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Philadelphia/Delaware Wine Society Event (May 16th, 2019)

We are very pleased to welcome back Chapter member Nancy Peach in her new capacity as the New Jersey sales representative for Field Blend Selections, with an outstanding portfolio of German wines. As those who have attended any of her tastings can attest, Nancy is a dynamic presenter and very knowledgeable about German wines, and her seminars are always among the most popular of our year. This tasting will feature an overview of some of the most prominent estates, in a variety of iterations:

2015 Hooked Pinot Noir
2014 Becker Pinot Noir Estate Dry
2017 Becker Pinot Gris Estate Dry
2017 Rebholz, Pinot Blanc Estate Dry
2017 Schafer Frohlich Riesling Dry Schiefergestein
2016 Schloss Lieser Riesling Estate Feinherb
2017 Zilliken Riesling Medium Dry Butterfly
2017 Schafer Frohlich Riesling Kabinett Bockenauer Felseneck

The tasting will be held at the award winning Caffe Aldo Lamberti in Cherry Hill , NJ . Recently honored by the Wine Spectator for their wine selection, our Chapter has enjoyed the wonderful service and outstanding food at this location for the past several years. For this event, a cold anti pasta, hot appetizers and pasta  served family style will be included with the tasting. Please plan to join us to reconnect with Nancy and sample these outstanding wines from award winning producers.

DATE: Thursday, May 16, 2019
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
PLACE: Caffe Aldo Lamberti
2011 Route 70 West
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
856-663-1747
PRICE: Couple Members and Single Members with one guest, $50.00 per person; Non-members and additional guests,
$57.50 per person.

RESERVATIONS: By e-mail to bsheligo@germanwinesociety.org  or call 856-228-7330 and leave a message by noon on Monday, May 13th. While it is possible to check space availability after May 13, we cannot guarantee that space will be available. Please let us know of your intention to attend at your earliest convenience. Payment at the door by cash or check payable to German Wine Society is acceptable, but you MUST reserve in advance – no walk-ins. Please make your reservation today to avoid disappointment.

2019 dues are due! If you have not yet renewed, please forward your dues ($35.00 for a single or couple membership) via check payable to German Wine Society to 24 Shadowstone Drive, Blackwood, NJ 08012.

SAVE THE DATE: Our annual Tony Lawrence Dinner will be held on Wednesday, August 21st. Details to follow.

DIRECTIONS:

From Philadelphia and points West, take the Ben Franklin Bridge , and exit from one of the two left lanes. Follow signs to
Routes 30 – 130; stay in one of the two left lanes. Two miles East of the Bridge, the highway divides at the top of a ramp. Bear left, towards Routes 38 & 70. At the bottom of the ramp, move over one (or two) lanes to your right, to stay on Route 70 East. Go straight for three miles; 1/4 mile before you come to the restaurant, you will see a sign for Grove Street . Lamberti’s is on your right on Route 70 at the Grove Street turn. (Traffic is normally light on 70 East from the Bridge to Grove St. , and the normal ride is 7 minutes.)

From NJ or points South, take Route 295 North to Route 561, Haddonfield/Gibbsboro, and turn left towards Haddonfield.
Follow 561 until it ends, at Kress Liquors. The road will fork to your left; stay in the right lane and bear left onto Potter Street .
Follow Potter to the light at Kings Highway , then jog across onto Grove Street . Stay on Grove Street through Haddonfield, and across the bridge over Cooper River . As you are approaching the intersection of Grove Street and Route 70, right before 70 you will see a sign on your left for Commerce Bank. Turn left into the bank parking lot, and continue straight past the bank into the back parking lot at Lamberti’s .

Beth Sheligo Chapter Chairperson

All Society members and guests are reminded that alcohol consumption can lead to intoxication and therefore Society members and their guests are expected to drink in moderation at Society events. We suggest those attending either utilize designated drivers or other modes of transit where available, or mostly taste rather than consume alcohol when such drivers or alternative means of transportation are not available.




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Philadelphia/Delaware Wine Society Event (April 9th, 2019)

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! As we are back on DST and looking towards spring, we are extremely fortunate to host TWO distinguished vintners from the Mosel: Stefan Steinmetz of Weingut Gunther Steinmetz and Christian Hermann from Dr. Hermann. Both are operating family businesses with long histories – Dr. Hermann was founded 400 years ago, and Weingut Gunther Steinmetz is a relative new-comer at 100 years. Stefan specializes in bringing lesser known top sites from “the old days” back onto the map with expressive crus. He has run the estate since 1999, when he was 18 years old. Dr. Hermann has been  managed by Rudi Hermann since 1967 with son Christian joining in 2001. The Hermanns’ specialize in old vine, ungrafted Riesling grown on steep rock slopes. To host both of these winemakers for the first time is an outstanding opportunity for our Chapter, and we are hoping that our membership will come out to meet them, taste their wines, and display the hospitality we are known for.

