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Germany's wine growing area totals hectares 103.000.

135 grape varieties may be cultivated in Germany, 100 for white wine and 35 for red wine.

Generally, Germany is considered to be a white wine country. Since the 1980s, however, German red wine production has constantly increased. Nowadays, over 35% of the vineyards are cultivated with red grapes.

Out of the 135 grape varieties, only about 20 have a significant market share.

Until the early 20th century, Elbling was Germany's most planted variety, after which it was eclipsed by Silvaner during the middle of the 20th century.

After a few decades in the top spot, in the late 1960s Silvaner was overtaken by the high-yielding Müller-Thurgau, which in turn started to lose ground in the 1980s.

From the mid-1990s, Riesling became the most planted variety.

As for red grape varities, throughout the 1960s and 1970s, there was a downward trend, which was reversed around 1980.

From mid-1990s and during the next decade, there was an almost explosive growth of plantation of red varieties, which, however, has come to a stop. From around 2005, the proportion of red varieties stabilized around 37%, about three times the 1980 level, before declining again in the following years, with Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) being stable.

Germany has become the #3 producer of Pinot Noir in the world, after France and the USA.

Today, almost 50% of the total output is accounted for by Riesling, Spätburgunder and Müller-Thurgau. Riesling is on a light upward trend, Spätburgunder is stabil and Müller-Thurgau is on a downward trend.

Among the white grape varieties, Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris), Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc), Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc are all on an upward trend. Germany is now the #1 producer for Weissburgunder and the #2 producer for Grauburgunder. Müller-Thurgau, Kerner, and Bacchus are on a decline. Silvaner is also retreating, except for the area of Franken, where it is increasing.

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The Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association (ASWA) in conjunction with the Congressional Wine Caucus invited to a reception on Capital Hill in the Rayburn Office Building for a tasting of the best wines of the 2022 ASWA Competition and an Awards Presentation for Best of Show and Best of Category.

Invitation

The Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association in Conjunction with the Congressional Wine Caucus Invite You To

Join Us On Capitol Hill As We Award the Jefferson Loving Cup Trophy
To
Cross Keys Vineyards & Estate
from Virginia's beautiful Shenandoah Valley

Come celebrate the amazing wines of the 2022 ASWA Wine Competition!

Complimentary Wine Tasting of over 45 Wines with Light Hors d'Oeuvres
followed by an Awards Presentation for
Best of Show and Best of Category

Wednesday, April 26th
4:00 – 6:00pm
Rayburn Office Building – Room 2020
50 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024

More info: Dave Barber (703) 941-2384

The Atlantic Seabord Wine Association

The Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association’s mission is to increase awareness of the fine wines of the Atlantic seaboard through trade and consumer education. We liaise with national, state, and regional wine organizations to highlight the wines and winemakers working here. Each year a competition is held to identify award-worthy wines from the seventeen eastern states: all those that touch the Atlantic Ocean plus West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Vermont. A national panel of nineteen judges scored over 400 wines in 2022 with the resulting winners to be featured in our 2023 outreach programs.

Rayburn Office Building on Capitol Hill

The event took place in the Rayborn Office Building on Capitol Hill.

Room: 2020 - Committee on Ways and Means

Mingling

Awards

The awards were presented by ASWA President Grant Crandall and ASWA Secretary Dave Barber.

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Chateau Merrillane: MRS. WHITE GOES TO WASHINGTON! On Wednesday we were invited to the Congressional Wine Caucus reception in Washington DC. At that event the overall winner and the winners of "Best of Category" of the 2022 Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition were honored. In a competition featuring 17 east coast states, Virginias Cross Keys was the overall winner, while HALF of the "Best of Categories" were won by Virginia wineries including two of our winery "neighbors", Fifty-Third Winery and Vineyards for their Viognier and Potomac Point Vineyards and Winery for their Norton. Chateau Merrillanne won "Best of Category" for our Chardonnay Reserve. Thanks Michael and Mike and thanks Dave, Grant and ASWA for your endless promotion of all east coast wines. In a competition once dominated by wineries from the Finger Lakes you can really see Virginia coming into its own. We are so proud to be a small part of the Virginia wine industry. Cheers, peace and good health.....and Drink Virginia Wine!!!

Reception

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Pictures: Annette Schiller at the Wine and Cheese Seminar on May, 2023 and in the Rhône Valley in 2022

Washington Wine and Cheese Seminar: This Tuesday, May 9, the class will again be given by member Annette Schiller who has generously presented two prior excellent classes this spring. Here is Annette's announcement:

Dear All,

I invite you to join me on May 9^th for a tour through the Rhône valley. You will taste 5 different wines -all red-, a classic Syrah from the Northern Rhône, 3 wines moving up the quality ladder from the Gigondas area in the Southern Rhône and finishing with a gorgeous Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

The Rhône Valley is one of the oldest wine regions in France, and the second largest after Bordeaux. The Greeks introduced viticulture in the 4th century BC. Later the Romans came and brought viticulture to a different level. In the 14th century the Papacy moved to Avignon and the clergy had a tremendous influence on the development of the Rhône Valley wines.

Since then the world has discovered Rhône wines and some of the most famous and expensive wines come from the Rhône Valley. Just think Guigal’s La-La-La wines and the world famous Châteuaneuf-du-Pape.

The vineyards are located on both sides of the river. The Rhône Valley is divided into two distinctively different regions: the Northern Rhône and the Southern Rhône. The Northern Rhône stretches for 60 miles from Vienne – south of Lyon – to Valence, and produces just 5% of Rhône wines. The region has a continental climate with pronounced seasons. The soils are granitic and schistous and the vineyards are located on very steep terraced slopes. The red grape of the Northern Rhône is 100% Syrah.

Depending on the appellation the red wines are often blended with 5 – 20% of the white varietals Viognier, Marsanne, and Roussanne.

As the Rhône river flows southward and the valley widens the climate changes. It becomes more Mediterranean with long, warm summers and mild winters. Here we find the big brother of the Northern Rhône, the Southern Rhône wine region which accounts for 95% of the production and with Grenache being the principal variety in most red wine blends. There also is Syrah, Mourvèdre, ( “GSM” blends) and a variety of other red and white grapes. The landscape is much flatter than in the north and a variety of soils can be found: alluvial soils, limestone subsoils, sand, gravel, stones. The Châteauneuf-du-Pape region is famous for the “galets roulées”, those large, rounded stones that have been smoothed by both glacial and fluvial actions over time and deposited in the region dominating the character of the soil which gives the Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines its distinctive character.

As usual we will have two cheeses and baguette accompanying the wines. This is a 25$ tasting.

No reservations are required.

WHERE & WHEN WE MEET: The Seminar meets at 7:45PM every Tuesday (except for July, August and the weeks of December 25th and January 1st) at St. Patricks Episcopal Church at 4700 Whitehaven Pky, between Foxhall Road and MacArthur Blvd.

Rhône Valley Tour 2022 by ombiasy WineTours - Wine, Culture and History, France

The Rhône Valley Tour 2022 by ombiasy WineTours took place from June 20 - June 29, 2022. The group comprised 10 wine lovers including Annette and Christian Schiller.

Annette Schiller in her Announcement

Join us as we explore in detail the wines of the Rhône Valley. We start in vibrant, cool, sophisticated Lyon, the capital of Haut Cuisine. We stop in the Northern Rhône where names such as Côte Rôtie, Crozes-Hermitage make us crave a glass of wine. We follow the eponymous Rhône river south to Avignon, the city that was the seat of the papacy for the better part of the 14th century. We stop in Châteauneuf du Pape. We do a side-kick to the gorgeous Dentelles de Montmirail where we find the wines of Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Séguret, and the sweet wines of Rasteau. The southern Rhône belongs to Provence. Provence: this immediately ignites a deep yearning for the fragrance coming from Lavender fields, for the special light the Impressionist artists masterfully captured in their paintings, for a very special "savoir vivre", and for the dark red, fruity, spicy wines. This year we travel during the height of the flowering season and we will experience a sea of purple Lavender fields.

See: Summary: Rhône Valley Tour 2022 by ombiasy WineTours - Wine, Culture and History, France

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Annette's Austria Wine Tour by ombiasy starts on May 28, 2023, in Vienna - in a bit more than 2 weeks.

See: Announcement: Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours - 12 Days: May 28 - June 08, 2023

On the tour, we will visit and taste the wines of a sizable number of Austrian wine producers, including some that are brought to the USA by Klaus Wittauer.

Against this background, Annette an I enjoyed very much the Austrian Wine Dinner at La Côte D'Or Café in Arlington, Virginia: Chef Jacques cooks for Klaus and his Austrian wines.

Chef Jacques prepared French classic modern cuisine for the outstanding wines of Klaus from Austria.

The focus of the dinner was on two wineries, Weingut Steininger in Langenlois in the Kamptal and Weingut Steindorfer in Aptelon at Lake Neusiedle, both of which we will visit on the tour.

Invitation by Chain Bridge Cellars

Sitting in the bar of La Cote d’Or Restaurant a few weeks ago with importer Klaus Wittauer and Chef Jacques Imperato, it was fun to watch Chef taste, react to, and describe the half-dozen Klaus was pouring. But – as one look at the menu below shows – it will be even more fun to taste the dishes Chef Jacques has dreamed up to complement each offering.

Which you can do by joining us, Klaus and Jacques for dinner celebrating the season and Austrian wines on Tuesday, May 2 and Wednesday, May 3. You’ll enjoy a sparkling welcome Grüner Veltliner, a still GV with asparagus, crisp, dry, Riesling with seafood, two bold oak-aged Austrian reds and a very sweet treat to complete the meal. All for $110 per person including everything – tax, tip, and even parking (free in the hotel lot next to the restaurant).

