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Wooed by Wu

The restaurant Hot Spot on the corner of Kurfürstendamm and Eisenzahnnstrasse is about as unassuming as a restaurant can be. At three in the afternoon, the place is empty except for two suited co-workers sipping soup, and a woman in … Continue reading

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My Wine Telegram 114

An enormous thank you to all members of the WEINWUNDER DEUTSCHLAND Team for your untiring efforts, your perfectionism and for your patience with me ! From left to right: Sound: Peter Wuchterl, Camera Assistant: Florian Bschorr, Cameraman: Sorin Dragoi, Director: Alexander Saran I … Continue reading

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BRC und Pigott Wein

Beitrag von  Frank Ebbinghaus Auf in den Kampf, Pigott-Wein und zeig, was Du drauf hast! Auf dieses Kräftemessen hast Du gewartet: 29 der besten trockenen 2009er Rieslinge waren beim Berlin Riesling Cup angetreten, um die Nummer 1 zu küren. Und … Continue reading

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My Wine Telegram 113

Just a few quick lines before I leave for the final shooting of the TV series WEINWUNDER DEUTSCHLAND, or Wine Wonder Germany +++Thank God I feel somewhat better today, because health-wise the last two weeks were really hard +++ By … Continue reading

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My Wine Telegram 112

Some of you are no doubt wondering if I’m taking this funky new website seriously, or if the paucity of new texts is the result of an intensification of my anti-blogging instinct: NO TWITTER, NO FACEBOOK, NO BULLSHIT ! +++ … Continue reading

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My Wine Telegram 111

Even if some people dislike or even reject my wine, my experiment is a success +++ Two weeks after the presentation of the first wine I made myself there are enough reactions to draw some initial conclusions +++ Many of … Continue reading

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I Saw Jancis Robinson Spit!

It was just another wine-tasting event, and then she walked in. I recognized her immediately, even before I saw her. I heard her say, in her crisp British accent, that she was planning on taking tasting notes on her laptop, … Continue reading

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Vin Aqua Vin

Jan Kreuzinger may only be 31, but he possesses just the right mix of arrogance and drinker’s belly to survive in the Berlin weinladen market. I stopped into his recently opened Neukölln shop, Vin Aqua Vin, on a warm Saturday … Continue reading

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The Story of the Pigott Wine: Die Geschichte des „Pigott-Weins“

On the 3rd of October 2008 I began a major and distinctly crazy project which reaches its fruition in Berlin on the 5th September this year at the Museum for Film & Television in the Postdamer Straße 2 / 10785 … Continue reading

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Manincor Newsletter # 10

Manincor is a biodynamic wine estate, and because biodynamic growing has an element of the absurd to it, the notes from the 2009 growing season also tend to sound a little….new age-y. After the first big storm hit in a … Continue reading

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