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New Vintage Tasting
April 14, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
GWS New Vintage Tasting with Phil Bernstein
Dear German Wine Society Members and Guests,
Every year we host a tasting to try German wines from the new vintage, with a focus on Riesling. Our host is Phil Bernstein, General Manager of MacArthur Beverages, one of the leading retailers of German Riesling in the country. Every year, Phil brings some of the best wines of the vintage and this year will be no exception.
The new vintage is 2021, the fourth in a string of very good to great vintages, with a difference. The wines tend to be lighter, fresher, and more intense than the previous three vintages. A number of critics describe them as some of the best German wines they have ever tasted. The vintage did not produce a lot of wine so this may be your only opportunity to try some of them, including a flight dedicated to the very special and recently deceased Daniel Vollenweider.
DATE: Friday, April 14th, 2023. Doors open at 6:30 pm; tasting begins at 7:00 pm. Registrations are due by Monday, April 10, 2023.
VENUE: King Farm Community Center, 300 Saddle Ridge Circle, Rockville, MD 20850, in the King Farm development, which we last used for our September 2021 New Vintage Tasting. This is a large, free-standing building in the middle of a circle, with high ceilings, a fireplace, kitchen with refrigerator for wine chilling, and French doors and a balcony overlooking a pool area (the balcony will not, however, be open during the event). It can accommodate up to 100 people, but we are limiting capacity to 70 to fit everyone comfortably. Please park in the lot behind the swimming pool adjacent to the community center, and then come around to the front of the circle (not through the pool area) to enter the building. You can reach King Farm easily when driving either off Exit 8 from I-270 (turn into King Farm using the Redland Boulevard turnoff on the right from the exit), or from MD 355 exiting onto Redland Boulevard into King Farm. The Shady Grove Metro station on the Red Line is the most convenient to King Farm, right across 355, and there are normally shuttles running from Shady Grove into King Farm until just after 7:00 pm – the Red shuttle goes to the Community Center.
THE WINES:
Starter
Dr. Wagner, Riesling Sekt Brut, Mosel
Flight 1: Journey into the Mosel
Falkenstein Niedermenniger Herrenberg Riesling Kabinett Trocken #19 Egon, Mosel
Lauer Fass 18 Kupp Riesling Grosses Gewächs, Mosel
Flight 2: Donnhoff GG Duo
Donnhoff Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewächs, Nahe
Donnhoff Hermannshohle Riesling Grosses Gewächs, Nahe
Flight 3: A Pair of Kabinetts
Loewen Longuicher Maximiner Herrenberg Riesling Kabinett, Mosel
Karl Erbes Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Kabinett, Mosel
Flight 4: Vollenweider Tribute
Vollenweider Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Kabinett, Mosel
Vollenweider Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Spätlese, Mosel
Flight 5: Willi Schaefer Prädikat Finale
Willi Schaefer Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett, Mosel
Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #5, Mosel
A tasty buffet of cheeses, bread, crackers, cold cuts, grapes, veggies and sweets will be provided to accompany the wines.
COST: $59 for members, $67 for non-members.
If you have any questions, please email the organizer, Dave Wendler: davewendler@yahoo.com.
You can register and pay for this event in one of two ways. Whichever method you use, please be sure to register and pay the appropriate price based on whether you are a GWS member or non-member. The GWS Capital Chapter President and Secretary, Carl Willner, can answer questions about current membership status, at carl.willner1@verizon.net . You can also become a member or renew, if your membership is not current, together with your registration for this event by including an annual $35 dues payment (for an individual or a couple).
To register and pay by PayPal, go to our chapter website: germanwinesocietydc.org. You will need to create a GWS account for the website if you do not already have one, and you will also need to have a PayPal account, as we cannot accept payment by other forms of credit or online transfer. If you are coming as a couple or other group, you can either register and pay for each individual separately, or do it as part of a single transaction and complete the payment on PayPal together. If you do a single transaction, please also email the Secretary of the GWS Capital Chapter at the address above to provide the names of each individual coming, as the individual names will not all appear on the website form for multiple persons registering together.
To register and pay by check, detach and complete the form below, indicating all names of persons who will be coming, and mail it, with your check made out to the ‘German Wine Society’, to the Chapter President and Secretary, Carl Willner: 1014 Reserve Champion Drive, Rockville, MD 20850.
HEALTH AND SAFETY: We are modifying our policy with respect to proof of covid-19 vaccination this year. Members and guests who have attended our in-person events in 2021, 2022, or earlier in 2023, and shown proof of covid-19 vaccination previously, will no longer be required to do so for admission. For the health and safety of all members and guests, however, those members and guests who have not attended one of our in-person events in the past two years will be required to affirm that they are fully vaccinated for covid-19 when registering or checking in at the event, and should be prepared to provide proof of vaccination when arriving at the event if requested. Thereafter, for future events they will be treated as other members and guests who have previously attended and shown proof of vaccination. Proof may consist of either sending an e-mail in advance to the GWS Capital Chapter Secretary with a legible photo image of a vaccination card, or producing a vaccination card at the event either physically or by a legible photo image. Members and guests who fail to provide proof of vaccination and have not previously done so will not be admitted. Masks will not be necessary.
All GWS members and guests are reminded that alcohol consumption can lead to intoxication. Members and guests should use public transportation to events, rely on a designated driver, or taste the wines rather than finish them.
If you no longer wish to receive our announcements, please reply to this email to the sender.
If registering by mail, please fill out and cut the reservation form below with your check – do not mail the entire notice.