Here’s the full menu and wine list:

While Gathering

Grüner Veltliner Sekt 2018

Asparagus, Brussels sprout hash, white pepper sabayon, kale chips

Steininger Gruner Veltliner Ried Loisium 2018

Salmon, bay scallops’ mousseline in brick dough, leek spinach, tropical beurre blanc

Steininger Riesling Kamptal DAC 2021

Venison Medallion sautéed, blueberry, balsamic vinegar sauce

Mushroom stuffed with parmesan cheese, potato darphin

Steindorfer Apetlon Rouge 2020

Steindorfer St Laurent Reserve 2019

Coconut crème caramel, mango, Britany butter cookie

Steindorfer Beerenauslese Cuvee Klaus 2018

Are any of these dishes “Austrian”? Nope! But will they all complement and intensify the delicious flavors of a great set of Austrian wines? You bet!

And it certainly is a great set of Austrian wines, as we’ve come to count on from any bottle Klaus Wittauer imports. With a lifetime of experience in Austrian wine, a portfolio of top producers in each major region, and boatloads of enthusiasm and good humor, Klaus is the perfect guide to the wines of Austria. You’ll enjoy classics like Grüner Veltliner and Riesling from Kamptal’s Steininger family and a pair of rich (but highly drinkable!) reds from Burgenland’s Steindorfer. And the grand finale sweet wine made by Ernst Steindorfer just for Klaus is not only delicious – it’s the finest value in luxury dessert wine we know of!

The Wine Dinner

While Gathering

Wine: Grüner Veltliner Sekt 2018

First Course

Asparagus, Brussel’s sprout hash, white pepper sabayon, kale chips

Wine: Steininger Gruner Veltliner Ried Loisium 2018

Second Course

Salmon, bay scallops’ mousseline in brick dough, leek spinach, tropical beurre blanc
Wine: Steininger Riesling Kamptal DAC 2021

Third and Fourth Course

Venison Medallion sautéed, blueberry, balsamic vinegar sauce
Mushroom stuffed with parmesan cheese, potato darphin
Wines: Steindorfer Apetlon Rouge 2020 and Steindorfer St Laurent Reserve 2019

Fifth Course

Coconut crème caramel, mango, Britany butter cookie
Wine: Steindorfer Beerenauslese Cuvee Klaus 2018

LCD - La Côte D'Or Café

La Côte D'Or Café (LCD) is a quaint French restaurant, specializing in traditional and Nouvelle French Cuisine, with Chef Jacques Imperato’s personal “flair.” Named a Hidden Foodie Gem in April 2021 and one of 50 Best Restaurants by Northern Virginia Magazine in October 2021, guests can expect everything at LCD to be fresh and made from scratch. As a chef, Jacques loves seeing his guests enjoying the food that he has carefully prepared. Jacques strives to share his passion for food and hopes his guests will leave LCD Café happy and amazed with their meal.

Chain Bridge Cellar

Chain Bridge Cellars is a neighborhood wine shop serving anyone looking for a great community and fine bottle of wine (or two!) for occasions from everyday to very grand. We serve the greater communities of McLean, Great Falls, Vienna/Tyson’s Corner, Falls Church and Arlington through our friendly wine shop in the center of McLean, online and with fun, tasty and information-packed wine classes. Call, email, or just come by to meet us – especially during our free Friday (3-7pm) and Saturday (noon-4pm) weekend tastings. You’ll find a group of friendly professionals who can geek-out on wine with the best of them, but who really just want to help you walk out the door knowing you’ll love everything you’re taking home.

A not-to-be-missed Wine & Culture Tour to Austria by ombiasy WineTours: May 28 - June 08, 2023

Annette's Austria Wine Tour by ombiasy starts on May 28, 2023, in Vienna - in a bit more than 2 weeks.

See: Announcement: Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours - 12 Days: May 28 - June 08, 2023

The tour is fully booked. Annette and I went to Austria earlier this year on a pre-tour trip. The photos below are from this tour.

Annette Schiller: I am still over the moon after this trip: I always loved Austria but this time I scrutinized the country with a sharper eye and mind. And yes: Austria is breathtakingly beautiful, the wines are sooo gorgeous, people are friendly and welcoming, the Austrian dialect suggests old school gallantry, Austria’s history is still so alive and its location at the junction between Western and Eastern European countries makes it so interesting, diverse, and unique. For many centuries Austria was one of the three powers in Europe next to the English Royalty in London and the Romanovs in Sankt Petersburg, Russia. Austria’s Habsburg dynasty ruled over half of Europe for many centuries. Despite the fact that Austria has become a fairly small country after WWII - slighter small than Maine - you still feel the power of the past. Vienna is one of the most beautiful capitals with its majestic buildings, huge palaces, thousand year old cathedrals and monasteries, the mighty Danube river, the unique coffee houses where still today the major daily papers are available to feed your train of thought, the world-famous Burgtheater, Opera House, and Vienna Philharmonics, and with the still very present glamour of its famous musicians Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Franz Liszt , Franz Schubert - just to name a few.

Austria is a mostly mountainous country in the Middle / Eastern Alps. In the southernmost Austrian wine region, the Südsteiermark (Southern Styria), you have a truly alpine feeling with vineyards on extremely steep slopes and a view towards stunning mountain peaks. The only flat area is the Pannonian plains east of Lake Neusiedl at the border with Hungary.

We will visit all wine regions in Austria, from the famous Wachau to Styria, and will visit many of the most famous wine estates. Small but beautiful - that is Austrian’s 2000 year old viticulture in an international comparison. Austria is, with France, Italy, Spain, Germany, considered one of the best wine-growing countries in Europe. Austrian wine does one thing better than a lot of other wines: expresses history, site, climate, and vintage. We will taste delicious wines made from international grape varieties as well as grapes deeply rooted in Austria’s viticultural history.

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Annette and I enjoyed an outstanding winemaker dinner at 2941 Restaurant in Northern Virginia, with with the food of Chef Bertrand Chemel, the Crozes Hermitage and other wines of Maxime Graillot and importer/ distributer Laurent Givry, founder/ owner of Elite Wines.

Sitting with Maxime Graillot at the same table, Annette arranged arranged a visit of the estate of Maxime Graillot on the next Rhône Valley Tour from Lyon to the Mediterranean Sea by ombiasy WineTours, scheduled for 2024.

Thanks again Laurent, Maxime and Bertrand for a wonderful evening.

Maxime Graillot

Maxime is involved in a number of wine projects, with his brother Antoine Graillot and with another winemaker, Thomas Schmittel. He also imports wine into France, including the wines of Weingut Rebholz, Pfalz, Germany.

Domaine Alain Graillot (Elite Wines)

In the space of 20 years Alain Graillot has established a reputation for making his Crozes Hermitage the most sought after of the appellation. In spite of only 20 hectares of vineyards, his wines are sold world wide on an allocation basis only. They are a special favourite with the most prestigious restaurants in France and elsewhere. Alain has a passion for the Syrah grape from which he makes hand crafted wines of great distinction and enormous elegance. His son Maxime has taken over direction of the estate with his father remaining in the not too distant background.

Domaine des Lises (Elite Wines)

Maxime Graillot is Alain’s son. Armed with a winemaking master’s degree, plus practical experience gained in Burgundy and South Africa, as well as with his father, Maxime has now established his own estate – the Domaine des Lises.

The winery is located next to Alain’s, but Maxime has his own vineyards, and is developing his own style. He practices 100% destemming, hand pigeage, and malolactic in barrel, but otherwise intervenes as little as possible to allow the wine to develop richness and complexity during its 12 months in cask. When questioned, Maxime sums up his philosophy as “succinct” !

Equis (Elite Wines)

Maxime Graillot and his winemaker and associate Thomas Schmittel are amongst the leading lights in the Crozes Hermitage appellation today. In 2003 the young and determined Maxime grasped the gem of an opportunity and purchased 7 hectares of Crozes Hermitage in Beaumont-Monteux (in the warmer, dryer south-east sector of the appellation) in the form of Domaine des Lises. In 2004 he produced just 6000 bottles of Crozes. Enter friend and winemaker Thomas Schmittel who teamed up with Maxime in 2006 to establish a small negoce company Equis. (Thomas cut his winemaking teeth with Cote Rotie’s René Rostaing no less, heading up his Languedoc estate, Domaine Puech Noble)

Domaine de Fa (Skurnik Wines)

The legendary Graillot family has a long history of making wine in the Northern Rhone, where their ability to produce some of the most age-worthy and delicious Syrah is matched by only a select few producers. Owner and winemakers for both Domaine des Lises and Domaine Alain Graillot, Maxime and Antoine Graillot, decided to look North for new challenges that extend beyond the dramatic slopes of the Rhone Valley. Their love of Gamay led them to the bucolic vistas of Beaujolais. The two brothers struck gold in 2013 when they purchased prime, organically farmed, sites in Fleurie and Saint Amour. With these pristine Granite vineyards, the Graillot family has announced themselves as a force to be reckoned with in a region that is experiencing a vinicultural Renaissance.

