Varietal Psychology
There’s no end to writings about how wine affects people. It begets relaxation and well-being, of course, but also stimulating discussion. The right bottle can…
Austria · Germany · Rheingau · Styria · Switzerland
3 Can’t-Miss Sparkling Wines (with Umlauts)
The world of sparkling wines is changing for the better. The number of producers approaching this beverage in serious, artisanal, and creative ways continues to…
Austria’s Traisental
Wine regions are threaded along the Danube, one after another, like a string of Chanel pearls. Wagram, Kamptal, Kremstal, Wachau. And Traisental — the only…
Franken — Germany’s Most Underrated Region
We’ll come right out and say it: Franken (Franconia) is Germany’s most underrated region. If you still think of it as the source of wan…
Evolving the German Wine Queen Tradition
The story starts with a pedicure and a camping van. Each year when the German wine queen visits New York City, Paul Grieco treats her to a…
Ode to Humble Handkäse
Can you hear the music? Forget onions and vinegar: this Franken co-ferment hits harmonies as only Handkäse can do.
4 Faces of Alto Adige’s Iconic Vorberg
Trink Magazine | A highflying adventure in 4 vintages of Cantina Terlano’s reknowned Vorberg wine. By Paula Redes Sidore
Germany’s Raw Art: the Mettigel
Raw pork is the umlaut answer to the American molded potato salad or ham-and-bananas hollandaise.
German Wines Shine at Restaurant Scheepskameel
“When I started drinking wine, wine was French,” my father told me recently over dinner at Scheepskameel, a Dutch restaurant known for its excellent wine…
Returning Historic Varieties to Germany’s Vineyards
This is a story for the wine romantics among us who dream of bygone varieties, who hunker down to listen to the old stone terraces…
Germany · Austria · Burgenland · Württemberg
Blaufränkisch Bares Its Soul
My first true Blaufränkisch moment came in 2013, at a now-shuttered restaurant in Hamburg. Thirty-six bottles from a swath of Austria’s appellations stood open for…
Germany · Book Review · Mosel
Book Review: “Mosel Wine”
We like to think of Mosel wine as eternally glorious. The river valley’s nearly 2,000-year vinous history, its relics of Roman civilization and tributes to…