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SUMMARY:New Vintage Tasting with Phil Bernstein
DESCRIPTION:Every year we host a tasting to provide members and guests with an early opportunity to taste wines from the new vintage.  The 2010 wines are just arriving\, and now is a great time to sample what is available so you can decide what to buy based on the most important information– what tastes good to you!The tasting will be Friday\, February 17\, at 7 p.m. The price is $35 for members and $42 for non-members.2010 was an extremely unusual vintage in Germany\, with some of the lowest yields in the past 100 years. In his recent report\, David Schildknecht writes that some of the 2010 wines are frightful and many others are mind-bendingly complex. In the words of Terry Theise\, what’s good in 2010 is absurdly good\, and what’s not good is a mess. His candidate motto for the 2010 vintage is: WTF!!We are fortunate that DC boasts one of the best German wine retailers in the country\, Phil Bernstein of MacArthur Beverages\, who will pick some of the good stuff for us. Phil will present some value wines\, some wonderful wines\, and some new wines. The wines we will be serving are:2010 Dr L Riesling Qba2010 St Urbans Hof Riesling Qba2010 Donnhoff Kreuznacher Krotenpfuhl Riesling Kabinett2010 Donnhoff Oberhauser Leistenberg Riesling Kabinett2010 A.J. Adam Riesling Kabinett2010 Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett2010 Fritz Haag Braunenberger Juffer Sonnenur Spatlese Erste Lage  #7 Riesling2010 Schloss Lieser Braunenberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese2010 Monchoff Erdener Pralat Riesling Auslese2010 Selbach Oster Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling AusleseCome and experience for yourself one of the most unusual vintages in the history of German wine.
URL:https://germanwinesocietydc.org/event/new-vintage-tasting-with-phil-bernstein-2/
LOCATION:Harbor Square Party Room\,  500 N St SW\, Washington\, DC\, 20024\, United States
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SUMMARY:Annual Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Prosit Neujahr! You are cordially invited to attend this year’s membership meeting when we will elect new officers. There will be some very good wines from the cellar to drink with our — by now traditional — quiz game and cheeses and bread to go with the wines. There will also be short reports on how we arrive at prices for a tasting and the report on the chapter’s finances\, membership\, etc.
URL:https://germanwinesocietydc.org/event/annual-membership-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Harbor Square Party Room\,  500 N St SW\, Washington\, DC\, 20024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business,Wine Tasting
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SUMMARY:Rieslings 'round the World
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendar now for our “Rieslings ’round the World” Riesling Blind Tasting\, led by our own Carl Brandhorst.  The evening’s tasting takes place in the Harbour Square Club Room. The address for our tasting is 500 N St SW\, Washington\, DC. 20024-4605. Parking is available on the street and in the complex on a first-come-first-served basis. The date is Friday\, November 4th\, starting at 7:30 PM.  The price will be $35 for members and $42 for non-members. At this tasting\, the German Wine Society will present a blind tasting of Rieslings from several countries around the world.  There will be ten wines in two flights\, five wines to a flight.  There will be one German wine to satisfy those thinking that only German Rieslings are worth drinking.  In each flight\, five wines will be poured for comparative tasting.   During the break between the flights\, light hors d’oeuvres will be served. Only crackers and water will be available during the flights.. The session will be limited to 36 participants because the available wine is limited. After each flight participants will receive a list of the wines tasted. During the flights\, sheets containing the modified Davis Scale\, normally used in national wine judging events\, will be provided so that participants can record their impressions based upon color\, aroma\, taste\, finish and hedonistic impression. The purpose of this educational tasting is to show that excellent Rieslings are produced in countries other than Germany\, and for each participant to determine which of the wines he or she prefers.  In selecting the Rieslings for this presentation\, the presenter tasted many Rieslings generally available in the Washington metropolitan area to see which ones met his criteria.  The criteria will be stated at the beginning of the presentation. The deadline is Friday\, October 31st.  Please send your reservation ASAP\, so we can finalize planning. We are united in our love for German wines.  But the Riesling grape grows in many places and makes excellent wine outside of Germany. This is not an exercise to pick out the German wine\, but to show the variation that the Riesling grape exhibits and to see if you like some of these different styles.