Syrocco - Morocco (Skurnik Wines)

Syrocco is produced by legendary Rhône vigneron Alain Graillot and his sons, Maxime and Antoine. He stumbled upon these vineyards and the Thalvin winery while bicycling in the Zenata region of Morocco between Casablanca and Rabat. This gorgeous area is an organic dream, with cool winds blowing off the Atlantic and no polluting industries whatsoever. The Thalvin winery has been around since the 1920’s, and when Alain found their gorgeous property, he formed a partnership with them to provide Syrah and Cinsault vines for his own Moroccan wines. Alain crafts these two wines as a fruit-forward and juicy, yet they are made in an Old- World style with soft extraction, excellent balance, and complex aromatics.

Arriving

Champagne Reception

Dinner

First Course
Jumbo white asparagus
orange foam , crispy jasmine rice
Alain Graillot | Crozes-Hermitage Blanc | Rhone Valley, France | 2020

Second Course
Quenelles de Brochet à la Lyonnaise
poached river fish, creamy morel
Domaine de Fa | Fleurie | Beaujolais, France | 2019

Third Course
Californian Squab
roasted breast, smoked leg, blueberry, fingerling potatoes, wild ramps
Alain Graillot | Crozes-Hermitage Rouge | Rhone Valley, France | 2019

Forth Course
Creekstone Beef Duo
braised beef cheek, ribeye, wild mushrooms, pomme Lyonnaise
Alain Graillot | Crozes-Hermitage Rouge | “La Guiraude”| Rhone Valley, France | 2019

Fifth Course
Fraise au Vin Rouge
red wine poached strawberry, marjoram gelato, lemon crumble
Alain Graillot | “Syrocco” | Zenata, Morocco | 2020

Bye-bye

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Great Rhône tasting at the Washington Wine and Cheese Seminar led by Annette Schiller.

Annette presented 5 wines from 3 Rhône producers. They were all purchased at MacArthur Beverages in Washington DC.

We have visited all 3 producers - Domaine Jean-Michel Gerin, Domaine des Pasquiers, La Bastide Saint Dominique - on a previous Rhône Tour by ombiasy WineTours led by Annette Schiller. The most recent Rhône Tour took place in 2022 (see below).

Invitation

Depending on the appellation the red wines are often blended with 5 – 20% of the white varietals Viognier, Marsanne, and Roussanne.

As usual we will have two cheeses and baguette accompanying the wines. This is a 25$ tasting.

No reservations are required.

The Tasting

At the Washington Wine and Cheese Seminar, we always have 5 wines, 2 cheeses and fresh baguette. We sit at up to 10 tables of 8. Each table of 8 gets one bottle. We always buy a case of each wine. The The left-over wines are sold at the price we bought the wines.

The evening starts at 7:45 pm with an introduction to the tasting of up to 25 minutes.

This time, 64 people participated.

The 5 Wines

Rhône Valley Tour 2022 by ombiasy WineTours - Wine, Culture and History, France

See: Summary: Rhône Valley Tour 2022 by ombiasy WineTours - Wine, Culture and History, France

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Lorelei spent the weekend with us an joined Fuad, Maureen, Annette and me for dinner.

Chef: Annette Schiller

Sommelier: Christian Schiller

Amuse-bouche

2010 Champagne Jean Josselin, Blanc de Blanc

Salami

Starter

Asparagus Salad (Recipe by Carolin Spanier, Weingut Kühling-Gillot and Weingut Battenfeld-Spanier, Germany)

2015 Weingut Stahl, Silvaner, Fass 500, Franken

Main Course

Seabass

2011 Weingut Meyer-Näkel, Spätburgunder, S, Ahr

2011 Weingut Rudolf Fürst, Spätburgunder, Centgrafenberg, GG, Franken

Cheese

Dessert

French Crème Caramel (with vanilla bought in Mahajanga, Madagascar, at the local market)

1982 Armagnac

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Dear German Wine Society Members,

With great sadness, I must announce that we have learned from the family of George L. Marling that he passed away on May 8, 2023. George was the Executive Chairman of the German Wine Society for many years until 2022, when he became Chairman Emeritus. One of the most significant and longest-serving members of our Society, George had been active in the GWS for more than 40 years, and previously also served as National Vice President, as well as the Chair of our Capital Chapter from 1987-89. As indicated by the multiple GWS medallion ribbons George is wearing in our photo, he had earned all the levels of medallions available to members of the Society, including the Silver as well as the Gold level for which wine study and examination in Germany were required. George last spoke to members in person at our 40th Anniversary reception at the German Embassy in 2017, and also sent remarks for the 45th Anniversary in 2022. He continued to attend events for as long as he was able, last joining us in person for an Austrian wine luncheon with Klaus Wittauer at Bazins in Vienna, VA in 2019. Many of our longtime members will remember the various roles that George had in our Society over the years, and his love of German wines and promoting knowledge of them in the United States, as well as his service to his country and other diverse interests. On a personal note, my wife Nina and I were pleased to count George as one of our earliest friends in the Society and always found his company delightful.

George is survived by his wife Laura D. Marling, as well as several children and grandchildren. His family is planning a remembrance Celebration of Life service to be held on Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 11 am. The location will be Westminster at Lake Ridge, 12191 Clipper Drive, Lake Ridge, VA 22192. Lake Ridge is also Woodbridge, the community where George spent his final years. It is near Occoquan, off Route 94 South or 123.

The family has requested, instead of flowers, that those wishing to contribute gifts do so, in care of the address shown above, to either: (1) the Westminster Supporting Fund, which helps residents to remain in the Woodbridge community when their funds have been exhausted, or (2) the Kreider Fund for Employee Education and Citizenship, which helps the community’s employees with tuition to continue their education or pay the citizenship fee for them to become citizens. I will be pleased to pass on to the family any questions about these opportunities to contribute or about the Celebration of Life service.

Carl Willner

President and Secretary, Capital Chapter, and National Vice President and Secretary

German Wine Society

May 14, 2023

Master of Wine Anne Krebiehl recently pointed to three revolutions in terms of German wine: "People forget the doldrums of German wine, especially from about 1985 to 1995. If you were cool in Germany then, you didn’t drink German wine. But it has changed this century. It happened with dry Riesling first, then Pinot’, she said, adding about German sparkling wine, ‘and now it’s finally happening with Sekt."

First, dry Riesling, then Pinot Noir and now Sekt.

Following the example of "Le Printemps des Champagnes", "Rohkost 2023"was the event to attend if you wanted to understand what is going on in Germany with the regard to sparkling wines.

28 leading German Sekt producers presented their sparklers at Griesel & Compagnie in Bensheim, Hessische Bergstrasse, on May 22, 2023. This was the third "Rohkost" tasting.

Each of the 28 Sekt producers at the event poured 2 sparkling wines, at 3 different stages of the production process of Sekt, which can last a decade or even longer.

First, early stage - base wine (after first fermentation, before second fermentation, without bubbles). All base wines were vintage 2022.

Second, intermediate stage - base Sekt (after second fermentation, before aging on the lees, with bubbles). The base Sekts were vintage 2018/19/20.

Third, the final product - Sekt ready to be consumed. The Sekts ready for consumtion were, depending on the aging period on the lees, were vintage 2014/15716/17/18. The longest on the lees were those of Schlossgut Diel and Sekthaus Raumland,

The sparkling wines poured at the event were all at par with the best sparkling wines from around the world. No wonder that people are talking now about a Sekt revolution in Germany, following the dry white wine revolution 3 decades ago and the Pinot Noir revolution more recently.

The producers present at "Rohkost" are all at the forefront of this revolution.

Griechenbeisl: Those who love Vienna dine at the Griechenbeisl, the oldest Inn in town. Enjoy traditional Viennese dining in a cosy historical ambiance. Find yourself in the same room in which famous guests like Mark Twain, Beethoven, Mozart, Luciano Pavarotti and Johnny Cash enjoyed their dinner.

Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours took place from Sunday, May 28 - Thursday, June 08, 2023. We toured Austria for 12 days, starting and ending in Vienna: Wien, Wagram, Carnuntum, Burgenland, Steiermark, Wachau, Kamptal, Kremstal, Traisental, Wien.

Coming by train from Munich, Annette and I arrived in Vienna on the day before the tour started. For dinner, we went to the Griechenbeisl, close to the Mercure Wien Zentrum, where the group stayed for the first night. We bumped into Bruce and Vicky and joined them at their table.

Beisl

As the Heurige and the Vienna Coffee House, the Beisl is a Viennese institution. This is where I eat my Vienna Schnitzel and have a couple of glasses of good Austrian wine. Expect to share a table with other customers. The term 'Beisl' probably comes from the Yiddish word 'bajiss', meaning 'house'.

Griechenbeisl

The Griechenbeisl (Beisl of the Greeks) is the oldest restauraunt in town. The first documentary mention of the Griechenbeisl dates back to 1447.

The restaurant derives its name from the Levantine merchants who lived in the quarter where the Griechenbeisl is located. Regardless of its name, the food that was served in the Griechenbeisl has always been traditional Viennese cuisine.

Historically important is the year 1852 when the host Leopold Schmied decided to bring the completely new Pilsener Urquell from Pilsen in Bohemia to Vienna for the first time. Until today, the Griechenbeisl is the place to go if you want a Pilsener Urquell in Vienna.

For many centuries the Griechenbeisl was a meeting place for artists, scholars and politicians many of whom are immortalized by their signatures on the walls the famous ‘Mark Twain Room’. In this room you will find signatures from the likes of Karl Lueger, Graf Bismarck, Egon Schiele or Johnny Weissmüller.

The ground floor consists of 5 guest rooms (Rundes Zimmer, Zitherstüberl, Karlsbader and Mark Twain room). On the 1st floor are 3 more guest rooms (Jagdzimmer, Kerzenzimmer and Biedermeier room).