The wines we will be tasting are:

Steinmetz and Hermann Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Alte Reben 2016
Hermann Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Kabinett 2016
Hermann Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett 2015
Hermann Dr. H Riesling 2018
Steinmetz Brauneberger Riesling 2016
Steinmetz Brauneberger Juffer Riesling 2016
Steinmetz Kestner Paulinsberg Riesling Spatlese 2016

We will also taste two Pinot Noir from the Steinmetz estate as a preview prior to release.

The tasting will be held at the award winning Caffe Aldo Lamberti in Cherry Hill , NJ . Recently honored by the Wine Spectator for their wine selection, our Chapter has enjoyed the wonderful service and outstanding food at this location for the past several years. For this event, a cold anti pasta, hot appetizers and pasta  served family style will be included with the tasting. Please plan to join us and welcome Stefan Steinmetz and Christian Hermann to our chapter for this very special event.

DATE: Tuesday, April 9, 2019
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
PLACE: Caffe Aldo Lamberti
2011 Route 70 West
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
856-663-1747

PRICE: Couple Members and Single Members with one guest, $50.00 per person; Non-members and additional guests, $57.50 per person. Please note that you must have paid 2019 dues to be admitted at the member rate.

RESERVATIONS: By e-mail to bsheligo@germanwinesociety.org or call 856-228-7330 and leave a message by noon on Thursday, April 5th. While it is possible to check space availability after April 5th, we cannot guarantee that space will be available. Please let us know of your intention to attend at your earliest convenience. Payment at the door by cash or check payable to German Wine Society is acceptable, but you MUST reserve in advance – no walk-ins. Please make your reservation today to avoid disappointment.

2019 dues are due! If you have not yet renewed, please forward your dues ($35.00 for a single or couple membership) via check payable to German Wine Society to 24 Shadowstone Drive, Blackwood, NJ 08012.

SAVE THE DATE: Our annual Tony Lawrence Dinner will be held on Wednesday, August 21st. Details to follow.

DIRECTIONS:

From Philadelphia and points West, take the Ben Franklin Bridge, and exit from one of the two left lanes. Follow signs to Routes 30 – 130; stay in one of the two left lanes. Two miles East of the Bridge, the highway divides at the top of a ramp. Bear left, towards Routes 38 & 70. At the bottom of the ramp, move over one (or two) lanes to your right, to stay on Route 70 East. Go straight for three miles; 1/4 mile before you come to the restaurant, you will see a sign for Grove Street. Lamberti’s is on your right on Route 70 at the Grove Street turn. (Traffic is normally light on 70 East from the Bridge to Grove St., and the normal ride is 7 minutes.)

From NJ or points South, take Route 295 North to Route 561, Haddonfield/Gibbsboro, and turn left towards Haddonfield. Follow 561 until it ends, at Kress Liquors. The road will fork to your left; stay in the right lane and bear left onto Potter Street. Follow Potter to the light at Kings Highway, then jog across onto Grove Street. Stay on Grove Street through Haddonfield, and across the bridge over Cooper River. As you are approaching the intersection of Grove Street and Route 70, right before 70 you will see a sign on your left for Commerce Bank. Turn left into the bank parking lot, and continue straight past the bank into the back parking lot at Lamberti’s.

Beth Sheligo
Chapter Chairperson

All Society members and guests are reminded that alcohol consumption can lead to intoxication and therefore Society members and their guests are expected to drink in moderation at Society events. We suggest those attending either utilize designated drivers or other modes of transit where available, or mostly taste rather than consume alcohol when such drivers or alternative means of transportation are not available.


