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    Events

    We regularly do wine seminars and educational presentations of the wines of France, Germany, Austria, Northern Italy 

    Christian and I are very active members of the GWS (German Wine Society, US, Board Member); AWS (American Wine Society); WWCS (Washington Wine & Cheese Seminar, Board Member) where we do regular presentations. We also do wine education seminars at the German Embassy in Washington DC, the French Embassy in Washington DC, and other clubs, organizations.

    In 2024 - 2025 we did the following wine seminars:

    National Conference of the AWS 2025 in Chantilly, Virginia:
    1. The Terroir Expressive Riesling Grape: A deep dive through Germany's wine regions from 51° to 49° of latitude.
    2. Georgia: The Cradle of Wine: Tasting through the portfolio of Château Mukhrani, Kartli wine region. Together with Patrick Honnef, CEO and technical director of Château Mukhrani
    3. Comparison of Pinot Noir Wines from the Three Major Pinot Noir Producing Wine Regions World-Wide: Burgundy, Oregon, Germany

    National Conference of the AWS 2024 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina:

         1. Discovery of the Off-The-Beaten-Path French wine regions

        2.  The Pinot Grippers of Germany

     

     
     

    AWS Chapters: NoVa Chapter, Marshall Chapter, NoLoCo Chapter in Virginia, Lehigh Valley Chapter and Northampton Chapter in Pennsylvania:

    1. A Journey through the Vineyards of Germany

    2. A Journey through the Magnificent Rhône Valley

    3. All Sorts of Sparklers: How do the Bubbles get into THAT Bottle?

    4. Basics of German Wine, PART I

    5. A Journey through the Loire Valley

    6. Basics of the Bordeaux Wine Region

    7. Syrah - Shiraz: Is there any difference - do they taste the same?

    8. The New German Wine Law of 2021: Renaissance of the Terroir

    9. A Journey through Burgundy: from Lyon to Chablis

    10. The Pinot Grapes in Germany: Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir
     

     GWS Capital Chapter:

    1. Comparison: German Riesling and Loire Valley Chenin-Blanc

    2. German Speaking Wines: Alto Adige

    3. Comparison: Rieslings from Austria, Germany, Alsace

    4. Abbey Wines: The importance of Monasteries for the development of viticulture
     

    WWCS: 

    1. Discovery Tour: off-the-beaten-path French wine regions

    2. Rieslings from Germany, Austria, Alto Adige, Alsace

    3. The Cru Bourgeois du Médoc classification

    4. The red wine portfolio of Dr. Konstantin Frank winery in the Finger Lakes

    5. Wines of Trentino-Alto Adige

    6. Magnificent Germany: a deep dive into the rich tapestry of Germany'a wine regions

    7. Wines of the Rhône Valley

    8. Wines of the Val de Loire

    9. Wines of Tuscany