URL:https://germanwinesocietydc.org/event/rieslings-round-the-world/
LOCATION:Harbor Square Party Room\,  500 N St SW\, Washington\, DC\, 20024\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lindsay Morriss and George Albrecht Schneider Wines Tasting
DESCRIPTION:Join us Friday\, September 16\, at 7 p.m.\, as we taste the wines from the renowned Weingut George Albrecht Schneider as presented by German wine expert Lindsay Morriss.Lindsay Morriss joins us this evening from Rhode Island.  Lindsay is an expert when it comes to German wine.  She graduated in 2010 with a MBA degree in Wine Marketing & Management from the French Business School INSEEC Bordeaux.  The topic of her MBA thesis was: “Raising the Profile of German Wines in the U.S. Market.”  Lindsay argues that Germany should place more emphasis on promoting other grape varieties outside of Riesling when marketing its wines in the U.S.\, such as its abundant red grapes and white Pinots (Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris).  As part of her studies\, Lindsay interned last fall at Weingut Georg Albrecht Schneider.  She probably knows this winery and its wines better than anyone else in the U.S.Weingut Georg Albrecht Schneider has been exporting wine for over 30 years and is no stranger to the German wine scene in the U.S. Today\, about half its total production is exported\, of which 70% goes to the U.S. and the remainder to Japan.  The estate cultivates 37 acres of premium vineyards situated along the Rhine River that are planted with over ten grape varieties (52% Riesling; 17% Müller-Thurgau; 8% Silvaner; 8% Pinot Gris/Blanc; 8% red wine varieties; 7% other).  You may have already met Ulrike Schneider in Washington D.C.\, where she regularly comes once or twice a year to present her family’s wines.  With vineyards situated on Nierstein’s acclaimed  “red slope\,” Georg Albrecht Schneider counts as one  of Germany’s leading winemaking estates.Our Board member Christian Schiller\, who had met Lindsay at Weingut Georg Albrecht Schneider while she was interning there\, recently revisited the winery and took some pictures that he will present during the tasting. Check out Christian Schiller’s excellent recap on our event!
URL:https://germanwinesocietydc.org/event/lindsay-morriss-and-georg-albrecht-schneider-wines-tasting/
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SUMMARY:Portfolio Tasting with Domaine Select and Daniel Hubbard
DESCRIPTION:Please join us Saturday\, April 9\, at 7 p.m.\, for our upcoming tasting with Daniel C. Hubbard of Domaine Select Wine Estates (DSWE). He has planned a power-point presentation to share with us his extensive knowledge of German wine.  As DSWE’s Central European portfolio manager and Mid-Atlantic sales manager\, Daniel is well established with the German wine scene\, as our board member Christian Schiller can attest.  They met at the 1st International Riesling Symposium last year at Schloss Reinhartshausen in the Rheingau. The tasting will be at the Harbour Square Club Room.  As you will recall\, this venue provides us a stunning view of the Washington skyline. The price for this tasting is $35 for members and $42 for non-members.In 2010\, DSWE was named Food & Wine magazine’s Importer of the Year.  The German wine portfolio of DSWE is exquisite and diverse\, containing\, at one end\, the Pfalz wines of Weingut Christmann\, whose owner\, Steffen Christmann\, is the current VDP President\, the organization of Germany’s elite winemakers\, and at the other end\, the wines of Dirk Wuertz\, a young and upcoming German winemaker who sells his Rieslings as bag-in box wines at Whole Foods and New York’s trendy wine bar “The Ten Bells.”  It’s one heck of a selection! The wines have been selected.  They are four flights of three wines each\, each flight representing a particular vintner.  The wines are: 2009 Christmann\, Riesling\, Deidesheimer Paradiesgarten\, Pfalz2009 Christmann\, Riesling IDIG GG\, Pfalz2009 Kuhling-Gillot\, Riesling Nierstein\, Rheinhessen Rheinhessen2009 Peter-Jakob Kühn\, Riesling Quarzit\, Rheingau2009 Peter-Jakob Kühn\, Riesling Doosberg\, 1. Gewächs\, Rheingau2009 Melsheimer\, Riesling Kabinett\, Reiler Mullay-Hofberg\, MSR2009 Melsheimer\, Riesling Spätlese\, Schäf\, MSR2007 Melsheimer\, Riesling Auslese #34\, MSR
URL:https://germanwinesocietydc.org/event/portfolio-tasting-with-domaine-select-and-daniel-hubbard/
LOCATION:Harbor Square Party Room\,  500 N St SW\, Washington\, DC\, 20024\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110225T190000
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SUMMARY:New Vintage Tasting with Phil Bernstein
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our upcoming tasting with Phil Bernstein of Addy Bassins.  The tasting is scheduled for Friday\, February 25\, at 7 p.m. at the Harbour Square Club Room.  As you will recall\, this venue provides us a stunning view of the Washington skyline.  The price for this tasting is $35 for members and $42 for non-members. This event will provide an opportunity to taste the new German vintage\, 2009.  This is a vintage that has been widely hailed as excellent by the critics. It also provides a nice contrast to the 2008s we tasted with Phil last year: 2008 was a classic year\, with minerality and acidity rather than lots of sugar; 2009 retains the minerality and acidity but it’s wrapped up in more substance.  In the words of Terry Theise\, 2008 is the little sister who likes dancing; 2009 is the older brother who likes playing sports.  The wines are just arriving\, and now is a great time to sample what is available so you can make choices about what to buy based on the most important information of all — what tastes good to you! The pairs to be served are: 2009 Kruger Rumpf Riesling Feinherb “Schiefer” 2009 Kruger Rumpf Scheurebe 2009 Uerziger Wuerzgarten Riesling Kabinett Merkelbach2009 Uerziger Wuerzgarten Riesling Kabinett Moenchhoff 2009 Dr. Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spaetlese 2009 Dr. Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2001 Doennhoff Kirschheck Riesling Spaetlese 2009 Doennhoff Kirschheck Riesling Spaetlese