In addition to the names mentioned above, among the many prominent guests that the Griechenbeisl has seen over the centuries are: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Richard Wagner, Mark Twain, Johnny Cash, Phil Collins, Luciano Pavarotti and Barry Manilow, to name a few.

Dinner

Annette had a Griechenbeisl Trilogie and a Kaiserschmarrn.

I had a Leberknödelsuppe and Steak Tartare.

Wine: 2021 Weingut Wieninger, Gemischter Satz.

Bye-bye

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Dinner at an Iconic Beisl in Vienna: Griechenbeisl - Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Tour of the Monastery and Palace Klosterneuburg and Tour + Tasting at Weingut Stift Klosterneuburg

Tafelspitz and Wiener Schnitzel at Plachutta in der Wollzeile, a Viennese Insitution (12/20 GaultMillau)

An After-dinner Glass of Wine at Vis-à-Vis Wine Bar in Vienna

Sightseeing in Vienna: Schönbrunn Imperial Palace and Fiaker Tour

Lunch at Restaurant Die Seejungfrau in Jois at Lake Neusiedl

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Leo Hillinger, Burgenland, with Jakob Scharner, Diplom-Sommelier

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Netzl, Carnuntum, with Franz, Christine and Christina Netzl

Lunch at Restaurant Mole West at Lake Neusiedl

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Anita and Hans Nittnaus, Burgenland, with Anita, Hans and Martin Nittnaus

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Umathum, Burgenland, with Joseph Umathum

Sekt Reception in the Court Yard and Dinner at Schloss Halbturn, Burgenland

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Steindorfer, Burgenland, with Ernst and Roland Steindorfer

Light Lunch at Gránátos Étterem at Esterházy Kástely in Fertöd, Hungary

Tour of the Liszt-Haus in Raiding

Tasting at Weingut Straka, Burgenland, with Thomas Straka

Eating and Sleeping in the Vineyard: Wohnothek am Ratschen, Deutsch-Schützen, with Chef Daniel Sulzer, Restaurant am Ratschen, 16 Points Gault-Millau

Tasting at Weingut Wachter-Wiesler, Burgenland, with Julia Wachter

Tour, Tasting and Lunch at Weingut Jalits, Burgenland, with Mathias Jalits

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Neumeister, Steiermark, with Christoph Neumeister

Dinner with a View at Hotel Weinrefugium, Steiermark

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Sattlerhof, Steiermark, with Justė Sattler

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Wohlmuth, Steiermark

Lunch and Tasting at Buschenschank Weingut Trummer, Steiermark, with Jürgen Trummer

Tasting at Weingut Polz, Steiermark, with Sommelier Philipp Heidenbauer

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Tement, Steiermark, with Sommelier Andy Bodor

Lunch at Restaurant Magnothek/ Weingut Tement, Südsteiermark

Gustav Mahler, Sinfonie Nr.3 at Graz Opera, Steiermark

In Eisenstadt, Burgenland: Tour at Haydn House, Lunch at Restaurant Henrici, Tour at Esterhazy Castle

At Loisium Wine & Spa Resort Langenlois, Kamptal: Impromptu Steininger Sekt Reception with Eva Steininger and Klaus Wittauer

Wine-pairing Dinner at Heurigenhof Bründlmeyer with Chef Jan Pfeiffer, 15.5 Point Gault Millau

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Steininger, Kamptal, with Brigitta Steininger

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Stephanie and Alwin Jurtschitsch, Kamptal, with Alwin Jurtschitsch

Lunch at Braugasthaus zum Fiakerwirtin Langenlois, Kamptal

Tasting at Weingut Markus Huber, Traisental, with Markus Huber

2 Days in Dürnstein, Wachau, at Hotel Richard Löwenherz

Vineyard Walk and Tasting at Weingut Tebernseeerhof, Wachau, with Owner/ Winemaker Martin Mittelbach

Tour and Tasting at Domäne Wachau, Dürnstein, Wachau

Tasting and Dinner at Weingut Nigl, Kremstal, 13.5 Points Gault Millau

Tour and Tasting at Weingut F.X.Pichler, Wachau, with Lucas Pichler

Tasting at Weingut Matthias Hager, Kamptal, with Doris Hager

Lunch at Gasthaus Gutmann, Zöbing, Kamptal

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Schloss Gobelsburg, Kamptal, with Stefan Tabery

Farewell Dinner at Café Central in Vienna

Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours took place from Sunday, May 28 - Thursday, June 08, 2023. We toured Austria for 12 days, starting and ending in Vienna: Wien, Wagram, Carnuntum, Burgenland, Steiermark, Wachau, Kamptal, Kremstal, Traisental, Wien.

Klosterneuburg is an incredibly beautiful and very special place, not just in Austria, but on the planet. It has been Austria’s most important religious, cultural, and enological center for more than 900 years.

We spent a whole afternoon there. First, we toured the monastery and palace Klosterneuburg. Then, we went to that part of the monaster/ palace where the wine making facilities are located and enjoyed a tour with the same guide. Finally, we tasted 4 wines in the wine cellar.

Weingut Stift Klosterneuburg wines are available in the USA.

Guided Tour of the Monastery and Palace Klosterneuburg

Klosterneuburg is an incredibly beautiful and very special place, not just in Austria, but on the planet. It has been Austria’s most important religious, cultural, and enological center for more than 900 years. Markgraf Leopold III laid the foundation stone in 1114. In 1133 Bishop Hartmann and thirty Augustinian Canons founded the monastery and worked fields and vineyards to sustain their living. The mighty Monastery and Palace Klosterneuburg - visible from afar - is breathtakingly beautiful: the location on the banks of the Danube river and its appearance that mostly goes back to the Baroque period. We saw the monastery as well as the famous Imperial Appartments.

Tour of Weingut Stift Klosterneuburg, Wagram

Stift Klosterneuburg is one of the oldest continuously operated wine estates of the world. Since 1133, except for four years during WWII, Augustinian monks made wine at Stift Klosterneuburg. Today Stift Klosterneuburg is Austria’s oldest and largest privately owned wine estate with 225 acres of vineyards in top sites around Klosterneuburg. In 1860 the monks founded the first enological school which still today has a stellar reputation, and most of the top winemakers in Austria studied here. Stift Kosterneuburg is also Austria’s only carbon-neutral winery.

We did do a tour through the cellar, ending with a tasting of the Klosterneuburg wines.

Stift Kloserneuburg

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The Klosterneuburg is one of the world’s oldest wine estates, tracing its lineage back to the 12th century, when the monastery was founded by Margrave Leopold III of Babenberg (now Saint Leopold, Patron Saint of Vienna and Austria). In 1133 the Margrave summoned the Order of St. Augustine to Klosterneuburg, where they were to spend centuries developing the monastery into a center of religious life, culture and scholarship. To this day the Augustinian Canons work in this spirit following closely the monastic Rule of Saint Augustine. In 2014 Stift Klosterneuburg Monastery celebrated its 900th anniversary, and continues to serve as Leopold’s final resting place.

The Wine Estate

Stift Klosterneuburg owns a total vineyard area of 108 hectares, making it one of the largest and most famous wineries in the country. With nearly ten centuries of experience, Stift Klosterneuburg is dedicated to producing authentic wines of character, wines with a sense of place. Specialization in indigenous grape varieties, conscientious handling of the fruits and gentle vinification serve this goal.

The Vineyards

The legendary vineyards are the heart of the estate. Located in Vienna, and in the villages of Klosterneuburg (Wagram), and Gumpoldskirchen and Tattendorf (both in Thermenregion), they are part of a vital ecological system and home to numerous species of flora and fauna. Sowing a diversity of plants between vine rows attracts an abundance of beneficial animals and insects. The soil is given great attention in the vineyards. Fertilization is with the estate’s own compost, and the living soil is worked entirely by hand. Each vine is given individual attention by placing shoots and pruning leaves to ensure optimal sun exposure and ripening. The estate is currently experimenting with keeping chickens between the rows to loosen the soil, provide light fertilization and reduce weeds.

The Cellar

An extensive cellar from the Baroque period delves deep under the monastery. The vaulted cellar extends over four levels to a depth of 36 meters (118 feet). State-of- the-art technologies are put to work for the production of absolute top-quality wines in this historic venue. Prolonged, temperature-controlled white wine vinification highlights classic varietal aromas and fresh, crisp fruit. Red wines are fermented warmer for optimal extraction of color and tannin. Minimal intervention is practiced to preserve the varietal, vintage, and site character of the wines. Maturation and storage take place in the four story vaulted cellar directly under the monastery.

Carbon Neutral

Conscientious use of the natural resources has always been a central concern for Stift Klosterneuburg. The estate has been certified as the first carbon neutral winery in Austria by the environmental protection pioneer “ClimatePartner.” Sustainable cultivation and production methods employed at the winery result in significant reductions in emissions. The deep double-walled cellar of Stift Klosterneuburg does not require any additional air-conditioning for wine storage. The warmth created during fermentation and other processes is recycled, and the estate’s own biomass power plant satisfies all heating needs and delivers surplus energy into the network. Relying on local energy providers whenever possible helps reduce transportation needs. Stift Klosterneuburg is in the process of converting all of its tractors to biofuel. Winery manager Wolfgang Hamm keeps a close on our production methods and says “Environmental protection is a permanent process in our winery.”

Tasting

We tasted 5 wines.

