Invitation: 5 Sundowner Wines at the Washington Wine and Cheese Seminar/ American Wine Society (Washington DC Chapter) on Tuesday, May 19th, 2026, with Annette Schiller (ombiasy WineTours)

Pictures: Sundowner in the Caribbean. See: From Marigot Bay in St. Lucia to Saint-Pierre in Martinique - Amazing 2 1/2 Weeks on the Catamaran Sailboat "Wanderlust" in the Caribbean, with Chris, Cornelia, Viatrix and Ernst (April 2026)  

Dear wine friends,

I invite you to join me next Tuesday, May 19th at 7.45 pm when we taste some delicious summer wines.

On our very first trip to South Africa I learned about the “sundowner” tradition: After a drive through the bush you stop, put a nice tablecloth on the hood of your car, get some nice wine glasses and a cooler out of the trunk and a delicious wine. You sit, sip and watch the day go by and the evening coming. 

Coming home we started to continue this tradition - not every day when it is too busy and when there are a zillion things to do - but occasionally we sit on our front porch or on our deck in the back yard and celebrate a sundowner.

The days are getting longer and the evenings are getting warmer. The idea of a sundowner becomes more appealing. I chose 5 excellent wines:

3 Whites:

2023 Chardonnay, Pouilly-Fuissé, Domaine Sangouard- Guyot, Burgundy

2025 Sauvignon Blanc / Semillion, Château du Clos du Prévot, Bordeaux

2024 Riesling, Weingut Balthasar Ress, Rheingau, Germany

1 Rosé:

2025 Rosé, Vallée des Pins, Vignobles Foncalieu, Coteaux d’Aix en Provence

1 lighter Red in case you crave a steak and you start to put on the grill:

2024 Schiava, Kellerei Kaltern, Alto Adige

As usual we will have two cheeses and baguette from Calvert & Woodley. This is a 30 $ tasting.

Looking forward to have a sundowner with you next Tuesday.

Annette

Washington Wine & Cheese Seminar, American Wine Society DC Chapter

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WHERE & WHEN WE MEET: The Seminar meets at 7:45 PM 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.

SNOW DAYS: Classes may be cancelled due to inclement weather based on the decision of St. Patricks Church and Day School. Cancellations will be announced in the Mailing List as soon as St. Patricks make the decision. 

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During the trip, we went out for dinner to a restaurant in St. Lucia or Martinique a couple of times. Most of the time, however, we had dinner on the boat. 5 of these dinners stood out. 

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I, Annette, so much enjoyed this boat tour. I always felt very much home in the water: I love the seas, bobbing waves, swimming, tropical weather, raw nature, and this boat tour provided all of this. Living on a sailboat makes you aware of how much humanity depends on nature, and how small we are in this universe. You cannot sail without wind, you cannot live without fresh water, you cannot see without light, you cannot cook without some source of energy. Being together with our daughter, son-in-law, and two grandkids age ten and eleven in this relatively confined space was such a joy and taught me once again that teamwork and respect for one another are the most important skills for living in harmony and to overcome daily challenges. I felt honored to be part of this close-nit, adorable family for a delicious moment.

Many times, we had dinner on the boat. 5 of these dinners stood out.

 

First, dinner with our grandchildren Ernst and Viatrix on the Wanderlust while their parents Cornelia Schiller Tremann and Chris Tremann are out for a date night dinner. 

 

Second, apero and dinner on the boat. For the apero we tried a cider from Normandy. Dinner was German style - cold cuts and cheese, but all from France. All bought at the E.Leclerc supermarket in Fort de France a couple of days ago. Among others, we had a Jambon de Bayonne and a Roquefort from Papillon, difficult to find outside of France.  

 

Third,  after watching the sunset with a glass of Rose de Gascogne we had another lovely dinner on the boat, this time barbecue with a nice Cabernet Franc from Saumur-Champigny.

 

Fourth, Happy Hour with saucisson sec, a wonderful sunset and dinner on the boat. Dinner was again German-style cold cuts and cheese, but all from France. As blue cheese, we had a Bleu de Causse The rouge was a @Vinsobres, a cru from the Côtes du Rhône Weine.

 

Fifth, apero (Cidre de Bretagne Brut); perfect sunset; barbecue dinner (potato gratin and grilled red snapper with an IGP @Cotes de Thau). 

 

April 13
 

Dinner with our grandchildren Ernst and Viatrix on the Wanderlust while their parents Cornelia Schiller Tremann and Chris Tremann are out for a date night dinner. 

 

 

April 16

 

Apero and dinner on the boat. For the apero we tried a cider from Normandy. Dinner was German style - cold cuts and cheese, but all from France. All bought at the E.Leclerc supermarket in Fort de France a couple of days ago. Among others, we had a Jambon de Bayonne and a Roquefort from Papillon, difficult to find outside of France. The day ended on the rooftop of Wanderlust. 

 

 

April 18

 

After watching the sunset with a glass of Rose de Gascogne we had another lovely dinner on the boat, this time barbecue with a nice Cabernet Franc from Saumur-Champigny.

 

April 19 

 

Happy Hour with saucisson sec, a wonderful sunset and dinner on the boat. Dinner was again German-style cold cuts and cheese, but all from France. As blue cheese, we had a Bleu de Causse The rouge was a @Vinsobres, a cru from the Côtes du Rhône Weine.

 

 

April 20

 

Second trip

 

 

 

Apero (Cidre de Bretagne Brut); perfect sunset; barbecue dinner (potato gratin and grilled red snapper with an IGP @Cotes de Thau).
 

From Marigot Bay in St. Lucia to Saint-Pierre in Martinique - Amazing 2 1/2 Weeks on the Catamaran Sailboat "Wanderlust" in the Caribbean, with Chris, Cornelia, Viatrix and Ernst (April 2026)

See: From Marigot Bay in St. Lucia to Saint-Pierre in Martinique - Amazing 2 1/2 Weeks on the Catamaran Sailboat "Wanderlust" in the Caribbean, with Chris, Cornelia, Viatrix and Ernst (April 2026)

  

  

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