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Agriloro SA in Ticino, Switzerland: Dinner with Owner Meinrad Perler and...
Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller and Meinrad Perler, Agriloro SA As part of the 2014 Digitul Wine Communications Conference in Montreux, Switzerland, I explored the wines of Ticino during a...
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The 11 Winemakers: Rieslingfeier 2015 in New York City, USA
Pictures: Standing: Johannes Weber, Hofgut Falkenstein, Mosel (Saar), Christian Vogt, Weingut Karthäuserhof, Mosel (Ruwer), Klaus Peter Keller, Weingut Keller, Rheinhessen, Gernot Kollmann, Weingut...
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Visit: Weingut Dr. Heger in Baden – Germany-South Wine Tours by ombiasy (2014)
Picture: Beate Klingenmeier Welcomes the Group at Weingut Dr. HegerThe visit of Weingut Dr. Heger comprised a cellar tour and a tasting of the outstanding Weingut Dr. Heger wines in the modern tasting...
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The Grande Dame of Alsatian Wine, Colette Faller of Domaine Weinbach, Passed...
Picture: Collette Faller and Christian G.E. Schiller at Domaine Weinbach in December 2010 Colette Faller of Domaine Weinbach passed away at age 87 in February 2015. This comes less than a year after in...
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Visit: Winzerhof Thörle in Saulheim, Rheinhessen – Germany-North Wine Tour by...
Picture: Winzerhof Töhrle in Saulheim, RheinhessenFor many years, Rheinhessen was a wine region that was not in the front row when it came to premium wines in Germany. And Germany was not in the front...
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Vintage 2012 Bouchard Père et Fils Tasting at Ripples in Washington DC, USA –...
Picture: Ben Gilberti, Calvert and Woodley , Panos Kakaviatos, Wine Chronicles, and Annette Schiller, ombiasyPR and WineTours, at the Vintage 2012 Bouchard Père et Fils Wines Tastingat Ripple in...
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Lunch at Montalbano Restaurant in Stabio, Ticino, Switzerland
Pictures: Annette Schiller, ombiasy PR and WineTours, Francesco Tettamanti, Director of Ticinowine, Carla Maset from Italy (who took nice pictures some of which I am using in this posting) and Matthias...
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Weingut Karl-Heinz Johner in Baden: Cellar Tour and Tasting with Karl-Heinz...
Picture: Weingut Karl-Heinz Johner: At the Sorting TableThe visit of Weingut Karl-Heinz Johner was a very special and most entertaining one. First, it was our last stop at a winery in Baden, before...
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Riesling Crawl in New York City – Or, Where to Buy German Wine in Manhattan:...
Picture: Riesling Crawl in New York City Rieslingfeier is an annual two-day event in New York City that celebrates German Riesling. It is comprised of 3 main elements: First, the cornerstone event is...
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Wine Tasting at Weingut Kühling-Gillot in Bodenheim: Kühling-Gillot and...
Picture: Tasting at Weingut Kühling-Gillot in Bodenheim, with Frank Schuber and Roland GillotThe visit of Weingut Kühling-Gillot in Bodenheim, Rheinhessen, was a pure tasting event, but an extensive...
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Bordeaux Winemaker and Owner Marc Pasquet - Château Mondésir-Gazin - at Del...
Picture: Marc and Laurence Pasquet, Christian G.E. and Annette Schiller, and Other Guests “Marc Pasquet’s wines are not in the class of Château Petrus, but they do not cost as much as Château Petrus”...
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At Maison Trimbach in Alsace with Hubert Trimbach – Germany-South Wine Tour...
Picture: Annette and Christian Schiller and Steven Kent with Hubert Trimbach at Maison TrimbachThe Germany-South Wine Tour by ombiasy (2014) included a visit of a French winery - Maison Trimbach in...
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Kloster Eberbach in the Rheingau: Tour and Wine Tasting - Germany-North Wine...
Picture: At Kloster Eberbach in the RheingauSome of the events of the Germany-North Wine Tour by ombiasy (2014) focused exclusively on wine. Others focused on other aspects, notably art, history and...
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Winemaker Dinner with Vincent Bottreau and his Maison Bouchard Aîne & Fils...
Picture: Winemaker Vincent Bottreau, Maison Bouchard Aîne & Fils, Annette Schiller, ombiasyOR and WineTours, and Sommelier Hilaire L. Creamer, L'Auberge Chez FrançoisA few weeks ago, Annette...
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Vineyard Walk, Cellar Tour and Wine Tasting at Weingut Künstler –...
Picture: Wine Tasting with Stefan Traub at Weingut Künstler in HochheimWhile I were drinking wine for dinner at home with my parents, I got serious about wine, when I studied and taught at the...
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Wine & Art Tour to Saale-Unstrut - Saxony - Franken - Württemberg:...
Picture: Würzburg, Franken, and 2014 Riesling Juliusspital, FrankenSome Feel The Rain - Others Just Get Wet (Bob Marley)If you are someone who feels the rain, this tour is a MUST for you. During this...
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Wine Tasting at Weingut Friedrich Becker – Germany-South Wine Tour by ombiasy...
Picture: Annette Schiller and Friedrich Becker sen. The winetasting at Weingut Friedrich Becker in Schweigen at the French-German border was the first event of a series of events in the Pfalz during...
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Cornelius Dönnhoff, Weingut Dönnhoff: Stuart Pigott’s Winemaker of the Year,...
Picture: Cornelius Dönnhoff and Stuart Pigott at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Awards Ceremony (Photo: Cornelius Dönnhoff) A few months ago, German wine journalist Stuart Pigott published in the...
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The Gala Dinner of the Rieslingfeier 2015 in New York City, USA
Picture: Annette Schiller, ombiasyPR and WineTours, and Egon Müller, Weingut Egon Müller, at the Gala Dinner of the Rieslingfeier 2015 in New York City, USARieslingfeier is an annual two-day event in...
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One of the Bio-dynamic Stars in Germany: Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn in Östrich,...
Picture: At Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn in Östrich, Winkel with Sandra Kühn-Quenter Annette Schiller likes to include “green” winemakers in her Germany tours in order to also show this side of German...
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