The DC Wine Fest took place on April 14, 2018, at Longview Gallery on 9th Street in Washington, DC, NW.
Annette and Christian Schiller had an Ombiasy WineTours booth at the DC Wine Fest Spring 2018 Edition. We promoted the ombiasy tours to France and Germany and poured 2 wines:
From France, a 2016 Château la Mothe du Barry Bordeaux Superieur.
From Germany, a 2016 Winzerhof Stahl Hasennest Müller Thurgau trocken.
More than 1000 people paid US$35/60 (VIP) to attend one of the 3 sessions. VIP ticket holder were admitted an hour earlier to their session. Session 1: 1-3pm; Session 2: 4:30-6:30pm; Session 3: 8:00-10:00pm.
DC Wine Fest: "Introducing the DC Wine Fest, an elevated wine tasting experience that aims to stimulate all of your senses. Come throw back some great food, take in some art, and enjoy live music performances, while tasting some of the best varietals from all over the world.
You’ll have the chance to sample wine to your heart's content, enjoy great food, check out the art on exhibit, and listen to some talented musicians.
All wine tastings are included in your ticket. We believe in responsible alcohol service. You can sample wine tastings during your session time until and unless you show visible signs of intoxication, at which point service stops.
VIP admission means you’ll gain early access one hour before the crowd, so you’ll have more time to sample and meet producers face-to-face. That is the only difference between VIP and General Admission tickets."
Annette Schiller's Ombiasy WineTours Booth
The Ombiasy WineTours booth was in the front room, right next to the music.
Pouring and Talking about the Tours
The crowd was young and overwhelmingly female.
Bordeaux and Franken Wines
We poured 2 wines:
From France, a 2016 Château la Mothe du Barry Bordeaux Superieur.
From Germany, a 2016 Winzerhof Stahl Hasennest Müller Thurgau trocken.
Winzerhof Stahl in Franken
Winzerhof Stahl is located in Auernhofen in the Franken wine area. Winemaking is only a recent activity in the Stahl family. Until the mid-1980s, Winzerhof Stahl did not exist. The Stahl family was doing farming and did not make any wine. Christian’s father then decided to acquire vineyards and to shift to winemaking. Today, the vineyard area totals 20 hectares. Winzerhof Stahl also includes a wine restaurant with 200 seats; the food there is at the highest level, as are the Winzerhof Stahl wines.
Born in 1978, Christian has been in charge of Winzerhof Stahl since 2005. He started his education at Weingut Stein in Würzburg (apprenticeship) in 1999, then spent some time with the biodynamic winemaker Jakob-Peter Kühn in the Rheingau and finished his studies with a Diploma at the Geisenheim University.
We visited Christian Stahl on the German-East Tour last year and had lunch at Winzerhof Stahl.
See:
Germany-East Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Art, Culture and History
Lunch with Christian L. Stahl, Winzerhof Stahl, Franken: Not only a Gifted Winemaker but also a Gifted Chef - Germany-East Tour 2017 by ombiasy
Château La Mothe du Barry
Joël and Sandrine Duffau took over Château La Mothe du Barry vineyard in Moulon, the family home (nine generations of winegrowers), in 1985. The vines are planted ont the clay & limestone slopes of the village, a terroir the the Merlot grapes thrives on. From his studies and work palcements in France and abroad (Burgendy, Beaujolais, Rioja, California…) Joël retained his natural curiosity and a taste for discovering all things new which enable him, vintage after vintage, to evolve in his winegrowing and winemaking techniques.
This, in turn allows him to produce ever more expressive wines, of which the Cuvée le Barry praised every year in several wine guides. His other wines are also renowed for their quality, like his Entre-Deux-Mers, produced from vines palnted on boulbene ( finesiliceous soil) terroirs, situated in Naujean et Postiac (white grape varieties absolutely love boulbene terroirs!)
It’s because of Joël's passion for this terroir, so typicla of Entre-Deux-Mers area, but also because of his motivation to go back Nature and its core values that he started the process of converting to organic viticulture in 2009. The certification is obtained for all Bordeaux Superieur and Bordeaux Clairet with the vintage 2013.
We visited Joël and Sandrine Duffau on last year's Bordeaux Tour.
See:
Total Immersion in Bordeaux: World Class Wines and Exquisite French Gourmet Cuisine - Bordeaux Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours, France
Tasting with Joël and Sandrine Duffau at Château La Mothe du Barry and Château Les Arromans in the Heart of the Entre-Deux-Mers Region - Bordeaux Tour by ombiasy WineTours 2017, France
Longview Gallery
Long View Gallery opened in 2006 as a small, Washington D.C. gallery focused mainly on local artists. Today it is still an art gallery but also operates as a venue for private functions such as the DC Wine Fest.
Music
There was live music.
Fun
We all had a good time.
schiller-wine: Related Postings
Upcoming Tours/ Wine Dinners/ Tastings - Annette and Christian Schiller/ ombiasyPR & WineTours/ schiller-wine, Germany, France, USA (Issued: April 2, 2018)
Ombiasy Wine Tours 2018: 3 x France and 3 x Germany - Ombiasy Newsletter December 2017
Lunch with Christian L. Stahl, Winzerhof Stahl, Franken: Not only a Gifted Winemaker but also a Gifted Chef - Germany-East Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours
Franken Wines, Virginia Oysters and French-Mediterranian Food: Winemaker Dinner with Christian L. Stahl from Winzerhof Stahl, Germany, and Chef Driss Zahidi at Evo Bistro in McLean, Virginia
Annette and Christian Schiller’s Summer of Riesling 2016 in McLean, Virginia, with German Star Winemaker Christian L. Stahl, German Wine Journalist Joachim A.J. Kaiser and Virginia Star Winemaker Chris Pearmund
JJ Prüm Winemaker Dinner at BToo in Washington DC/ USA, with Wilhelm Steifensand ("Herr Prüm") and Chef Bart Vandaele
Germany meets France: Bourgogne, Baden, Alsace and Pfalz - Tasting with the German Wine Society (Washington DC Chapter), led by Annette Schiller, USA/ France/ Germany
Welcome to the USA: Christian L. Stahl from Winzerhof Stahl in Franken, Germany
The Bistronomics Cuisine of Chef Christoph Kubenz and the Wines of Winemaker Christian Stahl at Restaurant schauMahl in Frankfurt, Germany
Entre-Deux-Mers Wines and Alsatian Cuisine: Lunch at L‘Auberge Chez Francois with Winemaker Joel Duffau and Chef Jacques Haeringer, USA/ France
The Wines from Entre Deux Mers Winemaker Joel Duffau
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