PLEASE JOIN US AS THE GERMAN WINE SOCIETY CELEBRATES OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON JUNE 9-10, 2017!Can you believe it’s been 40 years already? In 1977, the German Wine Society began when 83 graduates of the German Wine Academy were inducted in a ceremony at the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. Ever since […]
The Members Dining Room on the 2nd floor of the Cosmos Club, in a grand mansion at the heart of Washington’s Embassy Row near Dupont Circle, will be the site of our own membership meeting and seated buffet luncheon this day, accompanied by several delicious German wines. For those driving, parking is available to the […]
For our final Anniversary event, we will have exclusive access for the evening at an elegant Federalist townhouse in downtown Washington. We will enjoy an extensive menu specially selected for us, paired with fine German wines, including high-prädikat ones, with several from the famed Mosel producer J.J. Prüm reserved for just such a special occasion. Enter […]
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.
Registration 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Registration 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 […]
Registration 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 […]
