Traipsing Through the Vines – Germany’s Black Forest

If you want to learn about wine, sure you can read books and grab bottles from your favorite wine seller.  You can also go visit a vineyard and talk to the winemaker, or even just go to wine bar or restaurant with an enormous selection and helpful sommelier.  Or, you can hike to see it all. Read more

The Besen Perspective: A Different Look at German Wine

Shhh.

For wine lovers traveling to Germany, I have found a secret that truly has never been revealed to tourists. I’ve searched high and low, and the only ones who write about Baden-Wurttemberg’s Besenwirtschaften – or seasonal wine inns – are Germans. Read more