German-Wine-Watcher

Welcome to the German Wine Watcher giving free tips and personal experiences of some of the best kept wine secrets in the German speaking regions of Europe – Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Alsace and Tirol. Make this your home for recipes and cooking with wine, buying wine and above all understanding and enjoying German wine.

Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Wine of the day - Schönberger Herrnwingert

Today Schönberger Herrnwingert (literally the vineyard of a man of the cloth or secular gentleman). The Counts of Erbach-Schönberg used to b...

Monday, 4 February 2008

Alde Gott

Whenever I go to my local restaurant in Jugenheim that specialises in game (venison, pheasants, hare, wild boar, bear) I eat 12 snails and d...

Monday, 28 January 2008

Wine from the Pfalz

At the weekend we had dinner with some friends who served some very good wine from 67273 Herxheim am Berg - where's that? I...

Thursday, 24 January 2008

Wine of the day - Bensheimer Kalkgasse

Today another Bensheim wine. This time Bensheim Kalkgasse (literally Lime Alley). This vineyard has always belonged to the Staatsweingut and...

Friday, 18 January 2008

Opa's Treasure Chest - Part II

I recently published a post about some rarities found in my late father-in-laws wine cellar. Well, I tried them. The first was a 1966 Riesli...

Thursday, 3 January 2008

Bubbly to kick start 2008

I hope you all had a good time on New Year’s Eve. In Germany, sekt is the traditional drink with which to celebrate. Although there are some...

Thursday, 27 December 2007

Wine of the Day - Heppenheimer Steinkopf

The Steinkopf Riesling Spaetlese is the wine we had during the first half of our Christmas lunch starters , cream of carrot soup with ginger...

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About Me

Garnet: Garnet’s the name, born and bred in Surrey, U.K. In the late 1960’s I was lucky enough to be sent on a 6-month contract to Germany. Hands up who saw the Germany thing in Briget Jones’ diary – that was me, I had to look on the map to find it. But, to cut a long story short I have been living in Germany ever since. Well, let me put that another way, I have been living in a Wine Growing Region. I have observed a huge difference in behaviour between regions where the grape is king or the hop rules (not to mention the malt). Germany is an excellent place to observe this. Visit the villages in Bavaria or on the Mosel and compare the atmosphere of a Bierfest with a Weinfest – different planets. I divide Europe not by nations but by regions that either Grow Grapes or they don’t. The regions we will explore together are what I call, roughly, the German speaking areas – Alsace, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italian Tirol. OK, that’s enough – I have set out my stall and I will be filling it with regular posts. Comments are always very welcome.

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