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Invitation: Annual Riesling Party 2022 at the Schiller Residence in...
Pictures: Annual Riesling Party at the Schiller Residence in Washington DC, USA (2019) Dear wine friends,Good news! Many of you enquired about our yearly Riesling Party, which we have been unable to...
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Upcoming: Total Immersion in Bordeaux: World Class Wines and Exquisite French...
Pictures: The 2019 Group at Château Canon-La-Gaffelière, Appellation Saint-Émilion, Premier Grand Cru Classé B, with Proprietor Count Stephan von Neipperg, at Château Bouscaut, Appellation...
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Dinner at 1-star Michelin Restaurant Steins Traube in Mainz, with Philipp and...
Annette and I had dinner at Steins Traube, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Mainz-Finthen, in June 2022, with friends. Chef Philipp Stein Philipp Stein was borne in Mainz, where his parents were the...
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Dinner with Legendary Chef Roberto Donna at his new Restaurant Roberto's...
Back at Chef Roberto Donna's table.Annette Schiller Maureen Kelly Fuad Issa and I spent a wonderful evening at Roberto's Ristorante Italiano in Vienna/ Virginia, a new venture of iconic Chef Roberto...
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2022 Annual Riesling Party at the Schiller Residence in McLean, Virginia, USA
BACK. After a 2-year interruption, Annette Schiller and Christian Schiller, with Ombiasy Public Relations and Wine Tours, invited again for their traditional August Riesling Party. This is a casual...
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A Week at the Beach in Charleston, Isle of Palms, South Carolina, August 6 to...
From Saturday, August 6 , 2022 to Saturday, August 13, 2022, Annette and I spent a week at the beach in the City of Isle of Palms, in the Charleston area in South Carolina. We stayed at the beach house...
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Alsace Wine Industry Titan André Hugel Dead at the Age of 92
Pictures: Annette Schiller and André Hugel. See: Cellar Tour and Tasting at Hugel in Riquewhir, Alsace, with Marc-André Hugel and Senior Boss André Hugel - Alsace Tour 2019 with the Weinfreundeskreis...
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"Silent Winds, Dry Seas" - Literary Salon: Book Reading and Discussion with...
Silent Winds, Dry Seas by Vinod Busjeet ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A sweeping debut novel that explores the intimate struggle for independence and success of a young descendant of Indian...
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Announcement: All Sorts of Sparklers: How do the Bubbles get into that...
Picture: Visit of a Small, Premium Sekt Producer: Sektkellerei Bardong in the Rheingau, Germany – Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015), Germany I am posting the e-mail invitation that was...
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My 70th Birthday Party at Home and at Desche Otto, Frankfurt - Schwanheim,...
I turned 70 on January 5, 2022 and celebrated my birthday in Gabon with Annette, Cornelia, Chris, Viatrix and Ernst. See here: Enjoying 6 Weeks of "Africa Light" in Libreville, Gabon, Equatorial...
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Dinner at Clamato, the Sister Restaurant of Septime, #22 on The World`s 50...
Pictures: Dinner at Clamato, with Chef Bertrand Grébaut With his restaurant Septime, Michelin-starred Chef Bertrand Grébaut is the #22 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list, the highest ranked...
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When Annette and Christian Schiller invite to a Riesling Party in Washington...
After a 2-year interruption, Annette Schiller and Christian Schiller, with Ombiasy Public Relations and Wine Tours, invited again for their traditional August Riesling Party. This is a casual wine...
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Dinner at a Historic (Second Empire) Café-Brasserie in Lyon: Grand Café des...
Both the Rhône Valley Tour by ombiasy WineTours and the Bourgogne Tour by ombiasy WineTours begin in Lyon. Sofar, all tours have started at the Grand Hôtel des Terreaux, a 4 star Art-Deco hotel in the...
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Dinner at Restaurant L' Ecume - #1 in the "Fine Dining" Category of Journal...
In October 2022, our Frankfurt Gourmet Group had their monthly dinner at L’ Ecume in Frankfurt and Annette and I - a couple of days in Frankfurt on the way back from the Bordeaux Tour 2022 by ombiasy...
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Cellar Tour and Tasting with Daniel Wagner at Weingut Wagner-Stempel (VDP) in...
Our first winery visit on the Germany-South and Alsace 2022 by ombiasy WineTours (July 1 to 10, 2022) took us to Siefersheim, in the far northwestern corner of the Rheinhessen wine region.We visited...
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45th Anniversary of the German Wine Society at the German Embassy in...
The 45th Anniversary Celebration of the German Wine Society in the USA took place at the German Embassy in Washington DC on October 7, 2022, organized by the German Wine Society/ Washington DC Chapter,...
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Tour and Tasting at Château Haut-Bailly, Graves, Appellation Pessac-Léognan,...
The Bordaux Tour by ombiasy WineTours typically begins in Bordeaux City in the afternoon. We meet at the hotel, visit an estate in the viccinity of Bordeaux City and a negociant house and finish the...
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Carl Willner, Christian Schiller and Ken Bensley of the German Wine Society/...
Pictures: The New National Board of the German Wine Society - Beth Sheligo (President) and Carl Willner (First Vice President and Secretary), Jason Wilson (Web Master), Christian Schiller (with...
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Announcement: Annette Schiller of ombiasy WineTours Leading 2 Tastings at the...
Annette Schiller, President of ombiasy PR and WineTours and member of the American Wine Society, will lead two wine tastings at the forthcoming National Conference of the American Wine Society in...
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Maison Guigal in Ampuis, Côte Rôtie, Northern Rhône: Cellar Tour, Tasting and...
Following an afternoon in Lyon, we spent 21/2 days in the Northern Rhône region. Our fest stop was the famous and large producer Guigal in Ampuis in the Côte-Rôtie. Though Guigal is situated in the...
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