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…
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…
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…
Germany · Learn · Rheinhessen
Rheinhessen – welcome to your intervention
A jack of all trades is inherently a master of none. While finding the right focus can help, that is often easier said than done….
Germany · Alto Adige · Austria · Switzerland · Trends
Future Casting
Trink Magazine | Valerie Kathawala hazards forecasts for the future of wines from Alto Adige-Südtirol, Austria, Germany, and German-speaking Switzerland.
Fresh, Frank and Fiercely Carnuntum
Trink Magazine | Austria’s winegrowing region of Carnuntum has seemingly been there from the beginning with an identity forever in flux. Paula Redes Sidore explores how growers are redefining what regionality means, together.
Eat + TRINK | A Sweet Delicacy Calls for Schiava
Lunar New Year (aka Spring Festival, or Guo Nian in Mandarin) is arguably the most important holiday for people of Chinese heritage — especially in Taiwan, where…
Holiday Gift Guide 2022
Gifts, gifts, gifts! What to give the Wein lover in your life — or yourself? We gathered pro tips from TRINK writers and staff and other…
Is It Truly ‘Aus’ with Auslese?
With production levels dwindling, many German wine circles are asking the uncomfortable question “Is Auslese finished?” David Schildknecht answers.
Risk and Reward in Austria’s Warming Wachau
In an age defined by climate emergency, can winegrowers in Austria’s warming Wachau react and adapt fast enough to maintain the region’s historic pole position?
A Queer-Forward Wine Shop Gives New Wings to Umlaut Wines
March 25, 2024 Update: Schmetterling has closed. It’s owners hope to reopen in the future. Are there parallels between German and Austrian wines, small-scale farming,…