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schiller-wine · 1d ago

Foie Gras and Lazan’i Betsileo at Restaurant Villa Vanille in Antananarivo, Madagascar

Pictures: There is always Malagasy Music at Villa VanilleFoie gras - French for fat liver - is a popular delicacy in French cuisine, made of the liver of a duck or goose that has been specially fattened. French law states that "foie gras belongs to the protected cultural and gastronomical heritage o
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schiller-wine · 2d ago

Third Annual Chardonnay Day – Chardonnays Around the World, Snooth’s Top Picks and Hamilton Russell Vineyards in South Africa

Pictures: Christian G.E. Schiller with Anthony Hamilton Russell and Gregory Dal Piaz, the Editor in Chief of Snooth. Today is the third annual #Chardonnay day. This is a global event set to run 24 hours in order to give everyone time to have a glass of Chardonnay when it makes sense in their time zo
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schiller-wine · 3d ago

Approaches to Classifying German Wine: The Standard Approach (the Law of 1971), the VDP Approach and the Zero Classification Approach

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller and Kai Buhrfeindt, Grand Cru Weinrestaurant, with Wilhelm Weil, Weingut Robert Weil, who is one of the dominant forces in the wine classification developed by the VDP and Markus Schneider, Weingut Markus Schneider, who has achieved cult status in Germany and who doe
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schiller-wine · 4d ago

North Gate Vineyard in Virginia, USA – A Profile

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller and Mark FedorI had a chance to get to know North Gate Vineyard in Virginia during TasteCamp East 2012. A Saturday night tradition at TasteCamp, the BYO Bottle Dinner took place at North Gate Vineyard. In addition to the excellent wines brought by the TasteCamp 2012
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schiller-wine · 1W ago

Tasting the Wines of Chateau Lafon-Rochet, Saint-Estèphe, 4ème Cru Classé en 1855, with Owner Basil Tesseron at the French Embassy in Washington DC, USA/France

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller and Basil Tesseron Guy Tesseron’s grandson Basil Tesseron, who has taken command at Chateau Lafon-Rochet, came to the French Embassy in Washington DC to present 5 different vintages of his Grand Vin spanning from 1975 to 2011 and – and this came as a big surprise - a
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schiller-wine · 1W ago

Le Bar a Vin, Max Bordeaux Wine Gallery, Aux Quatres Coins du Vin, and Wine and Soul: Schiller's Favorite Wine Bars in Bordeaux (City)

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller at Bar a Vin in l' Ecole du VinWhen I visited Bordeaux earlier this year, I had 3 wine bars on my list, but was able to check out only one - Le Bar a Vin. The other two – Max Bordeaux Wine Gallery and Aux Quatres Coins Du Vin – remained on my to-do list for my next v
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schiller-wine · 1W ago

Best German Wines and Winemakers - Falstaff Deutschland Wine Trophies 2012

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller with Dr. Manfred Pruem, Weingut J.J. Pruem in Germany For the second time, the Falstaff Trophies Deutschland have been awarded. The wine/food/travel journal Falstaff has been around for a number of years, issued in Vienna, Austria, and reporting about wine, food and
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schiller-wine · 1W ago

Judging at Wine Competitions in Virginia (USA), Pfalz (Germany) and Rheinhessen (Germany)

Pictures: Christian G.E. Schiller with Fellow Judges Dagmar Ehrlich in Hamburg, Germany (A New, Very Useful Wine Book: Dagmar Ehrlich’s “Rebsorten ABC”) and Frank Morgan in Brescia, Italy (Blogging, Wining and Dining at the European Wine Bloggers Conference (#EWBC) October 2011 in Brescia, Italy
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schiller-wine · 1W ago

Steinberger Riesling 1893 from Hattenheim in the Rheingau, Germany to San Francisco in California, USA

Pictures: Christian G.E. Schiller at the Eberbach Abbey in the Rheingau in Germany and with Dee Vine Wines founder and co-owner Dade Thieriot and a Steinberger 1893 in San FranciscoThose of us in the world of wine who are i
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schiller-wine · 2W ago

The Wines of Madagascar

Pictures: Christian G.E. Schiller with Marie Nomena and Jean Allimant, Clos Nomena, and in front of Malagasy Wines in AntananarivoOff the eastern coast of Africa, Madagascar in the Indian Ocean is the 4th largest island in the world. Long known for vanilla beans and peppers, you can dine in its ca
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