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Currently in The Sommelier’s Club
Wines of Germany is meeting the needs of busy sommeliers with the launch of its Sommelier Club, including a series of breakfast tastings, a bi-monthly educational sommelier update and the chance to win a WSET course place.
Read below for the different activities that you can get involved in, or to speak to someone at Wines of Germany contact Alicia Mellish by email: alicia.mellish@phippspr.co.uk or telephone: 020 7759 7405.
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Find out about the latest exclusive trips for sommeliers to Germany’s leading wine fairs and winegrowing regions.
Learn about our forthcoming events and tastings which will showcase some of Germany’s finest wines.
Find out more detailed information about German wine producers and German wines in UK restaurants
Find out more about one of your colleague's favourite German wines in the current sommelier profile
Learn who is supplying German wine to the on trade with our on trade supplier profile
Link to other useful sites for sommeliers as well as read some of the recommended food and German wine matches from some of your peers in the industry.
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Trips
Wines of Germany regularly organises trips to Germany for sommeliers. If you would like to visit Germany’s winegrowing producers let us know and we will keep you updated.
Previous trips have included visits to the Mainzer Weinbörse, a prestigious German wine fair, as well as a culinary workshop in the Rheingau and visits to some of Germany’s most renowned wineries including Horst Sauer, Loosen, Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt and Adelmann.
If you are interested in attending trips organised by Wines of Germany let us know simply click here:
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SOMMELIER TRIP 2008 (17-20 August)
Wines of Germany took five UK sommeliers to Germany this August, alongside a group of international sommeliers from the US and Denmark. Those who came on the trip included Christina Holzer of Petrus, Mark Deamer of The Greyhound, Erica Laler of Maze, Philippe Louiseau of Sake No Hana, and Juan José González Cardenete of Le Pont de la Tour.
The sommeliers, who were joined by Natalie Potts of Wines of Germany, visited a number of wineries during their visit including Weingut Balthasar Ress, Domänenweingut Schloss Schönborn, Weingut Dr. Loosen, Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl, Weingut Christmann, and Weingut Josef Spreitzer. In addition, they had several fantastic dinners with wine producers, including Johannes Selbach of Weingut Selbach-Oster, accompanied by his wines.
Comments from those who were on the trip were very positive:
‘I’ve learned so much about the different regions, producers and styles.’
Christina Holzer, Pétrus
‘All of the producers had very useful and structured information, at justthe level of knowledge I wished for.’
Erica Laler, Maze
‘The trip was a wonderful experience, with great information.’
Juan José González Cardenete, Le Pont de la Tour
‘The wine with food dinners were a particular highlight. They are the best way to understand the relationship between wine and food.' Mark Deamer, The Greyhound
The sommeliers with Ernst Loosen in the vineyards at Bernkastel
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Tastings
Sommelier Breakfast Tasting Series
Following on from the successes of the first two sommelier breakfast tastings this year, Wines of Germany is running three further events, one in September, October and November in the Le Pont de la Tour cellar. The tastings will be themed as follows: whites wines other than Riesling, red wines and older vintages. Sommeliers who attend two out of the three tastings will be eligible to win a Wines of Germany sponsored place on a WSET advanced course.
The breakfasts, which will run from 10.00am to 11.30 am, allow sommeliers to conveniently taste a small number of wines before the lunchtime service, and provide attendees with an opportunity to meet and network with winemakers, on-trade suppliers and sommeliers alike.
The dates, themes and winemakers confirmed are as follows:
Tuesday 21 October 2008 - German red wines (Tom Gendall from Weingut Keller to attend)
Tuesday 18 November 2008 - Older vintage German wines
Places are limited, so to avoid disappointment please contact Alicia Mellish at Wines of Germany by email: alicia.mellish@phippspr.co.uk or telephone: 020 7759 7405.
Should you be organising an event that you would like posted on our trade events page, please contact the WInes of Germany team by email at: gwis@phippspr.co.uk.
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Useful Links
Wines of Germany works closely with the following organisations:
The Academy of Food & Wine Service
Founded in 1988, the Academy of Food and Wine Service is the industry’s professional training body, dedicated to improving the basic knowledge of all restaurant staff, incorporating bar skills, wine service and food service.
The Sommelier Cru
Sommelier Cru is a professional organisation of sommeliers owned by UK sommeliers, which organises tastings and events.
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Food and German wine matches
German wine, in particular German Riesling, is renowned for its ability to match with a variety of foods from spicy Asian and Fusion foods to rich creamy sauces. Here’s some of the recommendations that sommeliers who applied for the Academy of Food and Wine Services German Travel Scholarship 2008 made:
2005 Dernauer Pfarrwingert Spätburgunder QbA
Weingut Meyer-Näkel, Ahr
The Wine Barn Tel: 01256 391211
Recommended retail price: £41
Recommended by: Remi Cousin, The Fat Duck, Buckinghamshire
Recommended food match: Best end of lamb, ice-filtered lamb jelly, braised tongue and cucumber, onion and thyme fluid gel, hot pot of lamb neck, sweetbread and oyster.
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2005 Muskateller Kabinett "Ihringer Winklerberg"
Weingut Dr. Heger, Baden
The Wine Barn Tel: 01256 391211 Recommended retail price: £18.69
Recommended by: Robert Giorgione, Orrerry, London
Recommended food match: Assiete of asparagus with summer truffles
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1999 Ruppertsberger Gaisböhl Riesling Spätlese Weingut Bürklin-Wolf, Pfalz Jeroboam Tel: 020 7288 8850 Recommended retail price: £23.25
Recommended by: Simone Sylvestre, London Recommended food match: Crispy pork belly, steamed langoustines, caramelized apple and vanilla emulsion.
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2004 Dr Heger Spätburgunder Mimus QbA dry Dr Heger, Baden The Wine Barn Tel: 01256 391211 Recommended retail price: £23.25
Recommended by: Anja Gottwald, The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle, Scotland
Recommended food match: Estate pheasant with Foie Gras, roast celeriac, chestnuts and white sultanas |
2000 Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett
Weingut Egon Müller, Mosel
O W Loeb Tel: 020 7234 0385
Recommended retail price: £20.56
Recommended by: Iris Minling Liu, Hotel du Vin Cheltenham, Cheltenham
Recommended food match: smoked trout with cucumber, radish and watercress. |
2007 Scheurebe trocken
Weingut Wittmann, Rheinhessen
The Wine Barn Tel: 01256 391211 Recommended retail price: £9.10
Recommended by: Michael Raebel, Pearl Restaurant, London
Recommended food match: Char grilled sea bass, pink fir apple potatoes wrapped in Parma ham, anchovy beignet, tiger tomato confit, croutons with sea bass tatare, black olive oil, green beans and quail eggs. |
2004 Ihringer Winklerberg Weißburgunder Spätlese dry
Weingut Dr. Heger, Baden
The Wine Barn Tel: 01256 391211
Recommended retail price: £17.35
Recommended by: Yohann Jousselin, Hotel du Vin, Winchester
Recommended food match: Fillet of red mullet, wilted spinach and lobster sauce.
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2005 Weißburgunder Spätlese
Weingut Franz Keller, Baden
The Wine Barn Tel: 01256 391211
Recommended by: Jerome Chevet, The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle, Scotland
Recommended food match: Cream of roast butternut squash soup with crispy sage and crème fraiche.
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