Is Summa the Future of Wine Fairs?
Gatherings dedicated to wines outside the mainstream have become ubiquitous. Even so, one fair seems to cut through the noise: Summa. This small event, held…
Gatherings dedicated to wines outside the mainstream have become ubiquitous. Even so, one fair seems to cut through the noise: Summa. This small event, held…
“It’s not about Südsteiermark or Untersteiermark. It’s about wine.”
Ingelheim Rheinhessen is a hotspot for German Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder).
Screwcaps for fine wine are making a comeback. Do these cheap and cheerful closures have what it takes for the long run?
To mark a recent milestone anniversary, Austria’s association of traditional wine estates (ÖTW) invited into its fold a region that is in many regards the…
Zeter assesses the natural bounty of his home, the Pfalz, with the eye of a chef. The soils are his mise en place — the basis of…
The sun blazes. The air shimmers. On the horizon four figures throw long shadows across the dry, crumbling ground. They are headed toward a city….
Wine regions are threaded along the Danube, one after another, like a string of Chanel pearls. Wagram, Kamptal, Kremstal, Wachau. And Traisental — the only…
The year is 1806. The date June 17th. Privy Councilor Goethe sits in Frankfurt — high and dry. He reaches for his quill and writes a…
Was everything really better in the past? Well, people were at least more patient. Vaccines were developed over the course of years. Under Communism…
For over a year, we’ve been living with a pandemic that has shut down more than just our senses of taste and smell. It has…
It takes little to be happy. And he who is happy is king.” This 19th-century German song – with just two lines – expresses how…