Pictures: Tour and Tasting (including from Barrel) at Tertre Rteboeuf, with Owner and Winemaker Franois Mitjavile, France Bordeaux Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2018) Following a wonderful Wine-pairing Lunch at Chteau Le Bon Pasteur, Pomerol, with Dany Rolland, GM Benoit Prvot and Chef Frdric Bozzo - Bordeaux Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours, France, ...

Pictures: Riesling & Friends: Massive German Wine Tasting with the Derek Vinnicombe Group at Arrowine in Arlington, USA Derek Vinnicombe, wine broker and US importer of German wine, was back in town with a group of about a dozen winemakers belonging to his portfolio. He comes every year in March for a tour of the USA. This year, a massive portf...

Picture: Christian and Annette Schiller with Wilhelm Weil (Weingut Robert Weil) during the III. International Riesling Symposium. See: The III. International Riesling Symposium (2017) in the Rheingau, GermanyThe Eichelmann WeinGuide Deutschland/ Eichelmann Deutschlands Weine is one of Germany's leading wine guides. The Eichelmann Deutschlands ...

Picture: Annette Schiller, Clemens Busch, Christian Schiller at Panda Gourmet in Washington DCClemens Busch of the world class Weingut Clemens Busch (Mosel) was in town (Washington DC) and Domestique Wine, a new wine shop focussing on natural wines, organized a Chinese dinner at Michelin-recommended Panda Gourmet.Pictures: Welcome at Panda GourmetI...

Pictures: Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting (from Barrel and from Bottle) at Weingut Rudolf Frst, Franken, with Sebastian Frst - Germany-East Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Art, Culture, History - Berlin, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, Wrttemberg, Franken On the Germany-East Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Art, Culture, History - Berlin...

Pictures: Sophie Schler, Owner, Chteau Kirwan, Appellation Margaux, Philippe Blanc, General Manager, Chteau Beychevelle, Appellation Saint-Julien and Annette Schiller, Owner, ombiasy PR and WineTours, for a Winemaker Dinner at the French Embassy, Le Caf Descartes, in Washington DC, USA Sophie Schler, Owner, Chteau Kirwan, Appellation Margaux, 3ime ...

Pictures: Wine-pairing Lunch at Chteau Le Bon Pasteur, Pomerol, with Dany Rolland, GM Benoit Prvot and Chef Frdric Bozzo - Bordeaux Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours, France Following a tour and tasting at Chteau La Conseillante, Appellation Pomerol, with General Manager/ Winemaker Marielle Cazaux, we drove over to Chteau Le Bon Pasteur, to have lunch...

Picture: Annette and Christian Schiller at Brasserie Les Haras in Strasbourg, with a Weingut Martin Wassmer Sptburgunder. See also: Cellar Tour and Tasting at Pinot Noir Star Producer Weingut Martin Wamer in Bad Krozingen, Markgrfler Land, Baden - Germany-South and Alsace 2018 Tour by ombiasy WineTours: Baden, Alsace, Pfalz and RheinhessenThe Salo...

Picture: Hansjrg Rebholz, Weingut konomierat Rebholz, with the Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015). See: Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015)The Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2019 was released on Friday, October 26, 2018. The Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2019 reviews on about 1000 pages more than 11.000 wines of 1000 wineri...

Pictures: Annette Schiller, Christian Schiller and Riesling, with the Bernkasteler Doctor Vineyard - all Riesling - in the Background. See also: Invitation: Germany-North Tour 2019 by ombiasy WineTours: Quintessential German Riesling Germany's most important grape variety, the Riesling, celebrates its birthday on march 13th. On this day of the ye...

Picture: Stoping-over in Lisbon on the Way to and from Senegal, Westafrica. See also: Dining, Rallying, Pouring German Wine and Chilling in Dakar, Senegal, West AfricaWe spent 2 weeks in Dakar/ Senegal to visit our daughter and her family. We took TAP Air Portugal from Frankfurt to Dakar. On both ways, we stopped in Lisbon.Going there, we had a la...

Picture: Dinner at Le Bouchon des Filles in Lyon - Rhne Valley Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Culture and History, FranceFollowing the tasting ofthe wines of ric Texier with his wife Laurence in their ancient cellar in Charnay in the Beaujolais Region, north of Lyon, we returned to Lyon for dinner in a traditional bouchon. See: Cellar Tast...

