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...

Pictures: Annette and Christian Schiller with Marianne Ludes, Owner of Villa Jacobs in Potsdam. Villa Jacobs produces outstanding FrhburgunderBrandenburg is one of the federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former East Germany and West Germany. It lies in the northeast of the country covering an area of 29,478 sq...

Picture: Annette and Christian Schiller in Buffalo at the National Convention of the American Wine Society 2018. See: The 2018 American Wine Society National Conference in Buffalo, New York State, USA: Seen Through Christian Schiller's Camera Lens Below is a list of the wine tours, wine dinners and wine tastings planned by Annette and Christian S...

Picture: Friedrich Keller, Fritz Keller and Annette Schiller at Weingut Franz Keller, BadenThe new Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland for 2019 was published on November 13, 2018. It reviews on about 1000 pages more than 11.500 wines of 1065 wineries. Its rating symbol is a grape and Germanys best winemakers are awarded one to five grapes.In ad...

Picture: Vineyard Tour and Tasting at the Kniglicher Weinberg Klausberg in Sanssouci, PotsdamWe all know about Frederick the Great, arguable the most important and beloved King of Prussia. To escape the formal ceremonies and pomp of the Berlin court he built a summer palace Sanssouci - basically more like a large, single-story villa than a...

Pictures: Dinner at Weinsinn in Frankfurt, GermanyWe celebrated the birthdays of Katharina Schiller-Suarez and her husband Diego Schiller-Suarez at Weinsinn, with two of Katharina's three sibblings. We had a nice selection of wines, both from the wine list and our cellar. The star of the evening was the Chteau Mouton Rothschild 1979 Magnum. Matthia...

Pictures: 3 German Star Winemakers at Dpfner's im Maingau in Frankfurt: Andreas Stigler of Weingut Stigler in Baden, Urban Kaufmann of Weingut Kaufmann in the Rheingau and Fritz Groebe of Weingut K.F. Groebe in Rheinhessen We enjoyed a wonderful winemaker dinner in Frankfurt at Dpfner's im Maingau with 3 German star winemakers: Andreas Stigler of...

Picture: The Table of Hannsjrg Rebholz, Weingut konomierat Rebholz, Pfalz, at the Gala Dinner of the Rieslingfeier 2016 in New York City, with Annette Schiller, David Schildknecht and Hannsjrg Rebholz. See: A German Riesling Feast in New York City: Rieslingfeier 2016, USA Lettie Teague is an American author and currently a wine columnist for Th...

Picture: Annette and Christian Schiller at the 2018 American Wine Society National Conference in Buffalo, New York StateAnnette Schiller, President of ombiasy PR and WineTours and member of the American Wine Society, led 3 wine tastings - Abbey Wines, Pinot Noir from Germany and Burgundy, Rhne Valley - at the 2018 Annual Meetings of the America...

Picture: Annette and Christian Schiller in SingaporeBelow 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 please consult the ombiasy website.For all other events please send me (...

Picture: National Conference of the American Wine Society (AWS) in Buffalo, New York State, November 1 to 3, 2018Annette Schiller, President of ombiasy PR and WineTours and member of the American Wine Society, will lead 3 wine tastings - Abbey Wines, Pinot Noir from Germany and Burgundy, Rhne Valley - at the forthcoming Annual Meetings of the A...

Picture: Annette and Christian Schiller in LondonBelow 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 please consult the ombiasy website.For all other events please send me...

Picture: Dinner at the "New" Weinsinn in Frankfurt, Germany, with Owner Matthias ScheiberIn 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 late August, we had dinner at Weinsinn.There were eight of us. We had 11 bottles of wine. Most of us had 5 courses, some 4 cou...

Pictures: VDP.Rheingau Invited to a Pre-release Presentation of the 2017 Grosses Gewchs (GG) Wines Germanys Grosses Gewchs (GG) wines are released on September 1. These are the ultra-premium dry wines from the very best vineyard sites made by some of the best producers in Germany.As a rule, the white wines are released in the year following the ...

