Baden: Wines That Zig Where Others Zag
Baden is Germany’s third largest winegrowing region. From Cooperatives to Landwein, learn what makes this region and its wines so important.
Austria’s Vanishing Neusiedlersee. Again?
Under the onslaught of record-breaking drought, the Neusiedlersee is posing new conundrums for Austrian winegrowers. And this isn’t the first time.
Mosel – The Myth. The Legend. The Reality
The Mosel, Germany’s oldest winegrowing region, knows how to beguile. The Rheingau swathes itself in the trappings of nobility, Baden boasts of its sunshine, the…
Epokale: A New Gewürtztraminer for the Ages
Digging deep with six vintages of the mine-aged iconic Gewürtztraminer Epokale from Cantina Tramin.
In Conversation with Michael Moosbrugger, Part II
It’s hard to think of any one who has had greater influence over where Austrian wine is heading than Schloss Gobelsburg proprietor and Austria’s Traditionsweingüter…
Foehn — The Alpine Wind
“The Foehn wind is a real affineur of grapes . . .” from the diary of Weingut Bründlmayer Evidence from wine regions everywhere suggests that…
Wine Returns to Weinheim
A handful of Weinheim visionaries are reshaping the future of German wine in the country’s largest winegrowing region with lessons from the past.
In Conversation with Michael Moosbrugger
Two wine luminaries reflect on the complex and challenging process of taking Austrian vineyard classification from bill to law.
Rotling Outlaws
The sun blazes. The air shimmers. On the horizon four figures throw long shadows across the dry, crumbling ground. They are headed toward a city….
Sekt: Made in Austria
Sparkling winemakers in Austria are embracing and eschewing the boundaries of new regulations in pursuit of a definitive Sekt style.
The Insider’s Guide to Württemberg Riesling
What do you do when you have world-class Riesling terroirs — including some of Germany’s highest, coolest vineyards, extraordinary old vines and massale selections, and…
The Delicious Dichotomy of Alto Adige
Earth and sky. Airborne and grounded. The power and pleasure of reimagined wine and cheese from Cantina Tramin and Eggemoa Dairy.