The versatility of beets can never be underestimated. Raw, cooked, grilled, baked, pureed, marinated, it is always fun to work with and the color is simply wonderful. Winewise you can also go in different directions: there are earthy elements, a bit of sweetness and a range of different textures that […]
German wine is gaining ground on the Belgian wine market, which is of course fantastic. There where however darker times, when Germany was eschewed by many as a proper wine country and considered a mere ocean of flabby, sweet swill. Luckily there were a couple of wine merchants who remained […]
One of the great advantages of sake is that it can serve as a companion to food where wine or beer would fail. I attended an interesting discussion among sommeliers at last year’s Salon du Sake in Paris, and while they maintained that there is a winepairing for every dish […]
On my second stay in the Mosel valley last year, Katharina Prüm mentioned that a lot of their wines, including older vintages, were available at the Rieslinghaus in Bernkastel. Little did I know that this would be a treasure trove to be visited basically every time I had the opportunity […]