Pictures: Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Zehnthof Luckert, in Sulzfeld, Franken, with Philipp LuckertWeingut Zehnthof Luckert is right in the center of the pittoresque village of Sulzfeld, which is completely surrounded by a city wall. The walk to the winery through the village was already most interesting. Pictures: Sulzfeld, FrankenIn 1970 Th...

Pictures: Wine Pairing Dinner at 1 Michelin Star Restaurant Reisers am Stein, Wrzburg, Franken Weingut am Stein Ludwig Knoll was founded in 1890. Initially, the winery was located in the old town of Wrzburg. The main occupation of the Knoll family was a coopery and wine was made only on the side. In 1980, the Knoll family decided to move the win...

Picture: Visit and Tasting at Weingut Benedikt Baltes in Klingenberg, Franken: The Wines of Weingut Benedikt Baltes and of Weingut Julia BertramWeingut Benedikt Baltes can look back on more than 100 years of history. It began in 1912 when the city of Klingenberg purchased the building that formerly housed the prince bishops fiscal authorities and...

Picture: Dinner with Felix Graf Adelmann, Weingut Graf Adelmann, at Burg Schaubeck in Kleinbottwar, Wrttemberg It would be hard to imagine a more stylish setting for a wine estate: a mighty medieval castle, the residence of the Count of Adelmann family, surrounded by a park with huge ancient trees, and in the distance the vineyards. The Adelmann ...

Pictures: Tasting with Carolin Spanier-Gillot, Weingut Battenfeld-Spanier and Weingut Khling-Gillot, in Hohen-Slzen - Germany-South and Alsace 2018 Tour by ombiasy WineToursWeingut Battenfeld-Spanier and Weingut Khling-Gillot are among Germany's wineries that have reached world-class status. They are owned and run by the winermaker couple H.O.Spani...

Picture: Tasting at Sekthaus Raumland in Flrsheim-Dalsheim, Rheinhessen, with Heide-Rose and Volker Raumland. See: See: Tasting at Sekthaus Raumland in Flrsheim-Dalsheim, Rheinhessen, with Heide-Rose and Volker Raumland - Germany-South and Alsace 2017 Tour by ombiasy WineTours Germany is one of the largest sparkling wine markets in the world. One ...

Picture: Vineyard Tour and Cellar Tour at Weingut Graf Adelmann, Burg Schaubeck, in Steinheim-Kleinbottwar, Wrttemberg, with Felix Count Adelmann - Germany-East Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Art, Culture, History - Berlin, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, Wrttemberg, FrankenIt would be hard to imagine a more stylish setting for a wine estate: a mig...

Pictures: Extensive Vineyard Tour and Tasting at Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl in Deidesheim, Pfalz, with Richard Grosche - Germany-South and Alsace 2018 Tour by ombiasy WineTours: Baden, Alsace, Pfalz and RheinhessenFelix Mendelssohn Bartholdy wrote to a friend after a visit to Reichsrat von Buhl: "But if you havent been to the Buhl estate, you don...

Picture: Tasting and Discussing with Steffen Christmann, Weingut A. Christmann, Pfalz. See: Tour and Tasting at Weingut A. Christmann in Gimmeldingen, Pfalz, with Steffen Christmann Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015), Germany Marcus Hofschuster is Editor-in-Chief and Lead Taster of Wein-Plus, a leading European on-line wine guide, ...

Picture: Vineyard Walk, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Karl Haidle in Kernen-Stetten, Wrttemberg, with Moritz Haidle - Germany-East Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Art, Culture, History - Berlin, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, Wrttemberg, FrankenMoritz Haidle, Weingut Karl Haidle, in Stetten, Wrttemberg "is a dedicated organic farmer, and a pas...

Picture: Managing Director Steffen Brahner and Marco Gulino (Host Weinbar) at the Weinbar & Vinothek of Weingut Dr. Brklin-Wolf in Deidesheim/ PfalzIn this discipline [dry Riesling], this estate has essentially no rival in all of Germany. In fact, given their sheer vineyard potentialtheyre capable of producing seven grand crus and an equal numb...

Picture: Vineyard Walk with Moritz Haidle, Weingut Karl Haidle, See: Germany-East Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Art, Culture, History - Berlin, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, Wrttemberg, Franken Marcus Hofschuster is Editor-in-Chief and Lead Taster of Wein-Plus, a leading European on-line wine guide, based in Germany. Marcus Hofschuster is the ...

