Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Rieslingfeier Gränd Tasting and Gala Dinner, Broadway Show, Oysters and UGCB Bordeaux Tasting: A Long Weekend in New York City in January 2025













    

 

    

Friday, January 17, 2025

Off to New York for the Rieslingfeier of Vom Boden with, among others, Hans Rebholz of Weingut Ökonomierat Rebholz and for the @UGCB Bordeaux new vintage tasting, with Annette Schiller 




An evening in Manhattan: 




Italian restaurant @Lupetto, 





French wine bar @Vins sur Vingt, 




hot dog in the street 




and amazing view from the roof top bar of our @Double Tree Hotel by Hilton Times Square





Saturday, January 18, 2025  

New York City. Rieslingfeier 2025. Part 1. Gränd Tasting.
 
Back after 5 years. The last one was in 2020. Thanks Vom Boden
 
15 #worldclass winemakers from Germany and Austria showed 4 wines each, mainly from the 2023 vintage. 
 
See: Rieslingfeier January 2025 in New York City, USA: Gränd Tasting (with 12 German and 3 Austrian #worldclass Winemakers) 
 
















New York City. Rieslingfeier 2025. Part 2. Gala Dinner.
 
What a Riesling feast! 
 
15 tables. 15 winemakers, 3 from Austria and 12 from Germany. 
 
At each table was one winemaker presenting his or her wines and 9 guests. Each guest also brought one or more bottles.
 
Annette Schiller Ombiasy Public Relations and Wine Tours and I were seated at the table of Johanna and Lucas F. Pichler @Weingut FX Pichler in the Wachau. We were pampered by Lucas with various older vintages of his iconic Unendlich, oncluding the first vintage (1998).
 
I estimate there were about 300 bottles of extraordinary wines, many 20, 30 years old, many larger format and allmost all ultra-premium for 150 guests.
 
The event took place at the @Sky Loft on the 32th floor of the 76 floors high 50 Hudson Yard building. The headquarters of @Blackrock, the asset management giant, is also there. We had the stunning NYC skyline at our feet.
 
See:  2025 Rieslingfeier Gala Dinner in New York City, Sky Loft, 32nd Floor of 50 Hudson Yard, with 15 #worldclass Winemakers from Germany + Austria and Estimated 300 Wines, many 20, 30, 40 Years old, many Larger Format and almost all Ultra-premium


















Sunday, January 19, 2025 

A Sunday in January in New York City.

Eggs Benedict for brunch at Bryant Park Grill







a Broadway show - Moulin Rouge The Musical - Broadway - in the afternoon, 









 

oysters on the half-shell with a delicious Californian Melon de Bourgogne at Mermaid Oyster Bar 








and a glass of Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon at the bar of Wolfgang's Steakhouse Manhatten NY 





before going back to the @Double Tree Hotel by Hilton



Monday, January 20, 2025 

Quick lunch at the Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant before the Union Des Grands Crus De Bordeaux new vintage tasting at Cipriani Downtown (New York) this afternoon.









The Union Des Grands Crus De Bordeaux is on their annual USA tour (Miami, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, L.A.) to present the new vintage (2022). The UCGB is an association of about 100 Bordeaux elite producers.
 
Overall, I came away with the impression that 2022 is an exceptional vintage.
 
See: Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux (UGCB) 2025 Tour - Tasting the 2022 Vintage at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York
 
The next Bordeaux Tour by Ombiasy will take place in May 2025. Join us. There are still a few slots available.

See: Invitation: Come Along on a Fabulous Wine Tour to Bordeaux, led be Annette Schiller, ombiasy WineTours, Tuesday, May 20 - Thursday, May 29, 2025   

















































On the last evening of our short New York trip, Annette Schiller Ombiasy Public Relations and Wine Tours and I went with Marlene RedDoor and Charles Bearfighter Reddoor to Aldo Sohm Wine Bar, the extension of Le Bernardin, New York, one of the best restaurants in the world (According to La Liste with 6 others #1 in the world).

After having for 3 hours high-end Bordeaux wines at the Union Des Grands Crus De Bordeaux tasting, Annette and I had a bottle of top Weingut Ökonomierat Rebholz Hans Rebholz dry Riesling from the Pfalz Germany, with some wine bar food.









Walking to the Hotel


 

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Back home to Washington DC.


Overview: Germany Rhein-Mosel-Nahe 2024 by Ombiasy Public Relations and Wine Tours led by Annette Schiller - Facebook Day-by-day Postings

Summary: Germany "From Berlin to Frankfurt" 2023 (Saale Unstrut, Sachsen, Franken, Württemberg) by ombiasy WineTours

Summary: From Lyon to Paris - Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours (July 02 - 13, 2023)

Summary: Austria 2023 by ombiasy WineTours - 12 Days: May 28 - June 08, 2023 

Guided Visit of Château Chenonceau, Residence of Diana de Poitier and of Katharina de Medici, Mistress (the Former) and Wife (the Latter) of King Henry II - Loire Valley 2024 by ombiasy WineTours

2022 Annual Riesling Party at the Schiller Residence in McLean, Virginia, USA 

Massive Tasting of Bordeaux 1982 - the Vintage that made Robert Parker a Star, USA/ France

Kékfrankos - Blaufränkisch - Lemberger: A Grape’s Immigration Story From Central Europe To The US West Coast - Seminar at the 2023 American Wine Society National Conference in St. Louis/ Missouri/ USA led by Annette Schiller

The New German Wine Law of 2021 - Tasting at the German Wine Society (Washington DC Chapter), presented by Annette Schiller  

Christian Schiller: Re-elected to the Board of the "Weinfeder", the Association of German Wine Journalists

schiller-wine Blog of Christian Schiller Top Washington DC Alcohol Blog (December, 2024)

2024 Annual Meeting of the Weinfreundeskreis Hochheim, a 45 Years Old Wine Brotherhood in the Famous Wine Village Hochheim, Rheingau, Germany, with Annette Schiller, Founding Member, and Christian Schiller

German Wine Society (Capital Chapter) Membership Meeting 2024: Carl Willner Re-elected President and Christian Schiller Re-elected Vice-president, USA/ Germany

Masterclass - The Wines of Germany: Presentation by Annette Schiller at the German Embassy in Washington DC/ Consular Conference March 2024 

The New German Wine Law of 2021 - Shifting from the Sugar Level at Harvest to the Wine's Geographic Origin

Dinner at JAN in Munich, Germany, with Jan Hartwig, one of the ten German 3-star Michelin Chefs (September 2024) 

 
2025 Rieslingfeier Gala Dinner in New York City, Sky Loft, 32nd Floor of 50 Hudson Yard, with 15 #worldclass Winemakers from Germany + Austria and Estimated 300 Wines, many 20, 30, 40 Years old, many Larger Format and almost all Ultra-premium

 

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