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Date Changed – Delaware Valley/Philadelphia Chapter Terry Theise Portfolio Sampling

The calendar may say its fall, but the thermometer has been saying otherwise. Hopefully, things will be more seasonal by the time our next event takes place. We are excited to present a sampling of the 2017 vintage portfolio of Terry Theise, a very strong vintage that is drinking well early. We have carefully culled some of the top values from his top estates to pour (only one wine retails for over $20). I hope you will be able to taste for yourself the depth and breadth of the wines across regions, pradikats and grape varieties. The list of wines follows:

2017 Silvaner Feinherb, Strub (Rheinhessen)
2017 Wie Im Fluge Riesling Feinherb, Goldatzel (Rheingau)
2017 Rieslilng Feinherb MC, Muller-Catoir (Pfalz)
2017 Paradiesgarten 1er Lage Riesling Trocken, Von Winning (Pfalz)
2017 Muskateller Kabinett Trocken, Darting (Pfalz)
2017 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett, Selbach-Oster (Mosel)
2017 Loungucher Herrenberg Riesling Kabinett, Loewen (Mosel)
2017 Scheurebe Spatlese, Kruger-Rumpf (Nahe)

The tasting will be held at the award winning Caffe Aldo Lamberti in Cherry Hill, NJ. Recently honored by the Wine Spectator for their wine selection, our Chapter has enjoyed the wonderful service and outstanding food at this location for the past several years. For this event, a cold anti pasta, hot appetizers and pasta  served family style will be included with the tasting. Please plan to join us for this very special event.

DATE: Monday, December 3, 2018
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
PLACE: Caffe Aldo Lamberti
2011 Route 70 West
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
856-663-1747
PRICE: Couple Members and Single Members with one guest, $50.00 per person; Non-members and additional guests, $57.50 per person.
RESERVATIONS: By e-mail to bsheligo@germanwinesociety.org or call 856-228-7330 and leave a message by noon on Monday, October 29th. While it is possible to check space availability after October 29th, we cannot guarantee that space will be available. Please let us know of your intention to attend at your earliest convenience. Payment at the door by cash or check payable to German Wine Society is acceptable, but you MUST reserve in advance – no walk-ins. Please make your reservation today to avoid disappointment.

DIRECTIONS:

From Philadelphia and points West, take the Ben Franklin Bridge, and exit from one of the two left lanes. Follow signs to Routes 30 – 130; stay in one of the two left lanes. Two miles East of the Bridge, the highway divides at the top of a ramp. Bear left, towards Routes 38 & 70. At the bottom of the ramp, move over one (or two) lanes to your right, to stay on Route 70 East. Go straight for three miles; 1/4 mile before you come to the restaurant, you will see a sign for Grove Street. Lamberti’s is on your right on Route 70 at the Grove Street turn. (Traffic is normally light on 70 East from the Bridge to Grove St., and the normal ride is 7 minutes.)

From NJ or points South, take Route 295 North to Route 561, Haddonfield/Gibbsboro, and turn left towards Haddonfield. Follow 561 until it ends, at Kress Liquors. The road will fork to your left; stay in the right lane and bear left onto Potter Street. Follow Potter to the light at Kings Highway, then jog across onto Grove Street. Stay on Grove Street through Haddonfield, and across the bridge over Cooper River. As you are approaching the intersection of Grove Street and Route 70, right before 70 you will see a sign on your left for Commerce Bank. Turn left into the bank parking lot, and continue straight past the bank into the back parking lot at Lamberti’s.

Beth Sheligo
Chapter Chairperson

All Society members and guests are reminded that alcohol consumption can lead to intoxication and therefore Society members and their guests are expected to drink in moderation at Society events. We suggest those attending either utilize designated drivers or other modes of transit where available, or mostly taste rather than consume alcohol when such drivers or alternative means of transportation are not available.

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San Francisco German Wine Society Chapter Wine Event – October 13, 2018

The German Wine Society’s next event will focus on a vertical tasting of 12 Riesling Spätlese wines spanning from 2001 through 2014 produced by Winery Karthäuserhof, the eighth oldest winery in the world. The winery is located in Trier and was founded in 1335, when the estate was gifted to a group of ten Carthusian monks.  The order managed the estate until 1803.  Following secularization, the winery passed into the hands of the family whose descendants have cultivated the estate for seven generations. The vintages to be tasted all come from the Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg vineyard. This is an unusual event; it is rare to find vertical selections with this depth from such a historic estate. There will also be one Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg Auslese.

Date: Saturday, October 13, 2018 

Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Where:  Home of Joan and Barry Boothe, 2435 Divisadero Street, San Francisco.

Street parking is available in the area.

Cost:  $60 per person for members and one guest and first time guests for those who reply by October 4 with payment to the Treasurer by October 9.  Reservations made for members and one guest and first time guests after October 4 (but in no case later than October 8) will be $70 per person with payment to the Treasurer by October 11.  Reservations for all others will be $75 per person if received by October 4 (payment due by October 9) and $85 per person for RSVP’s after October 4, but in no case later than October 8 with payment to the Treasurer by October 11.