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Dinner at an Iconic Beisl in Vienna: Griechenbeisl - Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Tour of the Monastery/ Palace Klosterneuburg and of the Weingut Klosterneuburg, with Wine Tasting - Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Tafelspitz and Wiener Schnitzel at Plachutta in der Wollzeile, a Viennese Insitution (12/20 GaultMillau)

An After-dinner Glass of Wine at Vis-à-Vis Wine Bar in Vienna

Sightseeing in Vienna: Schönbrunn Imperial Palace and Fiaker Tour

Lunch at Restaurant Die Seejungfrau in Jois at Lake Neusiedl

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Leo Hillinger, Burgenland, with Jakob Scharner, Diplom-Sommelier

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Netzl, Carnuntum, with Franz, Christine and Christina Netzl

Lunch at Restaurant Mole West at Lake Neusiedl

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Anita and Hans Nittnaus, Burgenland, with Anita, Hans and Martin Nittnaus

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Umathum, Burgenland, with Joseph Umathum

Sekt Reception in the Court Yard and Dinner at Schloss Halbturn, Burgenland

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Steindorfer, Burgenland, with Ernst and Roland Steindorfer

Light Lunch at Gránátos Étterem at Esterházy Kástely in Fertöd, Hungary

Tour of the Liszt-Haus in Raiding

Tasting at Weingut Straka, Burgenland, with Thomas Straka

Eating and Sleeping in the Vineyard: Wohnothek am Ratschen, Deutsch-Schützen, with Chef Daniel Sulzer, Restaurant am Ratschen, 16 Points Gault-Millau

Tasting at Weingut Wachter-Wiesler, Burgenland, with Julia Wachter

Tour, Tasting and Lunch at Weingut Jalits, Burgenland, with Mathias Jalits

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Neumeister, Steiermark, with Christoph Neumeister

Dinner with a View at Hotel Weinrefugium, Steiermark

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Sattlerhof, Steiermark, with Justė Sattler

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Wohlmuth, Steiermark

Lunch and Tasting at Buschenschank Weingut Trummer, Steiermark, with Jürgen Trummer

Tasting at Weingut Polz, Steiermark, with Sommelier Philipp Heidenbauer

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Tement, Steiermark, with Sommelier Andy Bodor

Lunch at Restaurant Magnothek/ Weingut Tement, Südsteiermark

Gustav Mahler, Sinfonie Nr.3 at Graz Opera, Steiermark

In Eisenstadt, Burgenland: Tour at Haydn House, Lunch at Restaurant Henrici, Tour at Esterhazy Castle

At Loisium Wine & Spa Resort Langenlois, Kamptal: Impromptu Steininger Sekt Reception with Eva Steininger and Klaus Wittauer

Wine-pairing Dinner at Heurigenhof Bründlmeyer with Chef Jan Pfeiffer, 15.5 Point Gault Millau

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Steininger, Kamptal, with Brigitta Steininger

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Stephanie and Alwin Jurtschitsch, Kamptal, with Alwin Jurtschitsch

Lunch at Braugasthaus zum Fiakerwirtin Langenlois, Kamptal

Tasting at Weingut Markus Huber, Traisental, with Markus Huber

2 Days in Dürnstein, Wachau, at Hotel Richard Löwenherz

Vineyard Walk and Tasting at Weingut Tebernseeerhof, Wachau, with Owner/ Winemaker Martin Mittelbach

Tour and Tasting at Domäne Wachau, Dürnstein, Wachau

Tasting and Dinner at Weingut Nigl, Kremstal, 13.5 Points Gault Millau

Tour and Tasting at Weingut F.X.Pichler, Wachau, with Lucas Pichler

Tasting at Weingut Matthias Hager, Kamptal, with Doris Hager

Lunch at Gasthaus Gutmann, Zöbing, Kamptal

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Schloss Gobelsburg, Kamptal, with Stefan Tabery

Farewell Dinner at Café Central in Vienna

Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours took place from Sunday, May 28 - Thursday, June 08, 2023. We toured Austria for 12 days, starting and ending in Vienna.

Following a trip to the Klosterneuburg complex (visit of the monastery and palace Klosterneuburg and a tour and tasting at Weingut Kloster Neuburg), about 45 minutes away from Vienna downtown, we returned to our hotel in Vienna and went out to Plachutta in der Wollzeile for dinner.

This is Vienna’s most famous and best place to have Austria’s signature dishes: Vienna Schnitzel and Tafelspitz at its best. Plachutta is more than a restaurant: it is a Vienna institution.

Plachutta in der Wollzeile has 12/20 Points in the Gault&Millau Österreich.

Plachutta in der Wollzeile

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Plachutta, the Viennese high temple of boiled beef, hardly needs introduction. Enter this oversized downtown restaurant any time of day, and you'll find elegant local Viennese of all ages (and tourists, too) sitting around tables set with white linen. 13 cuts are available, as are helpful charts of a cow showing where each comes from. Most famous is Tafelspitz, once the favorite of Habsburg Emperor Franz Joseph, from the upper part of the rear leg of a young ox (also known as top round).

The tender meat arrives in pretty copper plates, submerged in a flavorful broth alongside bone marrow, carrots, and thin noodles. Spoon up some of the liquid, slather the marrow on toast, then settle yourself in for the main prize. Don't forget about the sides: horseradish slicked applesauce, chive-laced sour cream, and rösti (shredded and fried potatoes).

The Plachutta family owns several restaurants, but this one, in the city center, is best known.

Dinner

We all had a 3-course dinner, with soup, Tafelspitz or Wiener Schnitzel, and dessert.

The Wines

Annette ordered a 2021 Weingut Christ, Vienna, Gemischter Satz, and a 2021 Weingut Zahel, Vienna, Gemischter Satz as well as 2020 Weingut Ybi, Hortischon, Burgenland, Blaufränkisch (Selection Plachutta).

Fritatensuppe

Tafelspitz

Wiener Schnitzel

Dessert

The Kitchen

Bye-bye

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Dinner at an Iconic Beisl in Vienna: Griechenbeisl - Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Tour of the Monastery/ Palace Klosterneuburg and of the Weingut Klosterneuburg, with Wine Tasting - Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Vienna Schnitzel and Tafelspitz at Plachutta in der Wollzeile, Vienna. Plachutta is more than a Restaurant: it is a Vienna Institution - Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

An After-dinner Glass of Wine at Vis-à-Vis Wine Bar in Vienna

Sightseeing in Vienna: Schönbrunn Imperial Palace and Fiaker Tour

Lunch at Restaurant Die Seejungfrau in Jois at Lake Neusiedl

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Leo Hillinger, Burgenland, with Jakob Scharner, Diplom-Sommelier

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Netzl, Carnuntum, with Franz, Christine and Christina Netzl

Lunch at Restaurant Mole West at Lake Neusiedl

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Anita and Hans Nittnaus, Burgenland, with Anita, Hans and Martin Nittnaus

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Umathum, Burgenland, with Joseph Umathum

Sekt Reception in the Court Yard and Dinner at Schloss Halbturn, Burgenland

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Steindorfer, Burgenland, with Ernst and Roland Steindorfer

Light Lunch at Gránátos Étterem at Esterházy Kástely in Fertöd, Hungary

Tour of the Liszt-Haus in Raiding

Tasting at Weingut Straka, Burgenland, with Thomas Straka

Eating and Sleeping in the Vineyard: Wohnothek am Ratschen, Deutsch-Schützen, with Chef Daniel Sulzer, Restaurant am Ratschen, 16 Points Gault-Millau

Tasting at Weingut Wachter-Wiesler, Burgenland, with Julia Wachter

Tour, Tasting and Lunch at Weingut Jalits, Burgenland, with Mathias Jalits

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Neumeister, Steiermark, with Christoph Neumeister

Dinner with a View at Hotel Weinrefugium, Steiermark

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Sattlerhof, Steiermark, with Justė Sattler

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Wohlmuth, Steiermark

Lunch and Tasting at Buschenschank Weingut Trummer, Steiermark, with Jürgen Trummer

Tasting at Weingut Polz, Steiermark, with Sommelier Philipp Heidenbauer

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Tement, Steiermark, with Sommelier Andy Bodor

Lunch at Restaurant Magnothek/ Weingut Tement, Südsteiermark

Gustav Mahler, Sinfonie Nr.3 at Graz Opera, Steiermark

In Eisenstadt, Burgenland: Tour at Haydn House, Lunch at Restaurant Henrici, Tour at Esterhazy Castle

At Loisium Wine & Spa Resort Langenlois, Kamptal: Impromptu Steininger Sekt Reception with Eva Steininger and Klaus Wittauer

Wine-pairing Dinner at Heurigenhof Bründlmeyer with Chef Jan Pfeiffer, 15.5 Point Gault Millau

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Steininger, Kamptal, with Brigitta Steininger

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Stephanie and Alwin Jurtschitsch, Kamptal, with Alwin Jurtschitsch

Lunch at Braugasthaus zum Fiakerwirtin Langenlois, Kamptal

Tasting at Weingut Markus Huber, Traisental, with Markus Huber

2 Days in Dürnstein, Wachau, at Hotel Richard Löwenherz

Vineyard Walk and Tasting at Weingut Tebernseeerhof, Wachau, with Owner/ Winemaker Martin Mittelbach

Tour and Tasting at Domäne Wachau, Dürnstein, Wachau

Tasting and Dinner at Weingut Nigl, Kremstal, 13.5 Points Gault Millau

Tour and Tasting at Weingut F.X.Pichler, Wachau, with Lucas Pichler

Tasting at Weingut Matthias Hager, Kamptal, with Doris Hager

Lunch at Gasthaus Gutmann, Zöbing, Kamptal

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Schloss Gobelsburg, Kamptal, with Stefan Tabery

Farewell Dinner at Café Central in Vienna

Germany "From Berlin to Frankfurt" 2023 (Saale Unstrut, Sachsen, Franken, Württemberg) by ombiasy WineTours took place from Monday, June 19, 2023 to Thursday, June 29, 2023.

