A cake with almonds on top on a white plate with a bottle of golden-colored wine and a glass in the background
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Eat + TRINK: For the Love of Marillenfleck

ByMartin Sorge

The Wachau stands tall as one of Austria’s most storied wine regions. Terraced vineyards of Grüner Veltliner, Riesling, and other varieties line the bend of the mighty Danube. But grapes aren’t the only iconic fruit here.  As a nerdy baker and wine nerd, I am intrigued by why particular grape or fruit varieties thrive in specific areas and what makes that terroir so special. I swear by Montmorency tart cherries from Northern Michigan just as I revere Grüner Veltliner from the Wachau. When I discovered that the Wachau is also known as a source of my second-favorite fruit to bake…...

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Brot comes in infinite varieties in Germany.

Germany’s Unrivaled Bread Culture

ByMartin Sorge

On a chilly April morning, I sat in the tasting room of an renowned old Alsatian winery, under the spell of an enchanting rose-and-peach-inflected, off-dry Gewurztraminer from vines right outside the winery’s door. I chatted with the person pouring the wine. They asked what brought me to Alsace. I answered that I had just studied German bread baking at the Akademie Deutsches Bäckerhandwerk. “I’ve never thought about German bread before,” they responded. We were less than 30 kilometers from the German border, in a town with a German name, at a winery with a German name. But they’d never even…...

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Baking ingredients are set out on a counter below a bright window. A bottle of wine and wine glass are centered.
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A Star Baker’s Obsession with an Alpine Cake Elevates an Unlikely Wine

ByMartin Sorge

A baker falls in love with hiking, cake and wine in the Italian wine region of Südtirol-Aldo Adige and returns home to recreate the textures and flavors.

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