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. To read this story,…
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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
Germany seems to require an official examination for everything. Qualitätsweine (“quality wines”) are no exception. Those that fail the test are slapped with the Landwein…
Big Risks, High Stakes: The New Climate Calculus on the Kaiserstuhl
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,……
German Pinot’s Pride and Prejudice
Can German Pinot Noir finally catch on or is forever fashionably spät(burgunder)? To read this story, sign in or subscribe. Subscribe Already a member? Log…
Shimmering Schiller: German-speaking Rosé Gets Its Day
Germany offers a surprising array of rose wine styles. Elizabeth Gabay MW explores them here. To read this story, sign in or subscribe. Subscribe Already…
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. To read this story, sign in or subscribe. Subscribe Already a member? Log in…
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……