An Essay ~anno 1056

• 24 pages
• in our smalles series »The 16ers«
• hand stitched

978-3-86638-317-3

9.00 €           

Starting from a guest gift, an—let us assume—amphora of wine, Psellos ponders the meaning and enjoyment of wine sometime around 1060. He will have had the wine in the ancient treatises of the philosophers in his head and the wines from the north-eastern Adriatic upto the Black Sea on his palate, certainly also the wine of Greece and the Aegean Islands—is that why Psellos looks so grim above?—No, no, rather he unfolds a history of wine enjoyment that is entertaining and insightful to read.

It is a long journey that Psellos takes us on: We travel with Demosthenes to the oldest provenances, play poker with Euripides' Medea, Alcestes and Phoenician women, Psellos enlightens us about Dionysus' drinking habits, searches for wine recommendations along Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, searches the books of Solomon and Genesis for grape juice, leads us through 36,000 years of wine-sensing Stoicism, and the great Italian Greek and Byzantine scholar of the 20th century, Antonio Garzya, is allowed to introduce us to wine. Antonio Garzya may drop in on us in between, Plato's Timaeus advises on wine drinking as does the Book of Jesus Sirach from the Old Testament and Timothy from the New Testament, even Aristotle is not missing as an oenological advisor—would all these wine experts have come to mind the next time we pick up a glass of wine?—Never!—Eureka!

P.s. Axel Dielmann, as publisher, is happy to take a »First Stitch« at your place: He stitches a few first copies of the new Psellos and other volumes of our 16-volume series and talks about 1000 years of viticulture and 30 years of publishing history—Jámas!
 

• Softcover, colour
• 488 pages
• Preface by Steffen Christmann
• President of VDP Essay on Terroir by Reinhart Heymann-Löwenstein
• Essay on »Lagen-Wein« by Dr. Daniel Deckers
• rich in infos by Katja Apelt, editor in chief at Wein+Markt

978-3-86638-358-6

48.00 €           

The VDP takes you on a journey through the very best Ger­man vineyards—classified as VDP.GROSSE LAGE®. Explore these exceptional sites on the detailed maps in this book and find many additional infos: photos, texts and overviews about the site’s unique features (as micro­climate, soil, elevation, aspect, slope) and the VDP.Estates that produce wines in the sites.

CONTENTS:
Preface by Steffen Christmann
Index | VDP.GROSSE LAGE® Vineyards by Region in Alphabetical Order
Index | VDP.Wineries in Alphabetical Order & their VDP.GROSSE LAGE® Vineyards
»Who’s Afraid of Terroir?« by Reinhard Heymann-Löwenstein
The VDP.Classification briefly explained
VDP.GROSSE LAGE | The Peak of the Pyramid
VDP.Die Prädikatsweingüter | Who we are
»Sound and Smoke | On Classified Vineyard Sites and Their Names« by Dr. Daniel Deckers
Vineyard.Online | The Online Guide to Germanys Best Sites
Historical Vineyard Maps
The Wine Regions of Germany
The Region AHR & its VDP.GROSSE LAGE® Vineyards
The Region BADEN & its VDP.GROSSE LAGE® Vineyards
The Region FRANKEN & its VDP.GROSSE LAGE® Vineyards
The Region MITTELRHEIN & its VDP.GROSSE LAGEN® Vineyards
The Region MOSEL SAAR RUWER & its VDP.GROSSE LAGEN® Vineyards
The Region NAHE & its VDP.GROSSE LAGEN® Vineyards
The Region pfalz & its VDP.GROSSE LAGEN® Vineyards
The Region RHEINGAU & its VDP.GROSSE LAGEN® Vineyards
The Region rheinhessen & its VDP.GROSSE LAGEN® Vineyards
The Region SACHSEN/SAALE-UNSTRUT & its VDP.GROSSE LAGEN® Vineyards
The Region württemberg & its VDP.GROSSE LAGEN® Vineyards
The VDP.REGIONAL OFFICES
The VDP.ESTATES | Addresses
The VDP.PARTNERS

A History of German Wine – The Ascent of VDP.Die Prädikatsweingüter

• at our scientific daughter:
• FRANFURT ACACEMIC PRESS
• Softcover with Flaps
• 100 pages
• many pictures, mostly in colour
• maps and portraits

978-3-86638-357-9

20.00 €           

German Riesling was internationally renowned a hundred years ago. But the German wine has an eventful history: It contains wine and war, »blood and soil« and Jewish wine traders, reconstruction and wine laws, the up and down of big names—and unwaveringly holding onto the ideal of great wines.

Written by the wine connoisseur and FAZ-editor Daniel Deckers, the book describes the variable history of the German wine informatively and entertainingly. With numerous so far unpublished documents and pictures the book reveals an unique view on the history of German wine—for all experts and beginners! A hundred years ago the German »Creszenzen« competed with the popular French wines: the wine trade paid maximum prices and the auctions of the »natural wine« from the Rheingau, the Palatine, and Rheinhessen and from Mosel, Saar and Ruwer were events of international standing. The two world wars lead to a rejection by the international custumers, that continued after the wars had ended.