Picture: Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Aldinger in Fellbach (Stuttgart), with Matthias Aldinger - Germany-East Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Art, Culture, History - Berlin, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, Wrttemberg, FrankenWe were supposed to be hosted by Gert Aldinger. But he and his wife were stuck in Postugal as their flight was cancelled....

Pictures: Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Wagner-Stempel in Siefersheim, Rheinhessen, with Winemaker Oliver Mller and Owner Cathrin Wagner Daniel Wagner and Oliver Mller produce pure dry wines according to the new style spread by the young producers of the region" - SIYPS (Dublin)Co-winemaker Oliver Mller and Cathrin Wagner were our hosts. Danie...

Picture: Best of Riesling Competion 2018 - The WinnersThe Best of Riesling Competion 2018 took place earlier this year in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse in the Pfalz Region in Germany. The annual Best of Riesling competition is organized by the Meininger Verlag. This year, more than 2300 Rieslings entered the competition, with German Rieslings acc...

Picture: Tasting from Barrel at Weingut Born, in Salzatal-Hhnstedt, Saale-Unstrut, with Elisabeth Born Weingut Born is located in the northernmost tip of the Saale-Unstrut region in the Mansfeld lake area. The protective Harz mountains and the heat reflective surface of the water produce a fantastic microclimate. The colored sandstone soil wi...

Picture: Cellar Tour at Weingut Schloss Westerhaus in Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, with the Technical Director Toni Frank - Germany-South and Alsace 2018 Tour by ombiasy WineTours: Baden, Alsace, Pfalz and Rheinhessen The Westerhaus castle from the 16th and 17th century high above the imperial city of Ingelheim - once a very important seat of Charlemag...

Pictures: Dinner with Sebastian Frst and Julian Huber. See: Winemaker Dinner with Chef/ King of Spices Ingo Holland and Sebastian Frst (Weingut Rudolf Frst, Franken), Julian Huber (Weingut Bernhard Huber, Baden) and Jrme Legras (Champagne Legras & Haas) Among the many jobs of renowned German wine critic Stuart Pigott, Contributing Editor f...

Picture: Chef Robert Klaus and Winemaker Uwe Lzkendorf with Annette SchillerDuring previous Germany-East Tours by ombiasy WineTours we always went to the winery for a tasting of the wines of Uwe Ltzkendorf. This year, Annette had planned a winepairing dinner with Uwe Ltzkendorf instead of a visit at his winery. As it turned out, the restaurant be...

Picture: Tasting at Weingut Knewitz in Appenheim, Rheinhessen - - Germany-South and Alsace 2018 Tour by ombiasy WineTours: Baden, Alsace, Pfalz and RheinhessenThe tasting at Weingut Knewitz was the last event of the Germany-South and Alsace 2018 Tour by ombiasy WineTours: See: The Sun-Kissed South: Germanys Pinot Noir, the Other Whites, the Culinar...

Picture: Annette and Christian Schiller at Cordobar in BerlinBelow 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 please consult the ombiasy website.For all other events plea...

Picture: Visit and Tasting at the Schsisches Staatsweingut Schloss Wackerbarth in Radebeul, Sachsen - Germany-East Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Art, Culture, History - Berlin, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, Wrttemberg, Franken The baroque Wackerbarth castle was built in 1727 by Count August Christoph von Wackerbarth. The castle looks back on a v...

Picture: Lunch at Restaurant La Grand' Vigne, prepared by Chef Nicolas Masse (2 stars Michelin). The lunch coincided with our 40th Wedding Anniversary.We visited ChÃ-teau Smith-Haut-Lafitte in the morning. Following the visit and tasting we enjoyed lunch at Restaurant La Grand' Vigne, prepared by Chef Nicolas Masse (2 stars Michelin). The restauran...

Picture: The Table of Hannsjörg Rebholz, Weingut Ökonomierat Rebholz, Pfalz, at the Gala Dinner of the Rieslingfeier 2016 in New York City, with Annette Schiller, David Schildknecht and Hannsjörg Rebholz. See: A German Riesling Feast in New York City: Rieslingfeier 2016, USA The Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland is the leading wine guide for ...