The tour started in Berlin and ended in Frankfurt.

The group stayed at the Titanic Hotel in Berlin, a 4-star hotel in Berlin on Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin’s most prestigious central district, close to the main artery: the Unter den Linden Boulevard, the Museum Island, the Berlin Opera, the government offices, and the Brandenburg Gate.

Annette and I arrived a day early (by train from Frankfurt) and went with other members of the group to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden to see Sleepless, Opera Ballad in zwei Akten (2021) by Peter Eötvös, who was at the performance.

In Berlin, the focus of Germany "From Berlin to Frankfurt" 2023 (Saale Unstrut, Sachsen, Franken, Württemberg) by ombiasy WineTours was on history and culture, not on wine.

We did a 2 1/2 hour city tour of Berlin and a 2 1/2 hour city tour of Potsdam, had lunch at an Italian Restaurant right next to the Brandenburg Gate and dinner at Restaurant Borchardt

Borchardt near Gendarmenmarkt is a Berliner institution in which celebrities regularly meet. Named after a Huguenot wine merchant who opened a delicatessen on the premises in the mid-19th century (he even supplied the Kaiser himself with imported goodies), the restaurant was reopened as a Parisian-style brasserie in 1992. Nicknamed “Promi-lokal” (“celebrity joint”) or “canteen of the Republic” by the German press, for the past 3 decades Borchardt has been ‘ground zero’ for the new German capital’s political, cultural, media and business elite. The juicy Wiener Schnitzel counts as a highlight.

Berlin

The “Berlinflüsterer - Berlin whisperer” Arvid Zemkus gave us a thorough insider tour of Berlin: Germany’s largest city, its historic and new capital, a divided city for 45 years and today a vibrant, hip, artsy, spontaneous, lively city along the Spree River that is a food-lovers paradise.

We had lunch at Mama Trattoria. This Italian eatery is right next to the Brandenburg Gate at the Pariser Platz next to the American Embassy, the French Embassy, and the famous Hotel Adlon.

We had some time to walk around Berlin’s most famous city square.

Potsdam

Potsdam - a 1000 year old city - is now the capital city of the state of Brandenburg and famous for its palaces, gardens, and cultural and historic significance. In former times it was the residence city of the Prussian Kings and later of the German Emperor.

We all know about Frederick the Great, arguable the most important and beloved King of Prussia. To escape the formal ceremonies and pomp of the Berlin court he built a summer palace “Sanssouci” - basically more like a large, single-story villa than a palace - in Potsdam, outside of Berlin. Frederick the Great was very modern in his thinking and embodied the ideas of the “Age of Enlightenment”. He built beautiful gardens and a vineyard “Königlicher Klausberg” on the slopes of the hill Sanssouci sits on. There was varied success in harvesting good grapes and after 1945 most of the buildings and gardens were destroyed by the Russian Army.

After reunification in 1989, besides restoring historical buildings in Potsdam, the focus also shifted to the gardens and the vineyard. In his will Frederick the Great wrote that he wanted to be buried in the vineyard of Sanssouci, but through twists and turns of history his final resting place was in Hohenzollern Castle in Württemberg.

On August 17, 1991 (the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 made it possible) on the 250th anniversary of his death, Frederick's casket lay in state in the court of honor at Sanssouci, covered by a Prussian flag and escorted by a Bundeswehr (German Army) guard of honor. After nightfall, Frederick's body was finally laid to rest in the terrace of the vineyard of Sanssouci – in the still existing crypt he had built there – without pomp, in accordance with his will.

Potsdam is also home of the film studio “Babelsberg” which was founded in 1912 and is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world.

“Potsdam” is a synonym for every politically interested person since world history was written here. It was here at the “Cecilienhof Palace” that the Potsdam Conference took place after WWII when President Harry S. Truman of the USA, General Secretary Joseph Stalin of the USSR, and Prime Minsters Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee of the UK decided on the future world order and the division of Germany which lasted for the following 45 years.

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Dinner at Restaurant Borchardt in Berlin-Mitte

Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Born in Salzatal-Höhnstedt, Saale-Unstrut, with Elisabeth and Günter Born

Tour and Tasting at Niche Producer Weingut Herr & Frau Lüttmer, in Vitzenburg, Saale-Unstrut, with Klaus Lüttmer

Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Landesweingut Kloster Pforta in Bad Kösen, Saale-Unstrut, with Paula Löber, 2022 Wine Princess of Bad Kösen

In Naumburg - Saale Unstrut: Concert and Tour of the Organ at St. Wenzel Church with the Organist and Tour of the Naumburg Cathedral

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Pawis (VDP) in Freyburg, Saale-Unstrut, with Christian Pawis

Wine Pairing Dinner at Restaurant Zufriedenheit in Naumburg, Saale Unstut, with the Wines of Weingut Hey (VDP) and Weingut Böhme und Töchter (VDP)

Tasting at Weingut Gussek in Naumburg, Saale-Unstrut, with André Gussek

Leipzig: City Tour and Concert at Gewandhaus Leipzig with the Full Gewandhaus Orchestra

Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Schwarz (VDP) in Meissen, Sachsen

Lunch at Restaurant/ Weingut Vincenz Richter in Meissen

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Schloss Proschwitz, Prinz zur Lippe (VDP) in Meissen, Sachsen, with Björn Probst, Vineyard and Sales Manager

Tour and Tasting at Sächsisches Staatsweingut Schloss Wackerbarth in Radebeul, Sachsen

Guided Private Tour of the Royal Palace in Dresden, Sachsen

Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi at Semperoper Dresden, Sachsen

Visit of the Deutsch-Deutsches Museum in Mödlareuth and Lunch at Turnhallen Gaststätte in Töpen, Bayern

Concert (Bamberger Symphoniker) at the Würzburg Residence in the Imperial Ballroom (Mozart Festival)

Tasting at Niche Producer Weingut Seufert in Iphofen, Franken, with Laura Seufert

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Wirsching (VDP) in Iphofen, Franken, with Dr. Uwe Matheus

Tasting at Weingut Weltner (VDP) in Rödelsee, Franken, with Paul Weltner

Wine Dinner at Weinstuben Weingut Juliusspital in Würzburg, Franken

Walk in the Vineyard, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Rudolf May (VDP) in Retzstadt, Franken, with Rudolph and Benedikt May

Light Lunch at Restaurant Rose in Bretzfeld-Blitzfeld, with Owner/ Chef Willi Carle

Vineyard and Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Fürst Hohenlohe-Öhringen (VDP) in Öhringen-Verrenberg, Württemberg, with the New Managing Director Carl-Julius Cromme

Walk in the Vineyard and Tasting at Weingut Schlossgut Hohenbeilstein (VDP) in Beilstein, Württemberg

Dinner at Restaurant Lamm Hebsack in Remshalden, Württemberg, with Owners Markus (Kitchen) und Sylvia Polinski (Service)

Tasting at Weingut Beurer (VDP) in Kernen, Württemberg, with Jochen Beurer

Cellar Tour and Tasting Weingut Schnaitmann (VDP) in Fellbach, Württemberg, with Rainer Schnaitmann

Light Lunch at Rotenberger Weingärtle in Stuttgart

Tasting at Up and Coming Weingut Lassak in Hessigheim, Würrtemberg, with Stefanie and Fabian Lassak

Dinner at Restaurant Zum Alten Rentamt at Weingut Graf Neipperg (VDP) in Schwaigern, Württemberg, with Neipperg Wines from Württemberg and Bordeaux

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Dautel (VDP) in Bönnigheim, Württemberg, with Ernst and Christian Dautel

From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours took place from Sunday, July 02 - Thursday, July 13, 2023.

The tour started in Lyon and ended in Paris.

We met at Grand Hotel des Terreaux in Lyon, a 4-star beautiful hotel in the heart of Old Lyon, the UNESCO World Heritage Site. It combines the atmosphere of an old-fashioned 19th century town house with a contemporary interior. We stayed there one night.

Annette and I took the TGV from Frankfurt to Lyon and arrived there in the late afternoon of Saturday, July1, 2023.

We checked in at Grand Hotel des Terreaux, a 4-star beautiful hotel in the heart of Old Lyon, the UNESCO World Heritage Site. It combines the atmosphere of an old-fashioned 19th century town house with a contemporary interior.

After unpacking, we headed to the corner and Le Broc’Bar, our go-to bar under a big tree, when in Lyon.

The next day, on Sunday, July 2, the group met in the bar area of the Grand Hotel des Terreaux in Lyon after lunch. We spent the afternoon walking through Lyon before having our first group dinner at the Restaurant Le Grand Café des Négociants, a few blocks away from our hotel.

Dinner at Restaurant Le Grand Café des Négociants

Created in 1864, the « Grand Café des Négociants » settles in Lyon’s History.

It keeps throughout time its Second Empire decor characterized by its moulded and painted ceilings, its splendid opulent curtains and its numerous mirrors, all in burgundy and mahogany monochrome that give it a warm ambiance.

