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Franconia, a very, very old princely winery, a forgotten barrel made of granite and a vineyard as a reminder of the visit of the old lady. Field blend: We know this above all from Vienna and the surrounding Lower Austria, where it has been a tradition for centuries. A field blend is the joint planting of many grape varieties, including mixed grape colours, first Read the full article…
2023 was a climatically challenging year in the Bordelais. And how! Now, recently, many years have been climatically challenging years. 2023 was a challenging year because the year, with weather that was enormously and dramatically changeable right up to the end, held as many risks and options as rarely before. No weather disasters? Winemakers who are friends of ours Read the full article…
In the USA, the mainland of the culture war, a new movement is developing that wants to position cannabis drinks against wine. The Wineparty asks the question: Why not both? The USA has always been the land of alcohol – and that does not necessarily mean wine; quite the contrary. In the USA, “Fancy a drink now?” is an everyday phrase. And Read the full article…
[the_ad id=“1809″] Sunset in Larnaca’s Russenkiez. Tower blocks here too, familiar territory then. On the Russians’ terraces, basic Lidl special-offer barbecues smoke, completely burnt meat filling the air with clouds. Around the corner is the post-Soviet “Bereshka” supermarket, supplying the Slavs who have lost their homeland with kvass, pelmeni and mayonnaise salads – until late at night. A folklore festival booms mercilessly from the beach, Read the full article…
Wine is in crisis. Wine is on trial. The New Wineparty has set out to represent the most iconic drink in history in court. More than just a defence. Wine is in crisis. It did not come from nowhere. But this year it became rapidly and surprisingly severe. Above all with red wines. Red wines, especially Read the full article…
So, because Klimek didn't hand in his text, we had to get the AI, the artificial intelligence, to write one. Here, please, may we proudly present: the first published wine text by the other species about a fictional wine tasting. “It was one of those evenings that tempt us to turn our humanity down to the minimum level – all thanks to a bottle of the Read the full article…
Bordooh, with the emphasis on oh. The Château Duhart Millon winery does not exist. What? Yes, but we'll get to that in a moment. First: who is Château Duhart Million? Answer: the talented nephew. Duhart Million is the type who always arrives a little late at family gatherings because he needs a little more time when putting together his outfits – Read the full article…
No, don't worry: this won't be one of the usual wine-tasting retellings, which always – and for understandable reasons – follow a similar or identical pattern. No, this is going to be a paean to a winery that – and this really is rare in Germany – has for decades already stood for the magnificent reputation of German Riesling Kabinett wines and German Riesling Spät- Read the full article…
There is another France, away from the truly civilised “wine routes” we like to follow; there is another France, the wild south-west, far from Paris and the coast; there is another France, hot, dry, still shaped by the Middle Ages, by the Templars and early Christianity and also by early viticulture: Read the full article…
A podcast that is cult. A podcast by a sommelier and a rapper. A podcast called Terroir und Adiletten. Is it what one hears? A trial. High Court. I speak on behalf of the defence and would like to call six witnesses. The first witness is called Berlin and is a city that has spent the last twelve decades with a Read the full article…
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