Wine Majesties have a long tradition in Germany. Basically all wine villages, wine regions and the country as a whole have wine queens and wine princesses. Of course, the crème de la crème are the national wine majesties, the German Wine Queen and the two German Wine Princesses.
One of the two reigning German Wine Princesses, Sabine Wagner, came to the US for an East Coast Tour (Northern Virginia, Philadelphia and Washington DC) with a series of events between June 25 and June 30, 2014. The trip was organized by Annette Schiller (Ombiasy PR and WineTours) and supported by the German Wine Institute (Mainz, Germany) and the German Wine Society (Washington DC Chapter).
I have already provided an overview about the tour, here: German Wine Princess Sabine Wagner on US East Coast Tour, US/Germany
This posting focuses on one event, a Riesling Party at the Schiller Residence on Saturday, June 28, 2014, 6pm. For other postings concentrating on one event of the tour see below.
For last year's party, see: Summer of Riesling with Annette and Christian Schiller in Washington DC, USA
US East Coast Tour of German Wine Princess Sabine Wagner
Annette Schiller: This past week was a fabulous week for German wine. Many of you participated in one or several of the events with Sabine Wagner, the reigning German wine princess. Sent by the German Wine Institute as ambassador for German wine she was here to promote German wine. Ombiasy PR, WineEvents & WineTours organized tastings, wine pairing dinners, classes, and a BYOW party at our house. I think we all learned a lot from Sabine’s presentations on German wine in general, on the new classification for German wine, and on the rigorous knowledge competition throughout several years to become the National Ambassador for German wine. Sabine showed us wines from entry level to ultra-premium level, and from bone dry to sweet. It was a showcase of what serious German winemakers are capable of producing.
Invitation
Annette Schiller: Dear Wine Lovers, This year we will celebrate the RIESLING SUMMER at the Schiller’s again. We just got back from Beijing where we started celebrating the RIESLING SUMMER with two fantastic events: the RIESLING WEEK at the Top Wine China exhibition and the GERMAN RIESLING DAYS at the German Ambassador’s residence.
The RIESLING SUMMER now comes to Washington DC!
Please join us on Saturday, June 28, 2014, starting at 6:00 pm to celebrate the RIESLING SUMMER with us.
Your entrance ticket is a bottle of Riesling per person. Food to accompany the Rieslings will be provided by us.
We will have a very special guest from Germany, who can tell you everything you always wanted to know about Riesling: Sabine Wagner, the reigning National German Wine Princess, elected through several rounds of a rigorous knowledge competition on everything “wine”, will be there and will be happy to talk to you and to taste the wines with you (and yes - she is not only very knowledgeable, but very pretty too and she will wear her crown).
We are sure that tasting the different Rieslings from around the world with an expert will be a very special event, very educational, and of course a lot of fun!
We also want to thank the German Wine Institute for supporting the RIESLING SUMMER in Washington DC by sponsoring Sabine Wagner's travel to the United States.
70 Rieslings from all over the World, but mainly from Germany
This year, we had about 70 guests and thus 70 bottles of Riesling, from all over the world. Contrary to last year, the German Rieslings accounted for the majority of the wines. And contrary to last year, within the group of German wines, the dry Rieslings accounted for the majority. Overall, however, there were more sweet-style Rieslings than dry Rieslings. Here are some of the bottles that guests brought.
Postings on schiller-wine about the US East Coast Tour of German Wine Princess Sabine Wagner
This posting is part of a series of postings covering the US East Coast tour of German Wine Princess Sabine Wagner.
German Wine Princess Sabine Wagner on US East Coast Tour, US/Germany
Wining and Dining with a Princess: German Wine Pairing Dinner with the German Wine Princess Sabine Wagner at Restaurant 2941 in Northern Virginia, US
German Wine Tastings with the German Wine Princess Sabine Wagner at the German Wine Society (Philadelphia Chapter), US
German Wine Tastings with the German Wine Princess Sabine Wagner at the German Wine Society (Washington DC Chapter), US
The German Wine Princess Sabine Wagner at MacArthur Beverages in Washington DC, US
Riesling Summer at the Schiller Residence in Washington DC, USA
A German Riesling Pairing Event at Evo Bistro in McLean, Virginia - A Royal Wine Visit from Princess Sabine Wagner, US
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