Tenuta Pakravan-Papi (Tuscany, Italy) Winemaker Dinner with Leopoldo and...
Leopoldo and Francesca Papi of Tenuta Pakravan-Papi in Tuscany, Italy, were in town (Washington DC) - with Roberto Donofrio (Impero Wine) - and we were able to catch them at a winemaker dinner at...
View ArticleCoast to Coast: Mid-Atlantic Cuisine Highlighting West Coast Wines - Dinner...
Hotel Madison in Harrisonburg, VA, and the American Wine Society teamed up for a Winter Wine Weekend in Harrisonburg, VA, USA, about 2 hours by car away from Washington DC. This was the third Winter...
View Articleombiasy WineTours 2022: Germany-South + Alsace/ Bordeaux/ Rhône Valley - All...
. This posting provides listings of all postings that I issued concerning the 3 ombiasy WineTours that took place in 2022, led by Annette Schiller: Due to corona, there were no wine tours in 2020 and...
View ArticleMichelin Star Food and Crémant de Loire Wines: Winemaker Dinner with Owner...
Michelin Star Food and Crémant de Loire Wines: I was the only man at the "Women Wines on Wednesday"- Dinner at Restaurant Imperfecto by Enrique Limardo in Washington DC with Owner Juliette...
View ArticleGermany's 32 Top Winemakers (With 5/5 Stars) - Falstaff WeinGuide Deutschland...
Pictures: Tasting at Weingut Dr. Loosen in Bernkastel-Kues, Middle Mosel, with Ernie Loosen- Germany-North Tour 2019 by ombiasy WineTours: Quintessential RieslingThe Falstaff WeinGuide WeinGuide...
View ArticleItalian Cuisine and Wines - Dinner at the Winter Wine Weekend in...
Hotel Madison in Harrisonburg, VA, and the American Wine Society teamed up for a Winter Wine Weekend in Harrisonburg, VA, USA, about 2 hours by car away from Washington DC. This was the third Winter...
View ArticleLoire Winemaker Dinner with Owner/ Winemaker Sylvain Champigny of Domaine de...
Currently, there are 4 French tours by ombiasy WineTours: Bordeaux, Bourgogne + Champagne, Rhône Valley and Alsace (in combination with Germany-South). Annette plans to add a 5th French region: The...
View ArticleThe New German Wine Law of 2021 - Tasting at the German Wine Society...
Annette Schiller led a wine tasting at the German Wine Society (Washington DC Chapter) explainging the new German Wine Law of 2021. In a nutshell, the new law moves the German wine classification from...
View ArticleThe Wine Market in Germany in 2022: German Consumers Think Economically When...
Pictures: Vineyard Tour and Tasting with Hans Rebholz, Weingut Ökonomierat Rebholz (VDP), Pfalz - Germany-South and Alsace 2022 by ombiasy WineToursPress Release German Wine Institute: The currently...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Burgundy Tasting (Louis Jadot) at the WWCS (Washington Wine and...
WWCS: Next Tuesday, March 28, we will have our first tasting in a long time of wines from Burgundy. Annette Schiller, who presented wines from Austria in February, is back to bring us these wines. She...
View ArticleTasting with Owner Yseult de Gaye-Nony of Vignobles de Gaye (Pomerol and...
Owner Yseult de Gaye-Nony of Vignobles de Gaye in Pomerol and Saint-Emilion was in town (McLean, Virginia) and we were able to meet her and taste her wonderful wines at Total Wine and More McLean.In...
View ArticleAnnouncement: The New German Wine Law of 2021 - Tasting at the American Wine...
Jeniffer Crafts, AWS, NoLoCo Chapter: Annette Schiller is our Northern Virginia expert on wines from Germany, France, and Austria, as well as the Owner of Ombiasy Public Relations & Wine Tours. For...
View ArticleSundowner Season Opened in McLean, Northern Virginia, March 2023
Annette and I had our first sundowner of 2023 on our front deck in McLean, Northern Virginia (in the Greater Washington Dc area).We started with saucisson sec and a Champagne Vignobles Gonet-Médeville...
View ArticleGermany's 25 Top (5/5) Winemakers - Der Feinschmecker 2023
Pictures: Tasting at Weingut Jos. Jos. Prüm in Bernkastel-Wehlen, Mosel, with Amei Prüm - Germany-North Tour 2019 by ombiasy WineTours: Quintessential Riesling Der Feinschmecker, the leading German...
View ArticleJancis Robinson, Financial Times, March 25, 2023: "German Wine has Completely...
Picture: Annette Schiller, ombiasy PR and Wine Tours, Jancis Robinson, MW, and Christian G.E. Schiller at the 2014 Digital Wine Communications Conference (DWCC) in Montreux, Switzerland. See: The 2014...
View ArticleKing Charles and the Queen Consort Attended a State Dinner at Schloss...
King Charles and the Queen Consort attended a state dinner at Schloss Bellevue presidential palace in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. It was King Charles's first state dinner as King....
View ArticleAnnette Schiller: Jancis Robinson in the FT, Eric Asimov in the NYT and the...
Picture: Visit, Tasting and Dinner at Weingut Schloss Proschwitz, Prinz zur Lippe in Zadel, Sachsen, with Georg Prinz zur Lippe. See also: Visit, Tasting and Dinner at Weingut Schloss Proschwitz,...
View ArticleA Journey through Bourgogne with Louis Jadot - Tasting at the Washington Wine...
A Journey through Bourgogne with Louis Jadot: Annette Schiller, ombiasy WineTours, and Thibaud Marquis, Louis Jadot, presented 5 wines of Louis Jadot at the weekly tasting of the Washington Wine and...
View ArticleInvitation: Bilingual Book Reading at the German Embassy Washington DC, April...
Dear friends,I just received this invite from the German Embassy and I would like to make you aware of it. Well-known author Thomas Brussig was born in the GDR, lived through the fall of the Iron...
View ArticleChef Jacques Imperato’s French Wine Tasting Dinner at his La Côte d'Or Café...
Annette and I enjoyed an outstanding wine-pairing dinner at LCD - La Côte d'Or Café in Arlington, a quaint French restaurant specializing in traditional and nouvelle French cuisine, with the food of...
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