Invitation: Dry Rieslings from Italy, Austria, Alsace and Germany at the Washington Wine and Cheese Seminar on September 12, 2023, presented by Annette Schiller

Pictures: Vineyard Walk and Tasting at Weingut Tegernseerhof, Wachau, with Owner/ Winemaker Martin Mittelbach - Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Washington Wine and Cheese Seminar (WWCS) 2023/24

WWCS:Welcome to the new year of Washington Wine and Cheese Seminar!
We are excited to bring to you new and different wines again this year.  

As usual, we meet at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday nights at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, 4700 Whitehaven Parkway NW in Washington D.C. The first class will be on September 12 and will be presented by our newest member of the Steering Committee, Annette Schiller.  Annette's husband Christian shares her slot on the committee, and we are looking forward to their sharing their expertise with us.  Most of you will remember that Annette and Christian presented several classes last year and all were excellent.  Be on the lookout for Annette's email next week introducing her class.

We will be meeting every Tuesday night in the upcoming year, with the exception of a few dates that the church needs the event space.  There will be no class on November 7, and our holiday break will be a little longer this year due to a church function.  For the year-end holidays, we will be dark on December 19, 26 and January 2.

Class prices will be set according to the wines presented, and will be announced in the emails.  In general, you will note that prices are a little higher this year, in an effort to reflect our overhead (rent and insurance) and also the increased prices of good wines and cheese.  

I look forward to seeing all of you at wine class this fall.  And as usual, if you have an idea for a good class, please get in touch with anyone on the steering committee. 

Invitation: Dry Rieslings from Italy, Austria, Alsace and Germany at the Washington Wine and Cheese Seminar on September 12, 2023, presented by Annette Schiller 

Annette Schiller: Next week Tuesday, September 12^th, we are starting our weekly classes after the summer break. Since we are still in the dog days of summer, we get treated with the ultimate summer wines: crisp, dry Rieslings from high-end producers from four European countries, and from different vintages going from young to more mature. Although you might think Rieslings are sweet, but NO, 90% of all Rieslings around the world are dry, and we have excellent examples of dry Rieslings in this tasting. 

Following are the Rieslings we will be sampling:

2022 Kupelwieser Fritz, Alto Adige, Südtirol, DOC, Italy

2021 Balthasar Ress, Estate, Rheingau, VDP, Germany

2020 Trimbach, Ribeauvillé, Alsace, France

2020 Von Winning, Estate, Pfalz, VDP, Germany

2019 Tegernseerhof, Loibenberg, Smaragd, Wachau, Austria

 

To accompany the wines, we will have baguettes and cheeses from Calvert Woodley.

The class will be held at the usual time of 7:45 at Saint Patrick’s Episcopal Church at 4700 Whitehaven Pkwy, NW. This is a 25$ class.

Join me to kick off the tasting season with these great wines.

Looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday!

Annette

Annette Schiller

Washington DC - Frankfurt am Main

USA: +1 703 459 7513

GER: +49 -177 337 0281

WHERE & WHEN WE MEET: The Seminar meets at 7:45PM every Tuesday (except for July, August and the weeks of December 25th and January 1st) at St. Patricks Episcopal Church at 4700 Whitehaven Pky, between Foxhall Road and MacArthur Blvd.  

No reservations are required.

Picture: Tour and Tasting at Weingut von Winning in Deidesheim, Pfalz – Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015)

Picture: Intimite Wine Dinner at Winelair Washington, D.C., with WineLAIR Owner Fred Ellemann and his Family, Christian Ress of Weingut Balthasar Ress in the Rheingau and "Father" of the International WineBANK/ WineLAIR Network and WineLAIR General Manager and Chef Jonathan Krinn, formerly Clarity Restaurant and 2941 Restaurant, Washington D.C./ USA/ Germany 

 

Picture: At Maison Trimbach in Alsace with Hubert Trimbach – Germany-South Wine Tour by ombiasy (2014)  

 

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