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Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Château Coutet, Premier Grand Cru...
Typically, we visit one sweet wine producer in Sauternes/ Barsac during the Bordeaux Tour by ombiasy WineTours. This time, we visited Château Coutet.Laurier Girardot, Technical Director, was our host....
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Alaskan King Crab Bisque with Scallops, Coq au Vin à la Paul Bocuse, Cheese,...
Maureen, Annette, Fuad and I enjoyed a nice 4-course dinner at our home in McLean, Virginia.Aperitif in the Living Room2018 Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn, Spätburgunder, Blanc de Noir, Rheingau, Germany...
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Wine-pairing Dinner at Restaurant L’Oustalet, 1 Star Michelin, in Gigondas,...
We had 2 events with Alexandre Fréguin (UK Best Sommelier 2018) in Gigondas.First, we spent the afternoon with him at Domaine du Clos des Tourelles having an outstanding tasting of Château de...
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Next Generation - Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023 List of 10...
Picture: Vineyard Tour and Tasting at Weingut Schmitt’s Kinder in Randersacker, Franken, with Martin Johann Schmitt – Germany-East Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours The Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland/...
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Dinner at Restaurant La Veille Forge (Bib Gourmand Michelin) in Kaysersberg,...
Following:Tasting at Domaine Zind-Humbrecht in Turckheim, Alsace - Germany-South and Alsace 2022 by ombiasy WineTourswe drove back to our hotel in Kaysersberg and enjoyed dinner a 3-course wine-pairing...
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Mosel: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
The Vinum Weinguide Germany 2023 was released a few weeks ago, presenting Vinum's choice of Germany’s best 1 000 wine producers and reviewing more than 10 700 wines on 1118 pages.5 out of 5 stars...
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"Retour du Marché" Lunch at Restaurant L’Entrecœur in Preignac, Sauternes/...
We had lunch at Restaurant L’Entrecœur in Preignac, Sauternes/ Barsac, following: Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Château Coutet, Premier Grand Cru Classé, Appellation Sauternes, with...
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Wine Dinner at Ristorante i Ricchi in Downtown Washington DC with the Wines...
Annette and I enjoyed a lovely wine dinner at Ristorante i Rocchi in dowtown Washington DC with the wines of Marchesi Antinori and the food of Chef Christianne Ricchi, organized by Calvert and...
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Visit and Tasting at Domaine des Pasquiers in Sablet, Southern Rhône, with...
The visit of Domaine des Pasquiers in Sablet consisted of a cellar tour and a tasting. Owner/ Winemaker Philippe Lambert was our host. We tasted 11 wines. The wines of Domaine des Pasquiers are...
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Christian Schiller: Re-elected to the Board of the "Weinfeder", the...
Picture: Board of the "Weinfeder", the Association of German Wine JournalistsThe "Weinfeder e.V." is the association of German wine journalists: "Ein Zusammenschluss von Journalisten, Redakteuren,...
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Vineyard Tour and Tasting with Jean Pierre Dirler at Domaine Dirler-Cadé in...
This winery exists since 1871. It came into existence in its current form when Jean Dirler, 5th generation of the Dirler family, married Ludivine, daughter of Leon and Nicole Hell-Cadé, winegrowers in...
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Nahe: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
The Vinum Weinguide Germany 2023 was released a few weeks ago, presenting Vinum's choice of Germany’s best 1 000 wine producers and reviewing more than 10 700 wines on 1118 pages.5 out of 5 stars...
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Winery Tour and Tasting at Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte, Grand Cru Classé...
Overall, and compared to Napa Valley, for example, Bordeaux is a rather sleepy area, not well prepared to receive wine lovers from all over the world to experience the wines they love so much in the...
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Owner/ Winemaker Gesine Roll of Weingut Weedenborn/ Rheinhessen Wine...
Pictures: Annette Schiller, Christian Schiller and Gesine Roll in Frankfurt, at Weingut Weedenborn in Monernheim and in MunichThe Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany was released in November...
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Tasting at Domaine la Bouïssière, Gigondas, Southern Rhône, with Josiane...
Gilles and Thierry Faravel of Domaine la Bouïssière belong to the superstars of Gigondas and are perhaps the whizzards of the Rhône. Right in the middle of Gigondas, just around the corner of...
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2022 Holiday Party of the German Wine Society (Washington DC Chapter) at the...
On the evening of December 10, 2022 the German Wine Society Capital Chapter returned to the Cosmos Club for the annual Holiday Dinner. The club was beautifully decorated for the holidays once again,...
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Cellar Tour and Tasting with Frédéric Hugel at Domaine Hugel & Fils in...
Famille Hugel is one of the major producers of Alsace wine and has been an important force in the Alsace wine industry in its developments during the second half of the 20th century. For over 370 years...
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Pfalz: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2023
The Vinum Weinguide Germany 2023 was released a few weeks ago, presenting Vinum's choice of Germany’s best 1 000 wine producers and reviewing more than 10 700 wines on 1118 pages.5 out of 5 stars...
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Lunch at the Dordogne River at Restaurant Le Bord d’Eau in Fronsac - Bordeaux...
Today we explored the Fronsac appellation. Clive Coates, Master of Wine, one of the world’s leading wine authority, writes: “Of all the non-classic areas of Bordeaux—outside the areas of Haut-Médoc,...
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Is Germany becoming a Red Wine Country?
In 2021, according to the Bundesinformationszentrum Landwirtschaft, red grapes accounted for about 33.000 hectares of the German vineyard area of a bit more than 100.000 hectares. 40 years earlier,...
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