Picture: Visit and Tasting at Domaine de Fussiacus in Fuiss, Poully-Fuiss, Mconnais, with Owner/ Winemaker Yannik Pacquet - Burgundy (and Champagne) Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: From Lyon to ParisOwner/ Winemaker Yannik Pacquet was our host.Situated in the heart of the charming little village of Fuiss, Domaine de Fussiacus has since its creatio...

Picture: Eve Faiveley of Domaine Faiveley, Nuits St. Georges, Bourgogne, with Annette and Christian SchillerThe Rheingau Gourmet und Wein Festival brings togather every year leading chefs and winemakers from around the world. The annual event is organized by Hans B. Ullrich, the owner of the Hotel and Restaurant Kronenschlsschen in Hattenheim. It t...

Picture: Tour and Tasting at Chteau La Conseillante, Appellation Pomerol, with General Manager/ Winemaker Marielle Cazaux - Bordeaux Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours, FrancePomerol is a tiny winegrowing region, located on the pilgrim road to Santiago de Compostela. Wine has been produced here since Roman times. Later the Knights of the Order of M...

Pictures: Helene Jaume of Domaine Grand Veneur and Doug House of Chain Bridge Cellars at Chain Bridge CellarsI always liked the wines of the Rhne valley, but after the Rhne Valley Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Culture and History, France, I became fascinated with the wines of the Rhne valley. I have them regularly now for lunch and dinner, ...

Picture: Germanys Top 21 Winemakers - Der Feinschmecker 2017/2018Der Feinschmecker, the leading German wine and food journal, presented its new ranking of the German wine scene. The Feinschmecker awarded 22 winemakers in Germany 5 F's, its top ranking. For previous years see:Germanys Top 22 Winemakers - Der Feinschmecker 2016/2017Germanys Top 20...

Pictures: A Journey through the Rhne Valley - Seminar at the 2018 American Wine Society National Conference in Buffalo, New York State,USA, led by Annette SchillerThe 2018 American Wine Society Annual Meetings took place in Buffalo, New York State, from November 1 to 3, 2018. More than 500 members from all over the USA came to this 3-day ...

Pictures: Annette and Christian Schiller with Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe at the Virginia Governor's Cup Gala 2017Below is a list of the wine tours, wine dinners and wine tastings planned by Annette and Christian Schiller/ ombiasyPR & WineTours/ schiller-wine for the coming months. For questions concerning the ombiasy wine tours p...

Picture: Discussing with General Manager Bjrn Probst the Plans for the new Winemaking Facilities of Weingut Kloster PfortaThe visit started with a vineyard tour. Bjrn Probst then showed us the plans for a new winery that will be built in the next years on the grounds of Kloster Pforta a few miles away from the current location of the winery. He ...

Pictures: Tour and tasting at Chteau Clos Fourtet, Appellation Saint-Emilion, Premier Grand Cru Class B - Bordeaux Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours, FranceThe history of Chteau Clos Fourtet goes back as far as the Middle Ages, some even say to Roman times. A defensive settlement was built to protect the town of Saint-Emilion and at the site of Clos...

Picture: Men Degustacin Chinamo Silvestre: A Tribute to the Culture and Traditions of Costa Rica with a Menu full of Surprises at Restaurante Silvestre in San Jos, Costa Rica, with Chef/ Owner Santiago Fernndez BenedettoWhile in San Jos, Costa Rica, for a few days, we had dinner at Restaurante Silvestre, which is famous for its outstanding cocina c...

Picture: Dining, Rallying, Pouring German Wine and Chilling in Dakar, Senegal, West AfricaWe spent 2 weeks in Dakar/ Senegal to visit our daughter and her family. The visit was scheduled to coincide with the end of the 2019 Dakar Paris New Edition Rally (Interncontinental Rally 2019), in which our son-in-law Chris Tremann participated. We wante...

Picture: Lunch at Restaurant La Terrasse Rouge, Chteau La Dominique, Appellation Saimt-Emilion, Grand Cru Class - Bordeaux Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours, FranceFollowing the tour and tasting at Chteau Mondsir Gazin, Appellation Ctes de Bourg, Appellation Blaye with Owner/ Winemaker Marc PasquetSee: Tour and Tasting at Chteau Mondsir Gazin, Blaye ...