Formerly a place of negotiation for diamond merchants, silk merchants and wholesale butchers that used numerous mirrors to communicate discretely through signs, the brasserie has remained the meeting place for politicians, artists, business travelers…

Located on the Peninsula (classified at World Heritage by Unesco), between place Bellecour and the Town Hall, steps from the Palais de la Bourse, the Célestins theater and the Opera, in the heart of the golden square where are located luxury boutiques, the Grand Café des Négociants welcomes you daily throughout the year.

Guided Sightseeing Tour of Lyon

Lyon is France’s second largest city with around two million people, and a chic, sharp, savvy, historic, bustling city. It was founded by the Romans in 34 BC, and has been a commercial, industrial, and banking powerhouse for the last five hundred years. In the 15th century it became Europe’s publishing center, by the mid 18 hundreds it had become Europe’s silk-weaving center, at the dawn of the 20th century it became France’s cineastic center, and today it is a sophisticated city with a dynamic cultural life, a thriving university scene, and France’s gourmet capital. The city center lies on the peninsular at the confluence of the Saône and Rhône rivers, the oldest Renaissance part of Lyon is sandwiched
between the Saône river and the hillside to the west. The city is classified as UNESCO world heritage site. Very special are the “Bouchon” simple, very typical Lyonnais restaurants and the “Traboules” interior passageways between houses being established during the “silk” period of Lyon.

We took the funicular to go up the hill above the Renaissance part of Lyon from where we had a fantastic view on the entire city. Our English-speaking guide took us on a leisurely walk down to the Saône river showing us and explaining the history of Lyon and contemporary Lyon.

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Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Chermette in Saint-Vérand, Beaujolais, with Martine and Jean-Etienne Chermette

Menu du Jour Lunch in Beaujolais at L’Atelier du Cuisinier in Villié-Morgon

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Château de Jacques in Romanèche-Thorins, Beaujolais, with Genevieve Bonifacio, Responsable Commerciale

Dinner at Restaurant Château de Pizay in Belleville-en-Beaujolais, with Chef de Cuisine Eric Chauffour, 12/ 20 Points Gault Millau

In the Most Prestigious AOC in the Mâconnais: Pouilly-Fuissé, France

Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Ferret in Fuissé, Poully-Fuissé, Mâconnais, with the outgoing DG/ Winemaker Audrey Braccini and incoming DG/ Winemaker Clément Robinet

Menu du Jour Lunch at Restaurant Le Millésime in Davayé, Mâconnais.

Tasting at Domaine Céline & Laurent Tripoz, Mâconnais, with Céline & Laurent Tripoz

Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Menand in Mercurey, Côte Chalonnaise, with Fabienne Menand

Schiller’s Favorite Wine Bars in Beaune, Bourgogne

Dinner at Restaurant La Table du Square in Beaune.

Walk in the Vineyard, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Jessiaume in Santenay, Côte de Beaune, with DG/ Winemaker William Waterkeyn

Vineyard Walk in Meursault with Karoline Knoth - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Guided Vineyards Walk around Meursault with Karoline Knoth, Author of "Castles and Châteaux in Meursault"

Menu du Jour Lunch at Restaurant L’Agastache in Volnay, with Caroline (Service) and Nunzio Iacono (Kitchen), 12.5/ 20 Points Gault Millau

Tour of Château de Rully and Tasting of Domaine du Château de Rully Wines, with Count Raoul de Ternay - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Guided Tour of Château de Rully by Current Owner Count Raoul de Ternay, with Tasting of Domaine Rully Wines

Dinner at Restaurant Le Relais de Saulx in Beaune, with the Couple Charles Danet, Chef, and Agnès Peyre, Service, 12/ 20 Points Gault Millau

Olivier Leflaive in Puligny Montrachet: Vineyard Walk and Cellar Tour, with Olivier and Patrick Leflaive - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour by ombiasy WineTours 2016, France

Lunch and Wine Tasting at La Table de Olivier in Puligny Montrachet with Olivier Leflaive – Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour by ombiasy WineTours 2016, France

Guided Walk in the Grand Cru Montrachet Vineyards, an Hour with Icon Olivier Leflaive and Wine-pairing Lunch at Restaurant La Table d’Olivier Leflaive of Maison Olivier Leflaive in Puligny-Montrachet, Côte de Beaune

Tasting at Château de Pommard in Pommard, Côte de Beaune.

Tasting at Domaine Faiveley in Nuits St. Georges - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Faiveley in Nuits-Saint-George, Côte de Nuits

Menu du Jour Lunch with Wine Tasting at Restaurant Le Vintage, Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Louis Jadot in Beaune with Thibaud Marquis, US Reprsentative of Louis Jadot

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Armelle et Bernhard Rion in Vosne Romanée, Côte de Nuits - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Bus Tour Through the Vineyards of Vosne-Romanée, Côte de Nuits, with Melissa Rion and Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Rion, Vosne-Romanée

Wine-pairing lunch at Domaine Trapet, Gevrey-Chambertin, Côte de Nuits

Visit and Tasting: Maison Joseph Drouhin in Beaune– Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours, France

Tour of the Ancient Cellars and Tasting at Maison Joseph Drouhin in Beaune

Wine and Music at "From Bach to Bacchus in Meursault", with Karoline Knoth

Visit: Hospices de Beaune– Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour by ombiasy WineTours 2016, France

Hospices de Beaune and its Wines - Guided Tour

Menu du Jour Lunch at Restaurant Au Creux de Vougeot

Visit of Château du Clos de Vougeot - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Tour of Château du Clos de Vougeot

Schiller’s Favorite Wine Bars and other Wine Venues in Chablis, France

Dinner at Restaurant Hostellerie des Clos in Chablis

Tasting from Tank, Barrel and Bottle at Domaine Servin in Chablis, with Marc Cameron and François Servin

Wine Pairing Lunch, Cellar Visit, Vineyard Tour and Tasting at Domaine Jean Marc Brocard in Préhy, Chablis– Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours, France

Tour, Tasting and Lunch at Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard in Préhy, Chablis

Dinner at Restaurant Le Maufoux, Domaine William Fevre, Chablis

Guided Tour at Fontenay Abbey (Bernard de Clairveau), Montbard

Champagne– An Introduction, France

French Champagne Houses and German Roots

Champagne Menu du Jour Lunch at Restaurant Chez Bellou in Gyé-sur-Seine, Champagne

Visit and Tasting at Champagne Jean Josselin, a Grower Champagne House in Gyé sur Seine – Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours, France

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Champagne Jean Josselin in Gyé-sur-Seine, Côte des Bar, Champagne, with Jean Pierre Josselin and Export Manager Sharona Tsubota

Tour of l'Avenue de Champagne in Epernay - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours

Tasting Current (in the Tasting Room) and Older Vintages (in the Cellar) at Champagne Legras & Haas in Chouilly, Côte des Blancs, with Jérôme Legras

Tasting at Champagne Maison Gamet in Mardeuil, Vallée de la Marne, with Philippe, Fabienne and Marianne Gamet

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Champagne Alfred Gratien in Èpernay

French/ Thai Fusion Dinner at Restaurant Cook’In in Épernay (Bib Gourmant Michelin), with Chef Guillaume and Uma (Service).

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Champagne Ruinart, Reims, with Frédéric Panaïotis, Chef de Caves

Dining and Wining on Boulevard Montparnasse in Paris: La Rotonde, Le Dôme and La Coupole, France – Pre-Bordeaux Wine Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours, France

Lunch at La Coupole, Montparnasse, Paris

Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours took place from Sunday, May 28 - Thursday, June 08, 2023. We toured Austria for 12 days, starting and ending in Vienna: Wien, Wagram, Carnuntum, Burgenland, Steiermark, Wachau, Kamptal, Kremstal, Traisental, Wien.

After a wonderful evening at Plachutta in der Wollzeile

See: Wiener Schnitzel and Tafelspitz at Plachutta in der Wollzeile, Vienna. Plachutta is more than a Restaurant: it is a Vienna Institution - Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

we walked back to our Hotel Mercure Wien Zentrum.

Four of us stopped at Vis-a-Vis Wine Bar, which is just oppositee of Restaurant Figlmüller, famous for its Wiener Schnitzel, for an after-dinner glass of wine.

Vis-a-Vis offers over 300 wines, both domestic and international, with a strong emphasis on the former. It is also a good place to discover talented Austrian newcomers.

The food served is Heurigen-style, with delicious little snacks and antipasti. If you want Wiener Schnitzel, you have to go to Figlmüller, vis a vis.

Fallstaff: Vis-a-Vis Weinbar: Eine Weinbar vom alten Schlag findet, wer von der Wollzeile Richung Lugeck abbiegt: Die Chefin ist mit Charme und Herzlichkeit ganz offensichtlich geborene Wirtin, im Glas schimmern ausgezeichnete Weine österreichischer Spitzenwinzer und Hirter vom Fass und in der Vitrine warten kleine Schmankerl.

I blogged about Vis-a-Vis Wine Bar more than 10 years ago. See: Vis-a-Vis Wine Bar in Vienna, Austria.