Food:  There will be our usual spread of enough delectable food to make a full meal.

RSVP is Required!

Please note that an additional fee of $10 per person will be charged for any RSVP’s after the initial deadline of October 4, but all RSVP’s must be received by October 8, with late RSVP payments received by October 11.

Please send a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response to

Barry Boothe by the initial deadline of October 4. 

Barry‘s email (preferred):  barrypboothe@aol.com  

Phone: 415-346-5934

To confirm your attendance, send a check made payable to the German Wine Society-SF to our Treasurer: Harris Holzberg – 24 Hawthorne Lane, Corte Madera, CA  94925

To avoid the $10 per person late fee, checks must be received by the initial deadline payment date of Tuesday, October 9, at the latest.

Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions or allergies.

All Society members and guests are reminded that alcohol consumption can lead to intoxication and therefore Society members and their guests are expected to drink in moderation at Society events. We suggest those attending either utilize designated drivers or other modes of transit where available, or mostly taste rather than consume alcohol when such drivers or alternative means of transportation are not available.

Barry Boothe, President – barrypboothe@aol.com      
Angela Carlson, Cellar Master  – norse.gal@gmail.com
Karen Kuhlman, Secretary – kuhlmankk49@gmail.com   
Harris Holzberg, Treasurer  –  coachharris1@comcast.net
Henry Kim, Event Organizer – henrykimm@yahoo.com

 

 

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Philadelphia German Wine Society Wine Tasting Event (Sept. 19, 2018)

We are delighted to announce the return of our long-time friend and supporter, Derrick Vinnicombe, who will share with us wines of the estate owners he represents, such as Weingut Bollig-Lehnert, Weingut Paul Anheuser, Weingut Dr Heyden, G.A.Schneider and Weingut Dr. H. Thannisch. The specific wines for our event are being finalized, but, as the date is drawing near, we did not want to delay the formal announcement further. The tasting will be held at the award winning Caffe Aldo Lamberti in Cherry Hill, NJ . Recently honored by the Wine Spectator for their wine selection, our Chapter has enjoyed the wonderful service and outstanding food at this location for the past several years. For this event, a cold anti pasta, hot appetizers and pasta served family style will be included with the tasting. Please plan to join us for this very special event.

DATE: Wednesday, September 19, 2018
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
PLACE: Caffe Aldo Lamberti 2011 Route 70 West Cherry Hill, NJ 08002 856-663-1747
PRICE: Couple Members and Single Members with one guest, $45.00 per person; Non-members and additional guests, $52.50 per person.
RESERVATIONS: By e-mail to bsheligo@germanwinesociety.org or call 856-228-7330 and leave a message by noon on Saturday, September 15th. While it is possible to check space availability after September 15th, we cannot guarantee that space will be available.

Please let us know of your intention to attend at your earliest convenience. Payment at the door by cash or check payable to German Wine Society is acceptable, but you MUST reserve in advance – no walk-ins. Please make your reservation today to avoid disappointment.

DIRECTIONS:
>From Philadelphia and points West, take the Ben Franklin Bridge, and exit from one of the two left lanes. Follow signs to Routes 30 – 130; stay in one of the two left lanes. Two miles East of the Bridge, the highway divides at the top of a ramp. Bear left, towards Routes 38 & 70. At the bottom of the ramp, move over one (or two) lanes to your right, to stay on Route 70 East. Go straight for three miles; 1/4 mile before you come to the restaurant, you will see a sign for Grove Street. Lamberti’s is on your right on Route 70 at the Grove Street turn. (Traffic is normally light on 70 East from the Bridge to Grove St., and the normal ride is 7 minutes.)

>From NJ or points South, take Route 295 North to Route 561, Haddonfield/Gibbsboro, and turn left towards Haddonfield. Follow 561 until it ends, at Kress Liquors. The road will fork to your left; stay in the right lane and bear left onto Potter Street. Follow Potter to the light at Kings Highway, then jog across onto Grove Street. Stay on Grove Street through Haddonfield, and across the bridge over Cooper River. As you are approaching the intersection of Grove Street and Route 70, right before 70 you will see a sign on your left for Commerce Bank. Turn left into the bank parking lot, and continue straight past the bank into the back parking lot at Lamberti’s.

Beth Sheligo
Chapter Chairperson

All Society members and guests are reminded that alcohol consumption can lead to intoxication and therefore Society members and their guests are expected to drink in moderation at Society events. We suggest those attending either utilize designated drivers or other modes of transit where available, or mostly taste rather than consume alcohol when such drivers or alternative means of transportation are not available.

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