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MANFRED KLIMEK
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Gegen die Resignation – Stimmung im Keller. Doch Wein wird nicht verschwinden.

Against resignation – the mood in the cellar. But wine will not disappear.

by Manfred Klimek Ten years ago, young winemakers were the poster boys of a new wine world: glasses in hand, dirt under their fingernails, biodynamic, unpolished, international. They were regarded as proof that wine could be young, intelligent and uncompromising – not the burden of tradition, but a new beginning. Today, after almost ten years that now seem almost laughable, many of them find themselves in Read the full article…

Wein her! Trotz des Weinens. Der Wineparty-Bericht aus dem Libanon

Bring on the wine! Despite the tears. The Wineparty report from Lebanon

Beirut. A topography of contrasts Special Report, Foreign Desk. By Gerhard Ziegler The approach to Beirut is an exercise in relativity. From Larnaca, it takes 25 minutes. Not enough time to climb seriously; not enough time to forget that one is flying. The coffee arrives and, barely served, the Airbus is already descending again towards the Mediterranean coast. On the ground: camouflage patterns, checkpoints, Read the full article…

Blaufränkisch vom Beamten. Besuch auf einem wahrlich kuriosen Eigenbedarfs-Weingut

The civil servant’s Blaufränkisch. A visit to a truly curious self-sufficiency winery

By Gerhard Ziegler Toni Reisner was a civil servant. Today, together with friends, he looks after two vineyards in Burgenland – but not a single bottle leaves the private circle. A conversation about idealism, aching muscles and the joy of watching something grow. Mr Reisner, why does one do something like this – a lot of work, no sales, no big stage? Reisner: Read the full article…

Crazy aber machbar: Der Friedensnobelpreis für Wein!

Crazy but doable: The Nobel Peace Prize for wine!

It is an initiative that initially sounds stupid and absurd: to establish an independent movement of winegrowers and wine professionals worldwide that sets out to nominate the millennia-old cultural asset of wine for the Nobel Peace Prize. According to the statutes, this is possible if a committee of individuals takes responsibility for submitting the nomination. When the world is burning, when ideologies collide, when Read the full article…

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