Following the successful Bordeaux Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours in September 2016, Annette Schiller has scheduled 4 interesting tastings of German wines for the months of October and November 2016, in Washington DC and in Los Angeles in the USA.
See here for the Bordeaux Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours:
Bordeaux Tour by ombiasy WineTours 2016, France
Washington DC: “Deutsch am Mittag” with Annette Schiller and German Wine at the Goethe Institut
Tuesday, October 25, 12:00 am to 1:15 pm
1990 K St NW #03, Washington, DC 20006
Annette will be the special invitee of the monthly “Deutsch am Mittag” in October at the Goethe Institut.
Join us for monthly lunchtime gatherings of those interested in hearing and speaking German. Each month, a special guest speaks on a topic. Participants can bring their lunch and join in the ensuing conversation.
Annette will talk about her life in Washington DC since moving to the Washington DC area in 1983. The focus will be on her passion for German wine, in particular her ombiasypr winetours to Germany and France and the her ombiasypr tasting events. We will taste 2 wines.
See here for her upcoming wine tours in 2017:
Heads up for the 2017 Tours - to Germany and France - by ombiasy WineTours
Washington DC: The New Germany: Red, Sparkling and Dry - Tasting at the German Wine Society (DC Chapter)
Friday, October 28, 7 pm
Restaurant Old Europe
2434 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007
Members: $55 and Non-members: $62
For signing up, go to: GWS (DC Chapter)
Annette will lead a tasting with 10 German wines. Annette will present 3 red wines, 1 Sekt (sparkling wine) and 5 dry and 1 “halbtrocken” white wines from 9 out of the 13 wine regions in Germany. The tasting also includes 2 Grosses Gewächs (Grand Cru) wines.
Germany is increasingly becoming known as a serious red wine producer; Germany is the #3 producer world-wide of Pinot-Noir (= Spätburguder). Germans have always been obsessed with sparkling wines: 1 out of 4 sparklers produced in the world is consumed in Germany; and Germany is home to the second largest sparkling wine producer world-wide. In terms of white wine Germany is known for its Rieslings. Yes, it is the #1 Riesling producer world-wide, but also the #1 Pinot-Blanc (Weissburgunder) and #2 Pinot-Gris (Grauburgunder) producer.
All presented winemakers, Annette knows personally. She has visited all of them on one of the wine tours to Germany (Germany-East, Germany-South and Germany-Nord). Annette will share memories from these visits:
Schnaitmann (Württemberg), Kreuzberg (Ahr), Proschwitz (Sachsen), Schönleber (Rheingau), von Oetinger (Rheingau), Immich-Batterieberg (Mosel), Schmitt‘s Kinder (Franken), Lützkendorf (Saale-Unstrut), von Winning (Pfalz), Schloss Neuweier (Baden).
In terms of food, Cindy O. Herold, the Chef and Owner of Old Europe Restaurant, will spoil us with a sumptuous Wine Tasting Buffet, composed of a variety of typical German dishes.
For more information, see:
Invitation: The New Germany (Red, Sparkling and Dry) - German Wine Society Tasting at Old Europe Restaurant in Washington DC with Annette Schiller on Friday, October 28, 2016, USA
Los Angeles: The New Germany: Red, Sparkling and Dry - Tasting at the American Wine Society (Annual Meetings in Los Angeles)
Friday, November 4, 2:30 pm
American Wine Society Annual Meetings 2016
Los Angeles
AWS members only
Along the lines of the Washington DC tasting of October 28, Annette will lead a tasting with 6 German wines at Annual Meetings of the American Wine Society. About 400 members from all over the USA are coming to this 3-day event, filled with tastings, seminars and presentations. More than 70 people have already signed up for this event, where Annette will present The New Germany: Red, Sparkling and Dry.
Annette will pour the wines from the following winemakers, who graciously sponsored the wines. Special tahnks goes to US importer of German wines Rudi Wiest.
Weingut Rainer Schnaitmann, Württemberg (Rudi Wiest)
Weingut Ökonomierat Rebholz, Pfalz (Rudi Wiest)
Weingut Christian L. Stahl, Franken
Sekt- und Weingut F.B. Schönleber, Rheingau
Weingut Schäfer-Fröhlich, Nahe (Rudi Wiest)
Weingut Schloss Proschwitz - Prinz zur Lippe, Sachsen
Los Angeles: The New Classification of German Wines – the VDP Classification
Saturday, November 5, 9 am
American Wine Society Annual Meetings 2016
Los Angeles
AWS members only
Although many people think that there is only one wine classification system in Germany – the classification system of the Law of 1971 – this is not correct. True, the classification system of the Law of 1971 is the standard classification system in Germany and many winemakers in Germany use this approach. A large number of winemakers, however, have moved away from the standard, in particular the VDP producers and more generally, the producers of premium wines in Germany.
In a nutshell, the VDP is moving to a classification system that resembles very much the classification system in the Bourgogne. The classification of the VDP puts the terroir principle at the center of its classification approach. With the latest modifications of 2012, the absolutely finest vineyards are called Grosse Lage (for the 2011 vintage still called Erste Lage) and dry wines from these super top vineyards are called Grosses Gewächs. Grosses Gewächs wines are the finest dry wines from Germany’s finest vineyards.
We will taste wines from each category of the new classification. The wines are sponsored by Dr. Loosen Bros., the US importer for Dr. Loosen (Mosel), Villa Wolf (Pfalz), Robert Weil (Rheingau), Wittmann (Rheinhessen), Maximin Grünhaus (Mosel) and Fritz Haag (Mosel).
We will have 6 wines: 3 wines from the highest quality level (Grosse Lage/ Grand Cru) and 1 wine from each of the other 3 quality levels:
Gutswein/ Estate Wine: Weingut Wittmann
Ortswein/ Village Wine: Weingut Robert Weil
Erste Lage/ Premier Cru: Weingut Robert Weil
Grosse Lage/ Grand Cru: GG Weingut Wittmann
Grosse Lage/ Grand Cru: GGR Weingut Dr. Loosen
Grosse Lage/ Grand Cru: Spätlese Weingut Dr. Loosen
See also:
Steffen Christmann (Weingut A. Christmann) and Wilhelm Weil (Weingut Robert Weil) Presented the New Wine Classification of the VDP, Germany
Approaches to Classifying German Wine: The Standard Approach (the Law of 1971), the VDP Approach and the Zero Classification Approach
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Germany-East Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Art, Culture and History
Germany-North Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours: Quintessential German Riesling and the Northernmost Pinot Noir
Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015)
Burgundy (and Champagne) 2016 by ombiasy WineTours: From Lyon to Reims - Wine, Food, Culture and History
Bordeaux Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015), France
German Wine at the 2015 EU Open House - German Embassy in Washington DC, USA
Steffen Christmann (Weingut A. Christmann) and Wilhelm Weil (Weingut Robert Weil) Presented the New Wine Classification of the VDP, Germany
Approaches to Classifying German Wine: The Standard Approach (the Law of 1971), the VDP Approach and the Zero Classification Approach
Ernst Loosen Presented his Wines at Weingut Dr. Loosen, Bernkastel-Kues, Mosel Valley, Germany
2016 VDP Trade Fair Weinbörse - Vintage 2015 - in Mainz: Schiller’s Report
New Developments in German Wine - Annette Schiller at the German Wine Society in Philadelphia, USA
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