GERMAN WINE SOCIETY NEW VINTAGE TASTING – April 14, 2023
Member(s) Name___________________________________________________
Non-Member(s) Name_______________________________________________
Amount Paid ______________________________________________________
Email ____________________________________________________________
Telephone_________________________________________________________
Dear German Wine Society Members and Guests,
Every year we host a tasting to try German wines from the new vintage, with a focus on Riesling. Our host is Phil Bernstein, General Manager of MacArthur Beverages, one of the leading retailers of German Riesling in the country. Every year, Phil brings some of the best wines of the vintage and this year will be no exception.
The new vintage is 2021, the fourth in a string of very good to great vintages, with a difference. The wines tend to be lighter, fresher, and more intense than the previous three vintages. A number of critics describe them as some of the best German wines they have ever tasted. The vintage did not produce a lot of wine so this may be your only opportunity to try some of them, including a flight dedicated to the very special and recently deceased Daniel Vollenweider.
DATE: Friday, April 14th, 2023. Doors open at 6:30 pm; tasting begins at 7:00 pm. Registrations are due by Monday, April 10, 2023.
VENUE: King Farm Community Center, 300 Saddle Ridge Circle, Rockville, MD 20850, in the King Farm development, which we last used for our September 2021 New Vintage Tasting. This is a large, free-standing building in the middle of a circle, with high ceilings, a fireplace, kitchen with refrigerator for wine chilling, and French doors and a balcony overlooking a pool area (the balcony will not, however, be open during the event). It can accommodate up to 100 people, but we are limiting capacity to 70 to fit everyone comfortably. Please park in the lot behind the swimming pool adjacent to the community center, and then come around to the front of the circle (not through the pool area) to enter the building. You can reach King Farm easily when driving either off Exit 8 from I-270 (turn into King Farm using the Redland Boulevard turnoff on the right from the exit), or from MD 355 exiting onto Redland Boulevard into King Farm. The Shady Grove Metro station on the Red Line is the most convenient to King Farm, right across 355, and there are normally shuttles running from Shady Grove into King Farm until just after 7:00 pm – the Red shuttle goes to the Community Center.
THE WINES:
Starter
Dr. Wagner, Riesling Sekt Brut, Mosel
Flight 1: Journey into the Mosel
Falkenstein Niedermenniger Herrenberg Riesling Kabinett Trocken #19 Egon, Mosel
Lauer Fass 18 Kupp Riesling Grosses Gewächs, Mosel
Flight 2: Donnhoff GG Duo
Donnhoff Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewächs, Nahe
Donnhoff Hermannshohle Riesling Grosses Gewächs, Nahe
Flight 3: A Pair of Kabinetts
Loewen Longuicher Maximiner Herrenberg Riesling Kabinett, Mosel
Karl Erbes Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Kabinett, Mosel
Flight 4: Vollenweider Tribute
Vollenweider Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Kabinett, Mosel
Vollenweider Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Spätlese, Mosel
Flight 5: Willi Schaefer Prädikat Finale
Willi Schaefer Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett, Mosel
Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #5, Mosel
A tasty buffet of cheeses, bread, crackers, cold cuts, grapes, veggies and sweets will be provided to accompany the wines.
COST: $59 for members, $67 for non-members.
If you have any questions, please email the organizer, Dave Wendler: davewendler@yahoo.com.
You can register and pay for this event in one of two ways. Whichever method you use, please be sure to register and pay the appropriate price based on whether you are a GWS member or non-member. The GWS Capital Chapter President and Secretary, Carl Willner, can answer questions about current membership status, at carl.willner1@verizon.net . You can also become a member or renew, if your membership is not current, together with your registration for this event by including an annual $35 dues payment (for an individual or a couple).
To register and pay by PayPal, go to our chapter website: germanwinesocietydc.org. You will need to create a GWS account for the website if you do not already have one, and you will also need to have a PayPal account, as we cannot accept payment by other forms of credit or online transfer. If you are coming as a couple or other group, you can either register and pay for each individual separately, or do it as part of a single transaction and complete the payment on PayPal together. If you do a single transaction, please also email the Secretary of the GWS Capital Chapter at the address above to provide the names of each individual coming, as the individual names will not all appear on the website form for multiple persons registering together.
To register and pay by check, detach and complete the form below, indicating all names of persons who will be coming, and mail it, with your check made out to the ‘German Wine Society’, to the Chapter President and Secretary, Carl Willner: 1014 Reserve Champion Drive, Rockville, MD 20850.
HEALTH AND SAFETY: We are modifying our policy with respect to proof of covid-19 vaccination this year. Members and guests who have attended our in-person events in 2021, 2022, or earlier in 2023, and shown proof of covid-19 vaccination previously, will no longer be required to do so for admission. For the health and safety of all members and guests, however, those members and guests who have not attended one of our in-person events in the past two years will be required to affirm that they are fully vaccinated for covid-19 when registering or checking in at the event, and should be prepared to provide proof of vaccination when arriving at the event if requested. Thereafter, for future events they will be treated as other members and guests who have previously attended and shown proof of vaccination. Proof may consist of either sending an e-mail in advance to the GWS Capital Chapter Secretary with a legible photo image of a vaccination card, or producing a vaccination card at the event either physically or by a legible photo image. Members and guests who fail to provide proof of vaccination and have not previously done so will not be admitted. Masks will not be necessary.
All GWS members and guests are reminded that alcohol consumption can lead to intoxication. Members and guests should use public transportation to events, rely on a designated driver, or taste the wines rather than finish them.
If you no longer wish to receive our announcements, please reply to this email to the sender.
If registering by mail, please fill out and cut the reservation form below with your check – do not mail the entire notice.
GERMAN WINE SOCIETY NEW VINTAGE TASTING – April 14, 2023
Member(s) Name___________________________________________________
Non-Member(s) Name_______________________________________________
Amount Paid ______________________________________________________
Email ____________________________________________________________
Telephone_________________________________________________________
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