23 Top Wines of 2023
2023 was a glittering year for German-speaking wines. Discover the standouts that will haunt TRINK's editors for years to come.
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2023 Holiday Gift Guide
TRINK's editors offer a selection of crush-worthy gifts from around the world of umlaut wines.
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Holiday Gift Guide 2022
Gifts, gifts, gifts! What to give the Wein lover in your life — or yourself? We gathered pro tips from TRINK writers and staff and other experts to offer you a singular selection in our very first gift guide. Recommended by our Hamburg-based trend guru Nils Kevin Puls, these cult winemaker shirts and hoodies are a super fun way to flaunt your umlaut IYKYK. This dope pick would make your Burgenland-obsessed bestie’s day. Only a handful of wine lovers will ever make it to the rarefied circle of Masters of Wine. But thanks to iconic Swiss pocket knife maker Victorinox, we…...
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The Anniversary Edition: Letter from the Editors, Vol. 8
Dear Readers, Exactly one year ago today, with trembling fingers — we were fairly convinced that either no one would notice or everyone would and honestly weren’t sure which was more terrifying — we sent TRINK Vol. 01 out into the world. It was the culmination of months of planning, cajoling, researching, writing; of (often overlapping!) very late nights and wincingly early mornings, in some ways going far beyond our comfort zones while in others staying squarely within them. It was always with one overarching goal: to bring people around the world closer to German-speaking wines. Deepening an understanding of the traditions, innovations,…...
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Humility
By Rudolf Trossen The sun recedes, the summer wanes,the ripe grapes long since gifted.A chill arrives under the guise of evening wind,Long shadows stretch heavy like leadacross golden vineyards’ last light. Alone on the slope,I watch in silence. But in old caskschurns young wine,roaring with the summer’s solar might,lust and longing into the night,cheering, laughing, singing bright. I bow beforethe deity’s vigor. November 1994 From the collection Was die Reben Sagen Translated September 2021...
