the name says it all. Some 1,500 hectares of vineyard are, for the most part, sited on the…
WeinGoutte: A Suitcase Winery Unpacks on New Ground
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…