“German wines... made from that most stellar white grape varieties, Riesling, ... can be the perfect accompaniment to a wide range of foods.”
Katherine Donnelly, The Irish Independent, 17 May 2008
“Elegant and delicately fruity German wines ... possess beneficial qualities such as naturally lower alcohol.”
Ned Halley, Western Daily Press, 24 May 2008
“There are German wines for every taste and occasion but nothing is more pleasurable than a glass of lightly chilled, refreshingly fruity Mosel on a warm, heady, summer day.”
Rosie Bainbridge, Derbyshire Life & Countryside, June 2008
“One of the German wine industry’s greatest assets is it’s amazing history. Be amazed by the 200-year-old bottles sleeping in the vast candlelit cellars.”
Max Allen, Olive Magazine, June 2008
“Long live German Riesling... Riesling is the most eloquently expressive grape in the world. I simply cannot imagine another combination of country and grape varietal that could have yielded such an extraordinary array of different sensations.”
Jancis Robinson, Financial Times, 21 June 2008
TRIPS
INTERNATIONAL PRESS TRIPS
Young Cuisine meets Generation Riesling
Two journalists from the UK participated in the recent Young Cuisine meets Generation Riesling international press trip: Fiona Sims, writer for numerous consumer and trade publications including The Times, The Guardian/Observer, Sainsbury's magazine, Decanter, and Wine & Spirit, and Signe Johansen, writer for food and wine website www.matchingfoodandwine.com.
Both joined journalists from around the world to visit some of Germany’s most innovative restaurants, and young wine producers in the Nahe, Rheinhessen, Baden and Pfalz, including Weingut Andreas Laible and Weingut Hirschhof.
Signe Johansen commented that the trip was ‘extremely useful and [she] learnt a huge amount about the young winemakers and styles of German wines’.
Wine and Music
Wines of Germany has secured a place on the upcoming Wine and Music international press trip for BBC journalist Rebecca Franks. She writes for BBC Music Magazine, the UK’s top selling monthly music magazine. The trip takes in wineries in the Rheingau, such as Weingut Schloss Reinhartshausen, and includes visits to classical music concerts from the Rheingau Music Festival.
NATIONAL PRESS TRIPS 2008
Christine Boggis and David Williams
Christine Boggis, deputy editor at Off Licence News, and David Williams, editor of Wine & Spirit, will visit Germany from Monday 4 to Thursday 7 August. They will visit a range of wineries, looking at the themes of organic producers, Erste Lage producers, and red wine producers.
Rebecca Gibb
Rebecca Gibb, news editor at Harper’s Wine & Spirit Weekly will be visiting Geisenheim later in the year to learn more about new wine research which is taking place there.
WSET Recommended Tutors’ Trip
Wines of Germany will be sending a group of approximately ten recommended WSET tutors to the Mosel, Rheingau and Pfalz regions, 10-14 August 2008. The tutors will visit a selection of producers, including estate and larger cooperative wineries, making time to also attend the Rheingauer Woche in Wiesbaden. In addition to this the tutors will meet with Dr Peter Böhm at Geisenheim to find out more about his research entitled ‘Project Terroir’.
For more information on the WSET recommended tutors trip please contact Alicia Mellish at Wines of Germany on 020 7759 7405 or by email: alicia.mellish@phippspr.co.uk.
RECENT TRIP REPORTS
Tim Atkin MW and Anthony Rose
Tim Atkin, wine writer for a number of trade and lifestyle publications including The Observer and Woman & Home, and Anthony Rose, writer for The Independent, visited Germany from 2-6 June 2008. Their itinerary included visits to a number of wineries, both large and small, in the Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Mosel and Pfalz regions and tastings with both the Grosser Ring and Bernkastler Ring in the Mosel.
Tim found his trip very useful, saying: “It was good to see a variety of producers, and to look at the mass market as well as estates. The 2007s were the highlight.”
Tim has already written a feature on his visit for Off Licence News and plans to write further features in The Observer Magazine and Wine & Spirit.
Anthony Rose said: “It was a really useful trip in terms of updating my knowledge of Germany and I hope to be able to include it in future publications for whom I write. I think the combination of visits to estates and commercial producers and the wine tasting in Trier put things into useful perspective.”
Anthony’s article looking at the development of the German wine offering also appeared in The Independent Magazine on Sunday 5 July.
Helen Hokin
Wines of Germany and the Mosel Wine Promotion Board helped the DZT with an itinerary for Helen Hokin who is writing a travel feature on the Mosel for the October issue of consumer title Food & Travel. Her itinerary included one day visiting wineries with tourist facilities and/or restaurants open to the public in the Mosel region alongside visits to restaurants, sweet and chocolate shops, a bakery and herb garden.
Her feedback on the trip was the following: “I had a great trip - it is such a beautiful place, the weather was amazing, I met some great people and as usual I got everything I need for my story.”
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