Organized by Grant Crandall, on November 16, 2024, the Cellar Club Group met at "Tenuta Castelli" in Virginia. Stephanie Castelli and Brian had selected "Open That Bottle Night" as theme of the tasting. As usual, everybody brought a bottle of wine and a corresponding dish. There were 17 of us.
Annette and I brought as one of our 2 wines a bottle of the 2019 EINHEIT, an east-west-cooperation of Weingut Josef Spreitzer in the Rheingau and Weingut Pawis in Saale-Unstrut to celebrate German re-unification in 1989. Only 2020 bottles made. We got 6 of them.
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2019 Einheit and Borscht - An East German Favorite
Annette and I brought as one of our 2 wines a bottle of the 2019 EINHEIT, an east-west-cooperation of Weingut Josef Spreitzer in the Rheingau and Weingut Pawis in Saale-Unstrut to celebrate German re-unification in 1989. Only 2020 bottles made. We got 6 of them.
German Wine Critics' Prize/ EINHEIT, Michael Apitz, Weingut Josef Spreitzer (Rheingau) and Weingut Pawis (Saale Unstrut), Germany
See: Weinfeder Award Ceremony at Weingut Spreitzer, September 2020: Wine Personality of the Year/ Georg Prinz zur Lippe, Weingut Schloss Proschwitz and German Wine Critics' Prize/ EINHEIT, Michael Apitz, Weingut Josef Spreitzer (Rheingau) and Weingut Pawis (Saale Unstrut), Germany
Euro 19.90 - 2020 bottles. At Weingut Spreitzer and Weingut Pawis
Weingut Josef Spreitzer
Weingut Spreitzer is a leading producer in the Rheingau. In contrast to both Weingut Pawis and Weingut Schloss Proschwitz, Weingut Spreitzer is a familiar name in the German wine circles in the USA. The wines of Weingut Spreitzer are imported by Skurnik Wines. Weingut Spreitzer is currently owned and managed by Andreas and Bernd Spreitzer. In the USA, we mostly get to see Andi Spreitzer. He recently flew over just for an evening at the German Embassy in Washington DC, when the Ambassador poured his wines at a Weingut Spreitzer Winemaker Gala Dinner at the Embassy.
See also:
Tour and Tasting at Weingut Spreitzer in Oestrich, Rheingau, with Bernd Spreitzer –
Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015), Germany
Picture: Annette Schiller and Andreas Spreitzer in New York
Weingut Pawis
Weingut Pawis is a leading producer in the Saale Unstrut region, which we have visited a number of times during the Germany East Tour by ombiasy WineTours. Again, Bernhard Pawis has a fascinating story to tell how he managed from a few hectars to a rather large estate now located in the historic Zscheiplitz Estate, close to Freyburg.
See also:
Weingut Pawis in the Saale Unstrut Region: Tour and Wine Tasting with Marcus Pawis – Germany-East Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours
Weingut Pawis in the Saale Unstrut Region: Wine Tasting with Marcus Pawis – Germany-East Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours
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