Picture: Paul Frst, Annette Schiller, Sebastian Frst and Christian Schiller at Weingut Rudolf Frst. See: Tasting and Tour with the Pinot Noir Legend Paul Frst, Weingut Rudolf Frst in Brgstadt, Franken Germany-East Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015)The new Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland for 2019 was published on November 13, 2018. It reviews...

Picture: Tour and Tasting at Chteau Pichon-Longueville-Baron in Pauillac. See: Total Immersion in Bordeaux: World Class Wines and Exquisite French Gourmet Cuisine - Bordeaux Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours, France Dear Wine Friends,I get a lot of emails asking which wine tours I will do in 2019. In 2019 I have some custom tailored tours which leave...

Picture: The Steep-Slope Wines from the Mittelrhein: Tasting at Collegium Vini with 4 Producers - Wine Estates Matthias Mller, Toni Jost, Philipps-Mhle and Heilig GrabThe Collegium Vini is an association of wine lovers in the greater Frankfurt area, founded in 1951, that meets regularly to taste wine together. This time, the Collegium Vini had ...

Pictures: Christian Schiller at the New Maxwell Park Wine Bar in Washington DC, USAThe Washingtonian is a monthly magazine distributed in the Washington, D.C. area. The magazine describes itself as "The Magazine Washington Lives By". Once a year, the Washingtonian releases a list of Washington's 100 best restaurants. The 2019 list was released a fe...

Pictures: Extensive Vertical "Kastanienbusch" Tasting (Riesling and Sptburgunder) at Weingut Siener in Birkweiler, Pfalz, with Owner/ Winemaker Peter Siener - Germany-South and Alsace 2018 Tour by ombiasy WineTours: Baden, Alsace, Pfalz and RheinhessenIn the Pfalz, we visited 4 wine producers during: The Sun-Kissed South: Germanys Pinot Noir, the ...

Picture: Cellar Tasting, including from Barrel, at Domaine ric Texier in Charney, with Laurence Texier - Rhne Valley Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Culture and History, France We started our journey through the Rhne Valley with a visit to one of the innovative and most dynamic winemaker of the young and wild Rhne Valley crowd: ric Texier. He...

Picture: Martine Faye, Africa Gourmet, Stephan Rken, Ambassador of Germany in Dakar, Christian Schiller and Annette SchillerWe spent 2 weeks in Dakar/ Senegal to visit our daughter and her family. The visit was scheduled to coincide with the end of the 2019 Dakar Paris New Edition Rally (Interncontinental 2019), in which our son-in-law Chris Treman...

Picture: Sophie Schler and Annette Schiller in Bordeaux. See: Total Immersion in Bordeaux: World Class Wines and Exquisite French Gourmet Cuisine - Bordeaux Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours, FranceA Special Bordeaux Winemaker DinnerMarch, 6th, 2019, 6.30 pm at Le Caf DescartesAmbassade de France in Washington DC, USAThe Caf Descartes/ French Embassy...

Pictures: Burgundy Pinot Noir and German Pinot Noir: Differences and Similarities - Seminar at the 2018 American Wine Society National Conference in Buffalo, New York State,USA, led by Annette Schiller The 2018 American Wine Society Annual Meetings took place in Buffalo, New York State, from November 1 to 3, 2018. More than 500 members from ...

Picture: Kaub in the Rhine Valley The Germany-North Tour 2019 by ombiasy WineTours - Quintessential German Riesling - will take place from April 29 - May 07, 2019. We still have 2 rooms avai1able. Including these 2 rooms and Annette and me, the group will be 13 people.Picture: Ernst Loosen and Annette Schiller at Weingut Dr. Loosen. See: Ernst Loo...

Picture: Christian Schiller and Chef Sbastien Grospellier, La Table de Chaintr (1 Star Michelin). in Chaintr, MconnaisLa Table de Chaintr (1 star Michelin) is located in the center of Chaintr in the picturesque Mconnais wine region. It is consistently delivering excellent and innovative dishes. This beautiful restaurant is a gem and a family a...

Picture: Christian L. Stahl's First Appearance in the USA at Cleveland Parc Fine Wines and Liquor Store in Washington DC, with General Manager Anthony Quinn, Simone Stahl and Christian Schiller. See: Welcome to the USA: Christian L. Stahl from Winzerhof Stahl in Franken, Germany A few weeks ago, German wine journalist Stuart Pigott published in ...

