Members Meeting (February 15th, 2020)

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

Prosit Neujahr! Online registration for the 2020 Members Meeting is now open! Please make reservations by February 10.  This year’s membership meeting will take place on Saturday, February 15, 2020. The doors will open at 7:00 and we begin discussing business (of course mixed with a little fun) promptly at 7:30 pm. For this year’s Members Meeting, […]

GWS 2020 New Vintage Tasting with Phil Bernstein (March 13th, 2020) – Cancelled

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

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 fabulous wines for us to try and this year is definitely […]

GWS Zoom Holiday Gathering – December 19th, 2020

ANNOUNCING GERMAN WINE SOCIETY CAPITAL CHAPTER ZOOM HOLIDAY GATHERING, DECEMBER 19, 2020Ho, Ho, Ho, German Wine Society Members and Friends of German Wines, it’s nearly time to hang the stockings and dream of delicious German wine!This year, as a necessary response to the pandemic situation, we are for the first time conducting our annual Holiday […]

2021 Capital Chapter Members Zoom Meeting – February 20th

Prosit Neujahr! Online registration for the 2021 Capital Chapter Members Meeting is now open! Please make reservations by February 15.  This year’s membership meeting will take place on Saturday, February 20, 2021, starting at 5:00 pm EST.  As with our Holiday Gathering in December 2020, due to continuing health concerns, the membership meeting this year will be […]

586th Birthday Celebration of Riesling Zoom Event, March 13th, 2021

For lovers of German wine, the Riesling grape is commonly one of our favorites, and frequently the top choice.  Versatile Riesling yields both wonderful high-prädikat sweet wines, among the best in the world, and high-quality dry wines as well.  It is the most widely grown grape in about half of Germany’s wine regions.  If you […]

Christian Stahl Zoom Tasting Event, April 17th, 2021

Hopefully you enjoyed our celebration of Riesling last month in whatever way inspired you. Now let us SPRING FORWARD to our next Zoom event.  Christian Stahl of Winzerhof Stahl in Franken, Germany has graciously accepted an invitation from us to speak about his wines that are available in the DC area. Yes, this is an […]

American Rieslings from New York State, Zoom and Tasting Event – May 22, 2021

For our next event, we are tasting American Rieslings from the State of New York, visiting with Meaghan Frank of the Dr. Konstantin Frank Winery in the Finger Lakes.  As you may know, a number of wineries and winemakers in the Finger Lakes are known for producing a wide range of high-quality wines including sparkling […]

GSW Summer Wine Cruise – July 10th, 2021

Georgetown Waterfront 3050 K St., NW, Washington, DC, United States

ANNOUNCING GERMAN WINE SOCIETY’S RETURN TO IN-PERSON EVENTS WITH WINE CRUISE!Get ready to cast off on the Potomac for a German wine cruise!  Yes, the Capital Chapter of the German Wine Society is resuming in-person events this summer.  Our kick-off will be an experience we have missed for several years (though it was a regular […]

Rescheduled GWS New Vintage Plus Tasting with Phil Bernstein – Sept. 17th, 2021

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 fabulous wines for us to try.  In March 2020, we had […]

GWS New Vintage Tasting (2019) w Phil Bernstein – October 15, 2021

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 fabulous wines for us to try and this year will definitely […]