In the first months of 1836, the Rhenish newspapers, the Prussian Staatszeitung, the Augsburger Allgemeine, the Amsterdam Handelsblatt and the most respected Parisian, London and St. Petersburg papers published an advertisement for a wine auction…
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Wine is in crisis. As a product in itself, in production and also in consumption. Alcohol has come under considerable neo-prohibitive pressure,…
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In 2016, the volume “Das Beste vom Geflügel” (The Best of Poultry) was published in the SZ Gourmet Edition series, a cooperation…
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In the fall of 2022, the first bottles from Champagne Mumm’s RSRV collection were presented in Germany for the first time. SLP…
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Veronika Settele can tell stories. About gift cows from Mennonite donor associations in the young Federal Republic, the “Chicken War” between Germany…
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Extreme drought prevailed in Champagne from March to August 2015. This means: the lowest rainfall ever recorded between budburst and picking, and…
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As a professional critic, you drink a lot of good wines over the year. Especially if you write for “Fine” and run…
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In 2017, Tre Torri Publishers teamed up with food magazine “Beef!” to debut the volume “Raw.” I myself was responsible for the…
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In the eighties, no Champagne brand was more attractive to me. The bottle with the “Cordon rouge”, the red ribbon of the…
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Raw, or French cru, is not necessarily a positive category in traditional French high culture. Uncooked foods such as salads or raw…
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