What Does It Mean to “Be VDP”?
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What You’re Still Getting Wrong About Trollinger
Trollinger was long decried as a poor excuse of a wine. Increasingly, growers and drinkers beg to differ. To read this story, sign in or…
Swabian Vibes
Those who go on the hunt for modern Württemberg may be surprised by what they find on the journey. In this stretch of southern Germany, many things……
A New Book Probes the Heart of German Wine
Stephen Bitterolf’s new book “Vom Boden: Ten Years of Hocks & Moselles” in review. To read this story, sign in or subscribe. Subscribe Already a…
PIWI’s Big Wine Adventure
Trink Magazine | Are PIWIs or grape hybrids our viticultural future as the climate crisis makes winegrowing more, not less, challenging? By Christoph Raffelt To…
The Swisstory of Absinthe
Banned and beloved, feared and revered, one would assume the birth story of absinthe to be as spirited as its character. Yet its quite conventional……
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……
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……
“It’s the Nitrogen, Stupid!”: On Agrochemistry, Biodynamics and Wine
Above, a postcard from the German fertilizer industry of the 1920s. At the time, perspectives on soil were changing: Until then, people had spoken of plant growth……
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……
Rainer Zierock: Visionary Provocateur
If Emilio Zierock finds it hard to talk about his controversial father, you can’t tell by listening to him. He speaks with remarkable openness about……
Rheingau – Past, Present, (And Future?) Greatness
The Rheingau. A small, splendidly historic region of aristocratic estates and superb terroir awaiting an energizing charge. The steady ship in Germany’s often storm-tossed seas, navigating……