A week ago I spontaneously decided to hurry to Berlin on Sunday for attending the “Gala Grosser Weine”, a wine presentation organized by a local wine store where many top German and international winemakers were presenting their products. It was a great event! Out of the German winemakers I already knew many and previously tried their wines at more close by presentations and thus the core attractions to me were big international names like Giacosa, Château Canon, Ridge, Moric or even Château La Nerthe. Can you understand my excitement? Read the rest of this entry »

Eine tolle Veranstaltung der Österreich-Wein „Marketinggesellschaft“ war das. Circa 30 renommierte Winzer aus allen Regionen Österreichs haben im modernen, aber durch Beschallung eines Streichquartetts auch folkloristisch gediegenen Rahmen des Cocoon Club 3-4 Weine Ihres Sortiments vorgestellt. Da kann man nicht nicht hingehen, vor allem wenn das Fingerfood Menu von Sternekoch Mario Lohninger sich dann auch noch so schmackhaft anhört wie es dann auch war. Read the rest of this entry »