In 2016, the volume “Das Beste vom Geflügel” (The Best of Poultry) was published in the SZ Gourmet Edition series, a cooperation between Süddeutscher Zeitung and Tre-Torri-Verlag. The editorial part was written by me and…
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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 had reported on this. Now followed on February 16, 2023, the official presentation…
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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 and the USA and the East German pig fattening at Hermsdorfer Kreuz. She…
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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 at the same time the highest average daily temperatures. The year was a…
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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 a blog “sur la pointe”. Evaluating a wine during a tasting is one…
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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 nearly 100-page introduction. It covered the history of food processing, techniques for preserving…
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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 Legion of Honour, embodied French Belle Époque and Parisian sensual pleasures for me…
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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 ham are only available “hors d’œuvres” in the menu, i.e. outside the actual…
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With so much history, a little review at the beginning can be forgiven. The classic saga of Perrier-Jouët’s Belle Epoque goes something like this. In 1902, Henri Gallice, then president of the house, had commissioned…
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For 25 years, from 1992 to 2017, Harald Wohlfahrt’s cuisine was awarded three stars in the Michelin Guide. Beyond that, however, he was the undisputed number one in German top gastronomy during these years. The…
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