Delaware Chapter Tasting (4/12/18)

Happy Spring (?) Taking a leap of faith that it will finally stop snowing in April, we are pleased to announce our next tasting.

For our next event, we welcome once more David Martin of Citadel Trading Corporation. David will be reacquainting us with three venerable estates that have lacked a strong sponsor in our area for quite a while: Schloss Vollrads in the Rheingau,  Frederick Wilhelm Gymnasium in the Mosel, and Franz Keller in Baden, and adding the Bischofliche Weinguter and Markus Molitor, two more classical Mosel estates. Viticulture of Riesling began at Schloss Vollrads 800 years ago, and almost 500 years ago at Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium. Both estates are rich in history and produce iconic wines that are benchmarks in their growing districts. The Bischofliche Weinguter was formed in 1966 by the merger of three iconic estates: the Bischofliches Konvikt, established in 1840, the Bischofliches Priesterseminar, established in 1773, and the Hohe Domkirche, established in 1851. Weingut Markus Molitor acquired a property built as a winery at the end of the 19th century in 1984. The estate completed extensive renovations from 2009 – 2012, and won an award for architecture in 2013. The estate produces wine from virtually every top site in the Mosel. With German red wines rising in prominence and rose season just around the corner (we hope!) we will sample the Pinot Noir rose of Franz Keller. These fine estate wines will be bookended by an exceptional sparkling wine to start and an excellent value ice wine to conclude.  Please plan to join us for what will be a terrific event. The wines to be poured are:

“Relax” sparkling wine
2016 Franz Keller Pinot Noir Rose
2014 Schloss Vollrads Riesling Kabinett Medium Dry

2013 Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett
2015 Bischofliche Weinguter Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett
2008 Markus Molitor Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Spatlese
2015 Bischofliche Weinguter Scharzhofberger Riesling Spatlese
2016 Schmitt Sohne Ice Wine

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 and hot appetizers served family style will be included with the tasting. By popular request, the hot appetizers will feature some new items. Please plan to join us for this very special event.

DATE: Thursday,  April 12, 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 April 8th. While it is possible to check space availability after April 8th, 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.

Please join us and help make this program a success. I hope to see  you there.

 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 availab