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Ortenauer TOP TEN Spätburgunder Rotweine 2020 im Weinparadies Ortenau: Weingut Schloss Ortenberg erfolgreich als bester Betrieb und mit dem besten Wein mit holzbetonter Stilistik!

Das Weinparadies Ortenau hat trotz der besonderen aktuellen Situation seinen alljährlichen internen Wettbewerb durchgeführt. Unter Beachtung aller vorgeschriebenen Regeln trafen sich vier Prüferinnen und Prüfer zu einer verdeckten Verkostung in den Räumen des Badischen Weinbauverbandes, in denen auch die Qualitätsweinprüfung stattfindet. Die Beteiligung mit 78 Weinen aus 25 Betrieben war dabei eine der höchsten seit Bestehen des Wettbewerbs.

[www.weinparadies-ortenau.de]

John

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Cold comfort farming: German ice wine maker hails crucial big chill

‘You might get one chance in a decade,’ says Ralf Petgen, who has adapted his Mosel vineyard owing to global heating

[www.theguardian.com]

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Manley Wine Estate announces new German ownership

Manley Wine Estate boasts with the brand new owner, Markus Ehehalt, a long-term former Bosch engineer from Stuttgart in Germany. The estate was purchased from the previous owner, David Ovenden, a London-based South African, by Markus in August 2020

[news.wine.co.za]

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Acham-Magin Forster Stift Riesling 2017 (Pfalz)

Forst zouden jullie moeten kennen: het kleine dorpje in de Mittelhaardt (Pfalz) verzamelt rond de kerktoren een fabuleuze concentratie van Erste Lagen en Grosse Lagen (grand cru wijngaarden) waar enkele van de duurste wijnen uit Duitsland van afkomstig zijn.

[vriendenvanderiesling.wordpress.com]

John

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Zie: nieuwsbrief Moezel wijnen

Mosel’s Markus Molitor: why “making Eiswein is like waiting for Christmas”

Every wine culture has its moments of magic, but few can eclipse the excitement of making Eiswein. Pickers must get to the vineyard in the middle of the night where, at temperatures no more than -7°C, frozen grapes are picked until the sun rises then rushed to the winery for a gentle press. This January, Markus Molitor made an Eiswein, one of 80 wines he produces, an event which is becoming more and more rare as climate change starts to take its toll. Peter Dean talks to him about this special event and whether the wine is worth all the hassle.

[www.the-buyer.net]

John

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When It’s Cold Outside, Ice Wines Are The Antidote To Drink Inside

The story goes that ice wines were discovered by accident when a German baron left his estate one summer’s day for one war or another, neglecting to tell his peasants to pick the grapes and make wine in the fall. When he returned he found the peasants—who never did anything they weren’t told to do—neither picked the grapes nor made wine, leaving the fruit on the vine to freeze. Quite literally plucking victory from the vines of defeat, the baron found that the grapes had continued to grow ripe with sugar, which was intensified by the freeze that dehydrated them, so that when they were pressed, they gave up very little juice but spectacularly good, intensely sweet white wine, which in German is eiswein.

[www.forbes.com]

John

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A Tribute to Wilhelm Haag, ‘Father of the Renaissance of German Wine’

Wilhelm Haag of Weingut Fritz Haag in the Mosel, one of Germany’s most heralded Riesling producers and a figurehead in the region, passed away December 16, 2020 after a recurrence of cancer. He was 83 years old.

[www.winemag.com]

John

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Überraschungscoup Franken: die GG 2019 und 2018 vom Silvaner

Jens Priewe hat die Silvaner GG vom Main probiert und sich dazu ein paar Gedanken gemacht. Wichtigste Erkenntnis: Die behäbigen, erdigen Silvaner von einst gibt es nicht mehr.

[www.weinkenner.de]

John

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Chapeau’s Limburgse wijnclub “Limbourgeois”

In het najaar van 2020 hebben Stichting Limburgse Wijnen en Chapeau Magazine de handen ineen geslagen voor Chapeau’s Belgisch en Nederlands Limburgse wijnclub ‘Limbourgeois’, een wijnclub met aandacht voor Limburg als groeiende wijnregio.

[www.routedesvins.nl]

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Wijnland Duitsland”: bestel een exemplaar van ons boek !

Bestel alvast je exemplaar !

Wijnland Duitsland
Ontdekken, proeven en beleven


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MADE IN TERRASSENMOSEL: SARAH LÖWENSTEIN OF WEINGUT HEYMANN-LÖWENSTEIN

The hills surrounding the Moselle River constitute Germany’s oldest winegrowing region, and its steepest. What some still call Lower Moselle, near the French border, is now more often referred to as Terrassenmosel, or the terraced Moselle, in recognition of the characteristic terraces cut into the steeply inclined banks, which give the hills the appearance of grassy pyramids. Locals have been cultivating grapes here since at least Roman times, and the landscape is still studded with picturesque, gothic castles in various states of disrepair, which peer out protectively over the river valley.

[grapecollective.com]

John

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Shot in the arm for Germany

In a boost for German winemakers on the global stage, UNESCO has included ‘Wine Culture in Germany’ in its latest national register of intangible national heritage.

[harpers.co.uk]

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Mosel vineyards are preparing for climate change by sharing their soil with aromatic plants

The landscape of sloping vineyards on the banks of the Mosel River in Germany is a characteristic symbol of a region which cannot be understood without its wine: the Mosel wine region. Tourists from all over the world, especially from the neighboring countries of Belgium, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands visit the area in search of mountains and wine. However, the lack of new generations and the increase in temperatures and short heavy summer rainfall events caused by climate change endanger the production of wine.

[phys.org]

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Zie: nieuwsbrief Moezel wijnen

New Belgium’s New Fat Tire Beer Tastes Like the Climate Ravaged Future of Our Worst Nightmares

It might be hard to believe, but a major brewery just created a beer that tastes bad — intentionally.

On Monday, New Belgium Brewing announced the release of Torched Earth Ale, a limited-edition beer in its Fat Tire Ale line that’s specifically crafted to emulate what post-apocalyptic brews might taste like. The beer is made with the scant ingredients that would be available to brewers if we fail to prevent climate change: smoke-tainted water, dandelions, and drought-resistant grains. The resulting taste is reportedly quite dismal, and that’s the point.

The company is seeking to make a statement about the disastrous effects climate change have on agriculture, and how this greatly impacts major ingredients in beer, like hops and malt.

[vinepair.com]

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The new German wine classification | Per on Forbes

Germany introduces a wine hierarchy based on geography
Germany has introduced a new “classification” system for its wines, under the name Qualitätswein. It creates a hierarchy of wines – Area, Region, Village and Vineyard – with increasingly smaller units. It is assumed that “smaller is better”. The existing system with Prädikat will remain in place. The two will work in parallel. We explain the details of the new German geographic quality wine system and how it will work together with the existing system.

[www.bkwine.com]

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Markus Molitor | Among the elite of German wines

The star of German Riesling
At the age of just 20, in 1984, Markus Molitor took up his family domain in Germany’s Mosel region, which we find within the winemaking area of Wehlener Klosterberg. Here, he set his intention to put terroir front and centre in his work, producing Rieslings that would carry the family name held by eight generations of vignerons.

[www.idealwine.info]

John

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