Today, German wine is renowned as in the early 20th century again. Inseperably linked to this success also is the history of the »Verband deutscher Prädikatsweingüter« (VDP), that celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2010. »The Sign of the Grape and Eagle« offers an intimate view on the history of German wine—for everyone who has always wanted to know more about the »good drop«.

Hugh Johnson: »Daniel Deckers tells the story of an epic struggle by Germany‘s most ambitious and quality-conscious wine growers to establish the sort of hierarchy of quality that France enjoys—and that ensures the worldwide esteem of her best wines.«

Eine Geschichte des deutschen Weins – Über die Entwicklung der VDP.Prädikatsweingüter

978-3-86638-356-2

25.00 €           

Ein Reise- und Wein(ver)führer

• Hardcover mit Lesebändchen
• 360 Seiten
• mit zahlreichen Abbildungen
• Karten und Abbildungen

978-3-86638-315-9

Unter Mitarbeit von

Katja Apelt, Chef-Redakteurin von »Wein+Markt«
Janek Schumann, Master of Wine, Journalist, Coach
Rudi Knoll, Wein-Journalist
und anderen

With the kind cooperation of

Katja Apelt, Editor in Chief at »Wein+Markt«
Janek Schumann, Master of Wine, journalist, coach
Rudi Knoll, wine journalist
amongst others

und his incredible story

• 144 pages
• Hardcover with ribbon
• and many colored illustrations
• as well as two maps of the wine region around Meißen

978-3-86638-347-0

20.00 €           

Beyond his knowledgeable enjoyment of wine, wine journalist Rudi Knoll is interested in the people behind the wines and their history and stories. Thus, it was immediately obvious for him to address the career of Georg Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld, whom he met in 1992 and has accompanied journalistically ever since.

The idea for this biography about the wine prince, who acquired the old Proschwitz family estate and resurrected it, was born on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the reestablishment of the company, despite many obstacles and problems, but also with encouraging glimpses of light. Suspense is the order of the day, and much contemporary history is woven into the story. And various companions of different kinds, provenance and wine expertise recount how they experienced and still experience Prinz Lippe - a strong wine as well - as economic history and the story of a determined passion.

With a welcoming address by the President of the Saxon State Parliament and handouts on procuring and handling one of Saxony's most delightful products.

in Saale-Unstrut

• Hardcover with ribbon
• 240 pages
• throughout fourcolored
• with many illustrations
• and maps

978-3-86638-293-0

20.00 €           

Rudi Knoll has already been on the road in the wine-growing region of Saale-Unstrut before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1984 and has since kept an eye on the wine of the region between the two rivers and on the palate.

He portrays the most interesting 34 wine protagonists in Saale-Unstrut, after he has narrated in detail the eventful history of the area from 998 and the first mention of wine. Wine connoisseurs receive informative data. The 14 most important grape varieties are given just as much space as central institutions, such as the Wine Convention and the Wine Brotherhood, Breitengrad51 and several others. Above that Rotkäppchen Sekt and its long company history in Freyburg are also comprehensively told.

The 34 vintners are visited along 4 wine tours, so that the volume is at the same time an enjoyable travel guide between Saale and Unstrut and to the places of wine enjoyment there. – Have a good trip – and prosit!

From the Content:

Introduction: Blooming Landscapes

The rich and enriching History of a Wine Area

A special Geography and its watery Godparents

A bit of Technical jargon – the most important Grapes araound here

Developement in Numbers

Gunther Emmerlich, Wine Ambassador

Breitengrad51 – a young wine association and its aspects of quality

The Wine Convent

Rotkäppchen: A book within the book, and a fairy tail like carrier

Now the Vintners at Saale-Unstrut: 4 Wine Tours
(und bei den orangefarben hinterlegten Weingütern finden Sie unser Buch auch vorrätig!)
 

1. Wine Tour
Two Rivers, two central towns
Weindomicil Raik Moh, Freyburg   
Weingut Dr. Hage, Freyburg     
Winzervereinigung Freyburg-Unstrut •
Weingut Deckert, Freyburg                 
Weingut Grober-Feetz, Freyburg                                                  
Weinbau am Geiseltalsee, Freyburg • wir danken Familie Reifert für das Cover-Foto!
Weingut Herzer, Naumburg-Roßbach
Weingut Frölich-Hake, Naumburg-Rossbach
Naumburger Weinbaugesellschaft 1835 e.V.
Weingut Professor Wartenberg, Naumburg-Rossbach •
Weingut Hey, Naumburg
Weingut Lützkendorf, Naumburg-Bad Kösen •
Winzerhof Gussek, Naumburg • wir gratulieren zum Rotwein-Preis von VINUM
Duchrow’s Sektkellerei, Naumburg
Naumburger Wein- und Sektmanufaktur, Naumburg