Picture: The ombiasy Group in front of the Famous Stone Cross that stands on the Border of the Romanée-Conti VineyardThe visit of Domaine Anne Gros in VosneAs­-Romanée started with a vineyard walk. The small commune of Vosne-Romanée is the Côte de Nuits' brightest star, producing the finest and most expensive Pinot Noir wines in the world, and...

Picture: ChÃ-teau Mouton Rothschild 2014 Label Designed by David HockneyEach year, the esteemed French wine producer ChÃ-teau Mouton Rothschild chooses a master artist to create a label. The 2014 artist is David Hockney, who was a close friend of longtime Mouton owner Baroness Philippine de Rothschild.See also:Korean Artist Lee Ufan Designed th...

Picture: Visit and Tasting: ChAsteau Smith-Haut-Lafitte, Pessac-Léognan, Grand Cru ClasséOverall, Bordeaux is a rather sleepy area, not well prepared to receive wine lovers from all over the world to experience the wines they love so much in the area, where the wines are made. But things are changing. Wine tourism has caught up with Bordeaux. One p...

Pictures: Christian Schiller and Caroline Diel with Anouk at Schlossgut Diel. The 2008er žCuvée Mo Brut Natur, Schlossgut Diel, Burg Layen/Nahe is Sparkling Wine of the YearA few weeks ago, New York-based and Berlin-based, German wine journalist Stuart Pigott published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung his favorite German wines and fav...

Picture: ChÃ-teau du Clos de Vougeot We visited ChÃ-teau du Clos de Vougeot. While the ChÃ-teau du Clos de Vougeot no longer produces wine these days, it remains the symbol of almost a thousand years of Burgundy history.In the 12th century, the monks of the Cistercian Abbey, the owners of Clos-Vougeot thanks to donations from wealthy Burgundy nob...

Picture: ChÃ-teau Climens, Premier Cru Barsac and Savory Dishes¦who knew? - Bérénice Lurton, Owner of ChÃ-teau Climens and Tony Lawrence, Global Food and Wine Pairing Specialist, at the 2016 National Conference of the American Wine Society in CaliforniaThe 2016 American Wine Society (AWS) National Conference took place on Thursday, November 2 to ...

Picture: Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken with Hanno Zilliken - Germany-North Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineToursHanno and Dorothee Zilliken are Winemaker of the Year (Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2017). In addition, Weingut Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken was promoted from 4/5 to 5/5 grapes in the Gault Millau WeinGuide ...

Pictures: Annette and Christian Schiller at L' Embarcadere with a Plateau des Fruits de Mer (for 2)Bordeaux CityThe city of Bordeaux is a jewel, with vestiges from the Roman era and medieval town gates. However, the 18th century was its golden age. Victor Hugo once said: Take Versailles, add Antwerp, and you have Bordeaux.?Pictures: Visit...

Picture: Annette Schiller and the Owner of the ChÃ-teau de Chantegrive, Marie-Hélène LévêqueFollowing an outstanding Lucheon at the 1 Star Michelin Restaurant Charles Darroze with the Owner of the ChÃ-teau de Chantegrive, Marie-Hélène Lévêque, and her excellent wines, Marie-Hélène Lévêque showed us her winery. We also met Arnaud Dubois,...

Picture: Christian Schiller and Peter Jakob Kühn in Kiedrich, Rheingau, see: Extraordinary Views of the Rheingau Vineyards - A Spectecular Helicopter Flight over the Rheingau with Rheingau Winemakers, Germany The Gault Millau Deutschland WeinGuide is arguably the leading German wine guide. The Gault Millau Deutschland WeinGuide 2017 was released ...

Picture: Tasting at Domaine Thibault Liger-As­Belair in Nuits-As­SaintAs­-George, from Barrel and from Bottle, with Thibault Liger-As­BelairFollowing lunch at La Cabotte, the best restaurant in Nuits-Saint-George and one of the best restaurants in the Bourgogne region, we walked over to Domaine Thibault Liger-As­Belair for a tasting with Thibault ...