Picture: Tour and Tasting at Chteau Mondsir Gazin in Plassac, next to Blaye, Bordeaux Right Bank, with Owner/ Winemaker Marc PasquetChteau Mondsir Gazin in Plassac, next to Blaye, Bordeaux Right Bank, belongs to the so-called petits chteaux. There are many of these chteaux that produce excellent wines for a fraction of the price of the classified w...

Picture: Head of the Weinakademiker Group Frankfurt, Katja Appelt, Opening the Chteau Musar Tasting with Rudi Knoll, in Frankfurt, GermanyKatja Appelt, head of the Weinakademiker Group in Frankfurt, Germany, organized an extensive Chteau Musar Tasting with well-known wine journalist Rudi Knoll. The tasting took place at Restaurant Margarete in the ...

Photo: General Manager Martine FAYE et Store Manager Yacine avec Annette et Christian Schiller au Magasin Africa Gourmet, Ngor. See: Schiller's Favorite Wine Bars in Dakar, Senegal, West Africa INVITATIONL'Allemagne, avec 110.000 hectares de vignoble, est le plus petit des pays producteurs de vin parmi les plus importants en Europe - Espagne, Franc...

Picture: Tasting Armin Diel's Poet's Leap Riesling at the Wine and Cheese Seminar in Washington DC with a Friend. See: Visiting Long Shadows Vintners in Walla Walla, Washington State - Where Armin Diels Poets Leap Riesling is Made, USABelow is a list of the wine tours, wine dinners and wine tastings planned by Annette and Christian Schiller/ om...

Picture: Chef Christoph Kubenz, Annette Schiller and Johnny Schrod at BiancalaniIn Frankfurt, Annette and I are members of a group of wine and food aficiniados that meets about once a month in a top restaurant. In January, we had dinner at Biancalani.There were eight of us. We had 13 bottles of 9 different wines. We all had 5 courses. We spent Euro...

Picture: Vineyard Tour at Weingut Siener in Birkweiler, Pfalz, with Owner/ Winemaker Peter SienerIn the Pfalz, we visited 4 wine producers during: The Sun-Kissed South: Germanys Pinot Noir, the Other Whites, the Culinary Regions - Germany-South and Alsace 2018 Tour by ombiasy WineTours: Baden, Alsace, Pfalz and RheinhessenWeingut Friedrich Becker...

Pictures: The Wines of the 2017 Virginia Governor's Cup Case. See: Virginia's Best Wines: 2017 Governors Cup Gala in Richmond, Virginia, USA Annette and I would like to invite you to a tasting of premium wines of Virginia/ USA in Frankfurt/ Germany. These wines are close to our heart since Virginia has been our US home since 1983.On March 1, 2019,...

Pictures: Renaissance of the Terroir in Germany. Back to the Roots - Wine Tasting Seminar lead by Annette Schiller at the German Wine Society (Washington DC Chapter), USAMany German wine lovers in the USA, when talking about the classification of wine in Germany, refer you to the Kabinett, Sptlese, Auslese ... quality ladder of the Basic German Win...

Pictures: Christian Schiller at the Brandenburg Gate in BerlinAnnette and I toured Brandenburg and Berlin in June 2018 with the Weinfreundeskreis Hochheim, right before the Germany-East Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Art, Culture, History - Berlin, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, Wrttemberg, FrankenI plan to publish 3 postings with regard to the Bra...

Pictures: Annette Schiller with Winemaker Sister Thekla Baumgart of Klosterweingut Sankt Hildegard in the Rheingau, GermanyThe 2018 American Wine Society Annual Meetings took take place in Buffalo, New York State, from November 1 to 3, 2018. More than 500 members from all over the USA came to this 3-day event, filled with tastings, seminars and ...

Picture: Christian Schiller Tasting with Helmut Dnnhoff (Eichelmann WeinGuide 2019 Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement) at Weingut Hermann DnnhoffThe Eichelmann WeinGuide Deutschland 2019 - one of the 5 main wine guides in Germany (along with GaultMillau, Vinum, Feinschmecker and Falstaff) - was released in November 2018.In the Eichelmann We...

Pictures: Annette and Christian Schiller on Playa Blanca in Cahuita, Costa Rica, in 2018 and 1987Annette Schiller and I spent about 2 weeks in Costa Rica, from Thursday, December 20 2018 to Tuesday, January 1, 2019. We were joined by our daughter Katharina Schiller Suarez and her husband Diego Suarez. After we left, Katharina and Diego stayed on...