2. Wine Tour
Circling the enologic Epicentre
Weingut Bernard Pawis, Zscheiplitz
Weingut Beyer, Laucha-Dorndorf •
Klaus Böhme, Laucha-Kirchscheidungen
Weingut Buddrus – Konni & Evi
Weinhof Winter, Kaiserpfalz-Memleben                                           
Thüringer Weingut Bad Sulza
Thüringer Weingut Zahn, Großheringen
Landesweingut Kloster Pforta, Naumburg •

3. Wine Tour
Wine high in the North
Weingut Böhme & Töchter, Gleina
Weinbau Roland Bähler, Gleina
Weingut Mario Thürkind, Mücheln-Gröst
Weingut Born, Salzatal •
Weingut Weinwerk, Salzatal-Höhnstedt
Weinbau Dr. Lindicke, Werder
Harzer Weingut Kirmann, Westerhausen

4. Wine Tour
The southern East-West-Trail
Wein- und Sektgut Hubertus Triebe, Zeitz-Würchwitz
Weingut Wolfram Proppe, Löberschütz
Erfurter Weinzunft 2002 e.V., Erfurt •
Weinbau Jörn Goziewski, Erfurt

The Erfurt Wine Song

Vintner, Prisoner, Soldier, Spy

• Hardcover
• with book marks
• 464 pages
• German translation by
• Karin Hielscher

978-3-86638-263-3

24.00 €           

In this memoirs—which needed to be cleared by the CIA—he describes how the Nazis took over Germany, the odd attitude of German Jews to being Jewish, the fault lines in U.S. intelligence during the Cold War, and the life lessons he learned in the wine business.

Evan Thomas, author of The Very Best Men: The Daring Early Years of the CIA:
»Peter Sichel was a true insider during the heyday of the CIA during the late 1940s and 1950s. From Berlin to Hong Kong, he served in a global secret war that was, by turns, gallant, necessary, dangerous, and wrongheaded. His memoir is clear-eyed, charming, and fascinating.«

Marvin R. Shanken, Editor & Publisher, Wine Spectator:

»Peter Sichel is an iconic figure in the history of wine. With his European upbringing and early years in the CIA, his story is both fascinating and compelling. His success with Blue Nun is nothing short of classic marketing.«

Find a short galery of figures from the book HERE!

Contents
Introduction

Part 1
Youth, 1922—41

1. My Family Roots
2. Earliest Memories
3. My Parents
4. My Sister Ruth
5. My Extended Family
6. My German Education
7. History of Germany after World War I
8. A Traumatic End to a Childhood Friendship
9. Growing up Jewish in Germany
10. My English School Years
11. Stowe—A Separate World
12. What It Means to Be a Refugee
13. A Miraculous Reunion with Mama

Part 2
My Intelligence Career

14. Espionage 101: Confidential Funds
15. Infiltration behind Enemy Lines
16. Occupied Berlin—A Ghastly Sight
17. Investigating Sviet Nuclear Capabilities
18. The Nitty-Gritty of Expionage
19. The Berlin Blockade and the Korean War—A Serious Turn of Events
20. Washington, 1952—56
21. Three Notable Incidents
22. Asia-Bound
23. An Informed Critique

Part 3
Being A Wine Merchant, Wine Grower, And Wine Personality

24. Back in the Wine Trade
25. The Qirky Wine Business
26. My First Important Decisions as US Director
27. Becoming a Wine Personality
28. The Rise and Fall of Blue Nun: A Singular Story
29. Becoming a Bordeaux Vintner
30. The Wine Community
31. Some Advice on Wine
32. A Look Back

Acknowledgments
Pictures
Bibliography
Footnotes

A historical Family History

• Hardcover
• 248 pages
• large format DIN A 4
• illustrated throughout in colour

978-3-86638-248-0

29.00 €           

The history of Europe in the last 1000 years - creeping upheavals and thunderous revolutions, continuity and change, tension and suspense. So when a family has been acting on the European stage for a millennium and also takes on its ancestors with a good mixture of meticulousness and self-irony, the result can only be an entertaining and diverting ride through history.

We saddle up with Charlemagne, take the Middle Ages at a gallop. The transformation from the East Frankish to the Roman Empire flies by, as do the Golden Bull, royal elections and imperial coronations. With the beginning of modern times, our pace becomes more leisurely, we trot through the church history of the Occident, meet Jan Hus, Martin Luther as well as their confessors and confidants. From the Catholic schism to the political conflicts and territorial changes of Europe, only a small moat separates us, which is taken with an elegant leap.

On the political stage we meet Wallenstein, Napoleon, a number of Habsburgs - and again and again the name Greiffenclau comes up. European history is closely interwoven with the family history of Counts Matuschka von Greiffenclau. A consideration of only one without the other is impossible. A well-versed historian provides the necessary facts, a cultural scientist spices up our ride with details from contemporary everyday culture. An upbeat reading pleasure from the beginnings of Europe to the present day.

The historian´s entertaining chapter:
Dr. Stefan Kraus

A ride through 1000 years

The volume was designed by Tanja Walbrunn, Werbeschmiede Walbrunn in Regensburg.