Sparkling Wines of the World

Home of Christian and Annette Schiller 6404 Woodsong Ct, McLean, VA, United States

Prost, German wine drinkers! We are excited to present another small group tasting at the home of Christian and Annette Schiller in McLean, Virginia, this time for a showcase of the sparkling wines of the world. Many wine drinkers do not know that Germany is the #1 consumer and #2 producer of sparkling wines in […]

Riesling vs Chenin Blanc Tasting

Van Ness Room 3001 Veazey Terrace NW, Washington, DC, United States

Happy Spring, German wine lovers! We are excited to present another tasting in Washington, DC. This time, we will be comparing wines from Germany’s noble grape Riesling with French wines made from the Chenin Blanc grape. Many wine tasters who love Riesling may have a new favorite in Chenin Blanc! We will begin tasting at […]

Austro-Hungarian Wine Tasting

Old Europe Restaurant 2434 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

Coat of Arms of Austria-HungaryTravel back in time to the splendors of fin-de-siècle Vienna and Budapest!   Taste the wines and foods of the Austro-Hungarian Empire on Friday May 19th at 7:00 pm.  GWS member Jim Palanchar will be presenting 15 diverse wines from 10 of the 12 countries which today include territory formerly belonging to […]

Reception at the German Embassy

German Embassy 4645 Reservoir Road, NW, Washington, United States

You can celebrate the 40th Anniversary of our society where it began!  As we have done for other anniversary events and national conventions, we will offer a tour of the wine regions of Germany, with a representative wine from all 13 regions (even the ones that don’t normally export here) along with a selection of […]

German Chardonnay Tasting

Home of Christian and Annette Schiller 6404 Woodsong Ct, McLean, VA, United States

Registration closed.We are excited to present another small group tasting at the home of Christian and Annette Schiller in McLean, Virginia, this time for a comparison of the classic French Chardonnays of Chablis and the up-and-coming Chardonnays of Germany. Yes, that’s right, German Chardonnay!Not much Chardonnay from Germany makes it to the United States, but […]

Oktober Weinfest

German Embassy House 1900 Foxhall Road N.W., Washington, DC, United States

Dear German Wine Society Members and Friends of German Wine,JOIN US FOR OKTOBER WEINFEST AT THE GERMAN EMBASSY!  In Germany Oktoberfest is celebrated beginning in September, and so we are returning to the German Embassy House for our Oktober Weinfest on Friday, September 29, 2017 at 7:00 pm. The Embassy House doors will open at […]

Germany vs. France: Pfalz, Baden, Alsace, Bourgogne

The Colonnade 2801 New Mexico Ave NW, DC, United States

German wine lovers! We are excited to present another tasting in Washington, DC. This time, we will be comparing wines from Germany with wines from France. More specifically, we will compare Germany’s Baden and Pfalz regions with French wines from Burgundy and Alsace. We will begin tasting at 7:00pm, Friday October 27, 2017.The tasting will […]

New Vintages Tasting

Harbor Square Party Room 500 N St SW, Washington, DC, United States

Dear German Wine Society Members and Guests, Every year we host a tasting to try wines from the new vintage, with a focus on Riesling. Our host is Phil Bernstein of MacArthur Beverages, one of the leading retailers of German Riesling in the country. The new vintage is 2016, which David Schildknecht describes as remarkably restrained and […]

Abbey Wines Tasting

Harbor Square Party Room 500 N St SW, Washington, DC, United States

Dear German Wine Society Members and Guests,You are in for a very special treat: “Abbey Wines”.This tasting (and seminar) by our own Annette Schiller will show the decisive impact themonasteries and the monks starting in medieval times had on developing viticulturalknowledge in Germany and elsewhere.Annette Schiller is well known to the GWS community through previous […]

The New 2021 Wine Law in Germany:  Tasting Our Way Through the Classification System – March 11, 2023

Van Ness Room 3001 Veazey Terrace NW, Washington, DC, United States

THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY SUBSCRIBED.  Please plan to join the German Wine Society on Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 7:00 pm for a presentation on the new German wine law and classification system, and tasting of wines to illustrate the new system, by our own Annette Schiller, who has brought some of these wines back […]