Still A Place For Prädikat?
The one piece of German wine law I thought I fully understood was the Prädikat system. First, I memorized the Prädikat levels. Later, I memorized the minimum must weights….
Swiss R and D Chases Winning PIWIs
With a third generation of fungus-resistant hybrid wine grapes in development, are we poised for a breakthrough in the spread of so-called PIWIs? Will the…
Is It Time for Screwcaps on Fine Wine?
Screwcaps for fine wine are making a comeback. Do these cheap and cheerful closures have what it takes for the long run?
Cans with a Plan
Djuce first entered my periphery late last year at the New York City iteration of Karakterre’s natural wine fair. Amid a cheerful invasion of producers from…
Rainer Zierock: Visionary Provocateur
If Emilio Zierock finds it hard to talk about his controversial father, you can’t tell by listening to him. He speaks with remarkable openness about…
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Alpine Wines Get New Scouts
Archetype, a Portland, Oregon-based import start-up, is focused on Alpine wines. They are refining consumer’s understanding of the category and building community near and far.
Wine at the 51st Parallel in Saale-Unstrut
Trink Magazine | That viticulture is still possible in Germany’s Saale-Unstrut in an age of climate crisis is due to the microclimate of the valleys and the perseverance of its growers.
Räuschling Renaissance
Räuschling isn’t just wonderfully umlauted, it’s also one of the most exciting autochthonous white wine varieties in German-speaking Switzerland. This became clear to me on…
Grüner Veltliner for Later
The Wine Friend is a figure of great importance in the life of a wine drinker. They can take the form a kind benefactor, perhaps…
Discovering Austria’s Thermenregion
To mark a recent milestone anniversary, Austria’s association of traditional wine estates (ÖTW) invited into its fold a region that is in many regards the…
Understanding Alto Adige-Südtirol
Trink Magazine | This primer offers insight into the surprising contrasts and dynamics at play in the wines of Alto Adige, this small, mountainous, and little known corner of northeast Italy.
The Southern Mosel Would Like a Word
Jonas Dostert is relaxing in the inner courtyard of his family’s Southern Mosel estate in Nittel. The sun is shining, the grapes were harvested in late…