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...
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Wish You Were Here! Love, Bodensee
Ask a German about their favorite domestic vacation spots and Bodensee — aka Lake Constance — routinely sits near the top of the list. The country’s largest...
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....
Oliver Zeter’s Mise En Pfalz
Zeter assesses the natural bounty of his home, the Pfalz, with the eye of a chef. The soils are his mise en place — the...
Eat + TRINK | Wurstsalat as Mood Board
I felt lonely on the Internet the day I started researching the origins of Wurstsalat. I looked in far-flung corners of the web for sausage scholars...
Terroir Trocken
The photos that German astronaut Alexander Gerst sent back from the International Space Station during summer 2018 were deeply shocking: Germany was no longer green,...
Germany | Alto Adige | Austria | Switzerland
He Who Controls the Spice Controls the Universe
Picture yourself at a German holiday market (if such things were happening in 2020) — a mug of glühwein in hand and the scent of...
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....
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...
In Alsace
The ancient injunction to keep your friends close and your enemies closer is all very well, but in Alsace it can be hard to tell...
Karakterre Driven
The festival where character meets connection over a glass of wine Membership Required You must be a member to access this content. View Membership Levels...
Bart De Vries
…move to Basel, on the doorstep of Baden and Alsace, that really stirred up his interest for wine. Since his studies at the Austrian Weinakademie,…