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Dinner at an Iconic Beisl in Vienna: Griechenbeisl - Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Tour of the Monastery/ Palace Klosterneuburg and of the Weingut Klosterneuburg, with Wine Tasting - Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Wiener Schnitzel and Tafelspitz at Plachutta in der Wollzeile, Vienna. Plachutta is more than a Restaurant: it is a Vienna Institution - Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Vis-a-Vis Wine Bar in Vienna, Austria

An After-dinner Glass of Wine at Vis-à-Vis Wine Bar in Vienna

Sightseeing in Vienna: Schönbrunn Imperial Palace and Fiaker Tour

Lunch at Restaurant Die Seejungfrau in Jois at Lake Neusiedl

Winemaker Dinner and Pre-dinner Tasting with Leo Hillinger, Weingut Leo Hillinger, in Northern Virginia, USA/ Austria

Visiting Leo Hillinger, Michael Hoeffken and Edgar Brutler at the Leo Hillinger Winery in Jois, Austria

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Leo Hillinger, Burgenland, with Jakob Scharner, Diplom-Sommelier

Welcome to America: Franz and Christine Netzl Estate, Carnuntum, Austria

Visiting Christine, Christina and Franz Netzl in their Weingut Netzl in Carnuntum, Austria

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Netzl, Carnuntum, with Franz, Christine and Christina Netzl

Lunch at Restaurant Mole West at Lake Neusiedl

Meeting “John” Nittnaus from Gols, Burgenland, Austria

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Anita and Hans Nittnaus, Burgenland, with Anita, Hans and Martin Nittnaus

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Umathum, Burgenland, with Joseph Umathum

A Wedding and a Wine Tasting at Schloss Halbturn in Austria

Sekt Reception in the Court Yard and Dinner at Schloss Halbturn, Burgenland

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Steindorfer, Burgenland, with Ernst and Roland Steindorfer

Light Lunch at Gránátos Étterem at Esterházy Kástely in Fertöd, Hungary

Tour of the Liszt-Haus in Raiding

Tasting at Weingut Straka, Burgenland, with Thomas Straka

Wine and Food from Burgenland at Wachter-Wieslers Ratschen, Deutsch-Schuetzen, Austria - with Tom and Christoph Wachter and Julia Sevenich

Eating and Sleeping in the Vineyard: Wohnothek am Ratschen, Deutsch-Schützen, with Chef Daniel Sulzer, Restaurant am Ratschen, 16 Points Gault-Millau

Tasting at Weingut Wachter-Wiesler, Burgenland, with Julia Wachter

Tour, Tasting and Lunch at Weingut Jalits, Burgenland, with Mathias Jalits

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Neumeister, Steiermark, with Christoph Neumeister

Dinner with a View at Hotel Weinrefugium, Steiermark

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Sattlerhof, Steiermark, with Justė Sattler

Visit: Gerhard Wohlmuth sen. and his Weingut Wohlmuth in Austria

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Wohlmuth, Steiermark

Lunch and Tasting at Buschenschank Weingut Trummer, Steiermark, with Jürgen Trummer

Tasting at Weingut Polz, Steiermark, with Sommelier Philipp Heidenbauer

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Tement, Steiermark, with Sommelier Andy Bodor

Lunch at Restaurant Magnothek/ Weingut Tement, Südsteiermark

Gustav Mahler, Sinfonie Nr.3 at Graz Opera, Steiermark

In Eisenstadt, Burgenland: Tour at Haydn House, Lunch at Restaurant Henrici, Tour at Esterhazy Castle

At Loisium Wine & Spa Resort Langenlois, Kamptal: Impromptu Steininger Sekt Reception with Eva Steininger and Klaus Wittauer

Wine-pairing Dinner at Heurigenhof Bründlmeyer with Chef Jan Pfeiffer, 15.5 Point Gault Millau

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Steininger, Kamptal, with Brigitta Steininger

The Wines of Stefanie and Alwin Jurtschitsch, Weingut Jurtschitsch, Kamptal, Austria

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Stephanie and Alwin Jurtschitsch, Kamptal, with Alwin Jurtschitsch

Lunch at Braugasthaus zum Fiakerwirtin Langenlois, Kamptal

Tasting at Weingut Markus Huber, Traisental, with Markus Huber

2 Days in Dürnstein, Wachau, at Hotel Richard Löwenherz

Martin Mittelbach from the "Tegernseehof"and Klaus Wittauer from "KWSelection" Presented Tegernseehof Wines and Stefan Trummer and Chef Austin Fausett from “Trummer’s on Main” in Clifton Austrian Appetizers at the Austrian Embassy in Washington DC, USA

Vineyard Walk and Tasting at Weingut Tebernseeerhof, Wachau, with Owner/ Winemaker Martin Mittelbach

Tour and Tasting at Domäne Wachau, Dürnstein, Wachau

Tasting and Dinner at Weingut Nigl, Kremstal, 13.5 Points Gault Millau

Vintage 2011 Tasting with Lucas Pichler, Weingut F.X. Pichler, with Dirk Wuertz at his Koenigsmuehle in Rheinhessen, Austria/Germany

Tour and Tasting at Weingut F.X.Pichler, Wachau, with Lucas Pichler

Tasting at Weingut Matthias Hager, Kamptal, with Doris Hager

Lunch at Gasthaus Gutmann, Zöbing, Kamptal

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Schloss Gobelsburg, Kamptal, with Stefan Tabery

Farewell Dinner at Café Central in Vienna

Germany "From Berlin to Frankfurt" 2023 (Saale Unstrut, Sachsen, Franken, Württemberg) by ombiasy WineTours took place from Monday, June 19, 2023 to Thursday, June 29, 2023.

The tour started in Berlin and ended in Frankfurt.

In Berlin, the focus of Germany "From Berlin to Frankfurt" 2023 (Saale Unstrut, Sachsen, Franken, Württemberg) by ombiasy WineTours was on history and culture, not on wine.

We did a 2 1/2 hour city tour of Berlin and a 2 1/2 hour city tour of Potsdam, had lunch at an Italian Restaurant right next to the Brandenburg Gate and dinner at Restaurant Borchardt.

See here: City Tours: Berlin and Potsdam - Germany "From Berlin to Frankfurt" 2023 (Saale Unstrut, Sachsen, Franken, Württemberg) by ombiasy WineTours

Borchardt

The Steak Tartare counts as highlight.

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City Tours: Berlin and Potsdam - Germany "From Berlin to Frankfurt" 2023 (Saale Unstrut, Sachsen, Franken, Württemberg) by ombiasy WineTours

Dinner at Restaurant Borchardt in Berlin-Mitte

Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Born in Salzatal, Saale-Unstrut, with Elisabeth Born - Germany-East Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Art, Culture, History - Berlin, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, Württemberg, Franken

Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Born in Salzatal-Höhnstedt, Saale-Unstrut, with Elisabeth and Günter Born

Tour and Tasting at Niche Producer Weingut Herr & Frau Lüttmer, in Vitzenburg, Saale-Unstrut, with Klaus Lüttmer

Weingut Kloster Pforta: Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting with Managing Director Christian Kloss – Germany-North Wine Tour by ombiasy (2014)

Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Landesweingut Kloster Pforta in Bad Kösen, Saale-Unstrut, with Paula Löber, 2022 Wine Princess of Bad Kösen

In Naumburg - Saale Unstrut: Concert and Tour of the Organ at St. Wenzel Church with the Organist and Tour of the Naumburg Cathedral

Weingut Pawis in the Saale Unstrut Region: Tour and Wine Tasting with Marcus Pawis– Germany-East Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Pawis (VDP) in Freyburg, Saale-Unstrut, with Christian Pawis

Wine Pairing Dinner at Restaurant Zufriedenheit in Naumburg, Saale Unstut, with the Wines of Weingut Hey (VDP) and Weingut Böhme und Töchter (VDP)

Tasting at Weingut Gussek in Naumburg, Saale-Unstrut, with André Gussek

Leipzig: City Tour and Concert at Gewandhaus Leipzig with the Full Gewandhaus Orchestra

Dresden is the New Unlikely Place for Fine Barolo Wine: Weingut Martin Schwarz– Germany-East Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours

Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Schwarz (VDP) in Meissen, Sachsen

Wine and Music:"Martin Luther Lunch" at the Historic Vincenz Richter Restaurant, Weingut Vincenz Richter, in Meissen with Senior Boss Gottfried Herrlich and the Music of Bach, Mozart and Beethoven – Germany-East Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours

Lunch at Restaurant/ Weingut Vincenz Richter in Meissen

Tour and Dinner at Weingut Schloss Proschwitz - Prinz zur Lippe in Zadel, Sachsen, with Georg Prinz zur Lippe - Germany-East Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Schloss Proschwitz, Prinz zur Lippe (VDP) in Meissen, Sachsen, with Björn Probst, Vineyard and Sales Manager

Visit and Tasting at the Sächsisches Staatsweingut Schloss Wackerbarth in Radebeul, Sachsen - Germany-East Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Art, Culture, History - Berlin, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, Württemberg, Franken

Tour and Tasting at Sächsisches Staatsweingut Schloss Wackerbarth in Radebeul, Sachsen

Guided Private Tour of the Royal Palace in Dresden, Sachsen

Wine and Opera in Dresden: Mozart at Semper Opera and the Best Wines of Sachsen at Wine Bar Weinzentrale in Dresden-Neustadt, with Owner/ Sommelier Jens Pietzonka – Germany-East Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours

Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi at Semperoper Dresden, Sachsen

Visit of the Deutsch-Deutsches Museum in Mödlareuth and Lunch at Turnhallen Gaststätte in Töpen, Bayern

Schiller’s Favorites: 2 Legendary Wine Taverns in Würzburg – Juliusspital and Bürgerspital

Schiller’s Favorite Wine Taverns in Würzburg

Concert (Bamberger Symphoniker) at the Würzburg Residence in the Imperial Ballroom (Mozart Festival)

Tasting at Niche Producer Weingut Seufert in Iphofen, Franken, with Laura Seufert

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Wirsching in Iphofen in Franken with General Manager Uwe Matheus– Germany-East Wine and Art Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015)