Guided Tasting (San Francisco Chapter)
This is an event for our affiliate San Francisco chapter. Please see our blog post outlining the event if you are in the area to attend and work with the San Francisco chapter for registration.
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Field Trip to Otium Cellars
Otium Cellars 18050 Tranquility Rd, Purcellville, VA, United StatesRegistration closedGet ready for a summer field trip! The Capital Chapter of the German Wine Society is making another field trip to Otium Cellars in beautiful Loudoun county. The German owner of Otium Cellars, Gerhard Bauer, specializes in German/Austrian varietals including Grauburgunder, Grüner Veltliner, Spätburgunder, Lemberger and Dornfelder. He also runs an on-site equestrian facility […]
German Chardonnay Tasting
Home of Christian and Annette Schiller 6404 Woodsong Ct, McLean, VA, United StatesRegistration 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 StatesDear 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 StatesGerman 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 […]
Holiday Dinner at the Cosmos Club
Cosmos Club 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC, United StatesRegistration for this event is closed. Ho Ho Ho, German Wine Society Members and Friends of German Wines,It’s nearly time to hang the stockings and dream of nice German wine…… So, please plan to attend the GWS holiday paired dinner at the Cosmos Club, Saturday, December 16, 2017, starting at 7 p.m. We are very fortunate […]
Membership Meeting 2018
Van Ness Room 3001 Veazey Terrace NW, Washington, DC, United StatesRegistration Closed.Dear Members and Friends of the German Wine Society, Prosit Neujahr! You are cordially invited to attend this year’s membership meeting on Saturday 3 February 2018. The doors will open at 7:00 and we begin discussing business (of course mixed with a little fun) promptly at 7:30 pm. We will sample a wide variety […]
New Vintages Tasting
Harbor Square Party Room 500 N St SW, Washington, DC, United StatesDear 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 StatesDear 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 […]
SPECIAL SPARGELFEST DINNER AT THE GERMAN EMBASSY HOUSE
German Embassy House 4645 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC, United StatesThe Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Wine Society are pleased to co-sponsor the traditional annual GWS Spargelfest dinner at the German Embassy House on the evening of Friday, May 25, 2018. “Spargelfest” is a feast of asparagus-themed dishes, including white asparagus, paired with wines. We will begin this memorable evening with […]
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