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. Membership Required You must...
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Wine Meets Literature in Wiesbaden
...curative hot spring of Wiesbaden, the Kochbrunnen. Too small for a kitchen, the wine bar encouraged patrons to bring their own vittles, which, like the...
Landwein: Flouting Rules to Follow Instinct
...label. In April 2015, a group of top growers from Baden, deep in Germany’s southwest, joined forces to rebel against the official inspection system. Flouting...
Beethoven as Bacchus, Part II
...and in some of the city’s defining wines. We then head south to the Austrian spa region of Baden, where Beethoven drank, and composed, masterpieces....
German Pinot’s Pride and Prejudice
Can German Pinot Noir finally catch on or is forever fashionably spät(burgunder)? Membership Required You must be a member to access this content. View Membership...
Shimmering Schiller: German-speaking Rosé Gets Its Day
Germany offers a surprising array of rose wine styles. Elizabeth Gabay MW explores them here. Membership Required You must be a member to access this...
Big Risks, High Stakes: The New Climate Calculus on the Kaiserstuhl
...Johannes Landerer and Jakob Moise can enjoy some of the finest views over the Kaiserstuhl and sprawling Rhine Basin in Baden. The early morning sun...
Weingut Blankenhorn: French Inspiration, Local Engagement
Weingut Blankenhorn It wasn’t love at first sight for Martin and Yvonne Männer of Weingut Blankenhorn in Schliengen. On a trip to Switzerland in spring 2015, they...
The Auslese Alchemist
People imagined him to be an alchemist. Granted, it wasn’t gold his slender hands were currently molding, rather a gleaming tinted zinc capsule, encompassing perfect...
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On the Way to German Chardonnay 2.0
German Chardonnay may be the most thrilling wine for our moment. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content. View Membership Levels...
Crémant is Germany’s Best Kept Secret
German Crémant is one of sparkling wine’s best-kept secrets. The high-quality classification requires strict hand harvesting and whole-bunch pressing to ensure that only the purest...
Beethoven as Bacchus
On the dark morning of March 26, 1827, a heavy snowstorm was falling outside the fogged window panes of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Vienna apartment. Everything...