Schlagwort: wine

Heinzelwein-Dreier im Oktober 2019: Kanada und die Schönheit im Kleinen und im Großen

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Kanada – wilde Weite, greifbare Natur. Der ständige Kampf, als Mensch darin sein Auskommen zu finden, in vielerlei Hinsicht noch ganz unmittelbar zu spüren. Und soviel Schönheit. Ich war zehn Tage in (auf?) Neufundland, ganz oben im Nordosten des Kontinents, wo Nordamerika beinahe noch an Europa hängt – und habe zehn Tage lang in kanadischem Wein geschwelgt. Denn ja, dort wächst großartiger Stoff. Ok, nicht in Neufundland, aber in Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, British Columbia… Gibt es hier leider nur gaaaanz selten. Aber hier sind zwei, die hervorragend in den Herbst passen, für besondere Momente (und dafür um so mehr zu lesen). » Weiterlesen…

Four (!) cheeses of the month for July 2018, from the northern shores of Lake Balaton, Hungary

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Wines from volcanic soils have become a real thing recently. Etna and Vesuvio, the Canares and Santorini, Dundee Hills and Gattinara all make for rather special aromas and textures in our wine glasses. Particularly interesting in this respect and still overlooked by many: Hungary. So when Robert Gilvesy from the eponymous wine estate in Badacsony on Lake Balaton’s northern shores invited me to this year’s Bohém Légyott I immediately reshuffled my diary and accepted. » Weiterlesen…

My cheese of the month for July 2017: Mature goat cheese from Kozia Łąka Sery Łomnickie, Łomnica/Poland

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On my first research trip to Poland in August 2014, in an organic grocery store in Warsaw, I came across cheeses made by Bożena and Daniel Sokołowscy. They keep around a hundred goats on their organic farm Kozia Łąka Sery Łomnickie not far south from Jelenia Góra in Lower Silesia, overlooking the Giant Mountains with the Schneekoppe peak.
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Terroir Symposium 2017 in Toronto: Celebrating Canadian Gastronomy – and Riesling!

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It’s been ten years since Torontonian Arlene Stein started the Terroir Symposium in her native city. About one year ago, Arlene moved to Berlin, and we met, and she invited me to speak at this year’s event (of which she also created a more intimate satellite version in Berlin in mid-May, but that’s a different story). Me being travel-insatiable me took this as a wonderful excuse to be on the road for a whole month, going to New York, Cambridge, upper Vermont, Québec, Nova Scotia, and, extensively, Ontario. For wine, for cheese, for friends, for…life as such!
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Two bottles: Volcanic Hungary from Robert Gilvesy

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Szent György-hegy and Badacsony – no, I hadn’t heard about this region either before tasting these wines. But those northern shores of Lake Balaton, west of Budapest look dreamy on pictures. And the wines Robert Gilvesy sent me to taste had something special. While Sauvignon Blanc and a white blend were pleasant if on the light side (sandy soils?), two other bottles really stood out. » Weiterlesen…