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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »An annually updated overview and evaluation of as many relevant wines of a country as possible: That is the promise of a classic national wine guide. A remarkable number of them have survived the challenges…
Read More »When Sébastien Visentin of Vin sur Vin Diffusion invites guests, even prominent French winemakers make their way to the Spree. Visentin’s range of wines is particularly strong in Burgundy and the Loire – and, of…
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