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A bowl of fish soup next to a glass of Pfalz Riesling

The Pfalz’s Unlikely Catch: A Fish Soup Story

ByPaul Kern March 24, 2025March 25, 2025

Move over, Saumagen. The Pfalz is staking its claim to seafood with “a fish soup of their own.”

Jakob Moise crouches in his vineyards on the Kaiserstuhl, photo credit: Jakob Moise

Germany · Baden

Big Risks, High Stakes: The New Climate Calculus on the Kaiserstuhl

ByRainer Schäfer March 10, 2025March 14, 2025

It is a landscape rife with charms and challenges: From their perch atop the Oberrotweiler Eichberg, on a long-dormant volcano that rises to 310 meters,…

Germany

Germany’s Unrivaled Bread Culture

ByMartin Sorge February 24, 2025February 24, 2025

On a chilly April morning, I sat in the tasting room of an renowned old Alsatian winery, under the spell of an enchanting rose-and-peach-inflected, off-dry…

A blue hardcover book with the title Classic German Cooking by Luisa Weiss rests on a wooden table next to cooking implements.

Book Review · Germany

The Healing Power of Classic German Cooking

ByValerie Kathawala February 24, 2025February 25, 2025

“Germans are particularly nostalgic about the food of their grandmothers,” writes Luisa Weiss, furnishing a sturdy thesis for her handsome, welcoming new cookbook. Weiss, whom…

Szegediner Gulasch with potatoes in Berlin kitchen, Germany

Eat+TRINK · Germany · Hungary

Berlin’s Gulasch: A Stirring of Home

ByLuisa Weiss February 10, 2025February 24, 2025

Luisa Weiss’s recipe (and pairing) for a heartwarming bowl of gulasch and Gemütlichkeit in Germany’s capital city.

Germany · Austria

Where to Drink German and Austrian Wine in NYC

ByValerie Kathawala January 12, 2025January 13, 2025

Whether you’re dropping into town for the bacchanalia that is Rieslingfeier or you’re a native New Yorker curious to get a taste of the latest…

Franken casks made from limestone in the silvaner wine cellar of Meintzinger

Germany · Franken

Franken Casks the First Stone

ByMatthias Neske December 9, 2024December 5, 2024

Silvaner aged in shell limestone casks: quintessential expression of terroir, steinwein 2.0, or a flight of foolishness?

Austria · Germany · Trends

The Secrets of Great Sekt

ByPaula Redes Sidore October 21, 2024October 21, 2024

Gerhild Burkhard, founder of the International Sparkling Festival, reveals everything you’ve always wanted to know about sekt (*but were afraid to ask).

Digital image of pinot noir grapes layered

Germany

German Pinot’s Pride and Prejudice

ByAnne Krebiehl October 7, 2024October 7, 2024

Can German Pinot Noir finally catch on or is forever fashionably spät(burgunder)?

A decorate metal door grill features a bronze grape cluster with black metal rays emenating from it.

Germany · Franken

Wine Counterculture Is Alive and Well in Franken

ByRainer Schäfer September 18, 2024October 7, 2024

Franken was slower to wake up the wine counter culture revolution in Germany, but young growers are now more than making up for lost time.

Frost damage in a VDP member estate vineyard

Germany

Weathering the Frost: The VDP Answers Catastrophe with Solidarity

BySteven Sidore September 3, 2024September 3, 2024

Berries without borders for some member estates in 2024?

A rainbox stylized eagle with six white circles representing a stylized grape cluster against a white background.

Germany

What Does It Mean to “Be VDP”?

ByValerie Kathawala August 15, 2024August 31, 2024

The historic German wine club faces a crossroads.

Germany

The Pfalz’s Unlikely Catch: A Fish Soup Story

Big Risks, High Stakes: The New Climate Calculus on the Kaiserstuhl

Germany’s Unrivaled Bread Culture

The Healing Power of Classic German Cooking

Berlin’s Gulasch: A Stirring of Home

Where to Drink German and Austrian Wine in NYC

Franken Casks the First Stone

The Secrets of Great Sekt

German Pinot’s Pride and Prejudice

Wine Counterculture Is Alive and Well in Franken

Weathering the Frost: The VDP Answers Catastrophe with Solidarity

What Does It Mean to “Be VDP”?

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