URL:https://germanwinesocietydc.org/event/new-vintage-tasting-with-phil-bernstein-3/
LOCATION:Harbor Square Party Room\,  500 N St SW\, Washington\, DC\, 20024\, United States
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SUMMARY:Annual Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Prosit Neujahr! You are cordially invited to attend this year’s membership meeting when we will elect new officers. There will be some very good wines from the cellar to drink\, along with cheeses and bread to go with the wines. There will also be short reports on how we arrive at prices for a tasting and the report on the chapter’s finances\, membership\, etc. Please consider giving back to the Chapter by serving on the board or by volunteering to plan a monthly tasting. The membership meeting will be held on Friday\, January 28\, at 7:00 p.m.It is very important that you come and vote at this meeting — it is your chapter and you can help shape its activities by voting. Ballots will be available at the meeting. We recommend you submit nominations by January 26.  Please send them by e-mail to Hanne Caraher\, hcaraher@verizon.net.Members pay nothing for this tasting; non-members pay $15 each. All GWS members and guests are reminded that alcohol consumption can lead to intoxication and therefore Society members and their guests are expected to drink in moderation at Society events. It is advisable to provide designated drivers where available or mostly to taste rather than consume alcohol when such drivers are not available. Results of Annual Meeting: The Capital Chapter of the German Wine Society conducted its annual meeting Friday\, January 28\, at which it reviewed its achievements through the past year\, reflected on its membership\, assessed its finances\, and discussed the coming year.  The attendees also elected its new officers: President – Alan Knapp Vice President – Ken Belsley Treasurer – David Roehm Secretary – Hanne Caraher At Large – Marilyn Scarbrough At Large – Christian Schiller Congratulations all! Those present also sampled and discussed the merits of selected cellar wines.  These were: 2001 Dr. Thanisch Erben Muller-Burggraef Spatburgunder Qba Mosel 2006 Paul Anhueser Kreuznacher Moenchberg Schuerebe QbA Nahe 2003 Weingut Born Hohnstedter Kelterberg Riesling Spatlese Saale Unstrut 2007 Fitz-Ritter Gewurtraminer Spatlese Pfalz 2000 Mankel Westhofner Morstein Ortega BA Rheinhessen 2003 Bender Bissersheimer Held Silvaner Eiswein Pfalz2000 Darting Duerkheimer Nonnengarten Rieslaner TBA Pfalz
URL:https://germanwinesocietydc.org/event/annual-membership-meeting-3/
LOCATION:Harbor Square Party Room\,  500 N St SW\, Washington\, DC\, 20024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business
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SUMMARY:Oktoberfest in the Pfalz
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 17\, at 7 p.m. at the Harbour Square Club Room\, which provides us a stunning view of the Washington skyline.  The price for this tasting is $20 for members\, $27 for guests.  In years past\, we (virtually) visited the Rheingau and the Rheinhessen to celebrate and learn more about these regions’ fine wines.  This year we visit the Pfalz\, a region near and dear to our hearts\, and home of one of our national board’s members – Alice Fitz of Fitz-Ritter.  It is an opportunity to experience wines from our cellar and snacks representing the region.  As with last year\, your pourers have undertaken considerable research to ensure your experience is both delicious and delectable. We’re excited to be joined this year by fellow oenophiles from the Goethe Institute.  As we promote the understanding\, appreciation and knowledge of German wines\, so the members of the Goethe Institute promote knowledge of the German language abroad and foster international cultural cooperation.  At this tasting\, we can do both … together. From Rudi Wiest: “The Mediterranean like climate and geographic advantages of this sun drenched region makes the Pfalz a favored climate for ripening grapes\, fruits and vegetables. This “Tuscany of Germany” is a paradise for noble sweet wines. The powerful\, distinctive character of Pfalz Riesling is derived from the stony sediment of the Rhine\, with the colored sandstone of the forested Haardt Mountains and remnants of ancient volcanic eruptions.” (https://www.rudiwiest.com) And from our superstar\, Terry Theise: “The wines have a great affinity for food—certainly the most versatile of all German wines—and yet they have an indefinable elegance.” (https://www.skurnikwines.com/msw/documents/2010GermanCatalog.pdf) The specific wines we’ll be sampling are: 2007 Fitz Riesling Sekt T Pfalz 2005 Becker Spatburgunder QBA Trocken Pfalz 2002 von Buhl Forster Jesuitengarten Riesling Spatlese Pfalz 2007 Fitz-Ritter Scheurebe Spatlese Pfalz 1994 Kohler-Ruprecht Kallstadter Saumagen Riesling Spatlese  Pfalz 1995 Lingenfelder Freinsheimer Musikantenbuckel Scheurebe Auslese Pfalz 1996 Bender Bissersheimer Held Scheurebe Eiswein Pfalz 1999 Minges Flemlinger Zechpeter Muskateller Eiswein Pfalz
URL:https://germanwinesocietydc.org/event/oktoberfest-in-the-pfalz/
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