Category Archives: I Am Wine
My Wine Telegram 122
First of all a Big Thank You to everyone who watched WEINWUNDER DEUTSCHLAND on BR3 over the holiday period and particularly to those who emailed me or otherwise took the trouble to send your best wishes, express your excitement about … Continue reading
My Wine Telegram 121
Anyone who watched the fifth episode of my TV series WEINWUNDER DEUTSCHLAND on BR3 at 16:30 Central European Time on Sunday, 2nd January (you can also see it at www.br-online.de) knows that in 2009 I produced my own wine +++ … Continue reading
Wine of the Month January 2011
2009 Grüner Silvaner trocken „S“ Weingut Espenhof € 6,90 I keep repeating that decent German wine begins at 2,50 Euro a bottle direct from the producer and get a lot of flack for this from winelovers, many of whom tell … Continue reading
My Wine Telegram 119
Until now many people have known me as the British wine journalist living in Berlin, others as the wine columnist of the FRANKURTER ALLGEMEINE SONNTAGSZEITUNG or as the author of many books on wine (mostly in the German language), but … Continue reading
My Wine Telegram 118
I „only“ write about wine, but again and again one thing leads to another and before I know it I’m a long way from home and from wine. My wife and I returned from a wine tour through Hungary and … Continue reading
My Wine Telegram 117
The picture above captures the magic moment on Friday morning in Bernkastel-Kues/Mosel when Hendrik Hering (SDP), the Minister in the state of Rheinland-Pfalz responsible for winegrowing and roadbuilding recieved the prize for HYPOCRITE OF THE YEAR 2010 +++ Hering won … Continue reading
Wine of the Month: December 2010
2008 Lemberger ** Weingut Kusterer € 9,50 This red is one of the great German wine underdogs. First, it comes from Württemberg, a region which still suffers from a lousy image, mainly because so few people outside of it have … Continue reading
My Wine Telegram 116
So much happened since my last telegram, but honestly if I’d tweeted it all to you I would have only driven you crazy, so be thankful for my NO TWITTER, NO FACEBOOK, NO BULLSHIT policy +++ One thing I’ve chewed … Continue reading
My Wine Telegram 115
It’s good to be creative and to feel creative, better still when the two inersect as they did this morning, which means that I must be getting better after going into a nosedive two weeks back +++ I also started … Continue reading