Monthly Archives: November 2010

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

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Mein Weintelegramm 116

so viel ist seit meinem letzten Weintelegramm passiert, aber wenn ich Euch das alles getweetet hätte, wärt Ihr verrückt geworden, also seid dankbar für meine Maxime NO TWITTER, NO FACEBOOK, NO BULLSHIT! +++ eine Sache, auf der ich seitdem intensiv … Continue reading

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Heart of Foam

I remember when I was a child I loved the show Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. It was a show hosted by an eccentric British man named Robin Leach, who occupied a place in American culture not so dissimilar to … Continue reading

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Hammers: A Very Unpretentious Winebar

Before Hammers’ Weinkostbar opened in 2007 as a purveyor of wine and sundries, the location was a butcher shop. An 80 year-old “Fleischerei” sign still hangs above the door and, apart from adding a little of that Kreuzberg character to … Continue reading

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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

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Mein Weintelegramm 115

Es ist gut, kreativ zu sein, auch, sich kreativ zu fühlen, und noch besser, wenn beides zusammen kommt wie heute vormittag, was bedeutet, dass es mir zwei Wochen nach meinem Absturz endlich deutlich besser geht +++ ich fing auch an, … Continue reading

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Wein des Monats November 2010

2009 Riesling trocken Weingut Christian Klein € 7,50 Fruchtaromen sind jetzt mega-out, werden in der Weinszene als oberflächlich, ja nicht authentisch gewertet, als eine Art „Make-Up“,das der Winzer im Keller entfernen muss, um den wahren würzig-mineralischen Kern des Weins bloß … Continue reading

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Wine of the Month November 2010

2009 Riesling trocken Weingut Christian Klein € 7,50 This dry Riesling is super-juicy, but effusive fruit aromas of this kind, traditionaly regarded as one of the remarkable aspects of German white wines, are currently mega-out in the German wine scene. … Continue reading

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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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