Washington D.C. Capital Chapter

Dear German Wine Society Members and Friends, Every year we host a tasting to try German wines from the new vintage, with a focus on Riesling. Our host is Phil Bernstein, General Manager of MacArthur Beverages, one of the leading retailers of German Riesling in the country. Every year, Phil brings some of the best […]

We now have the full wine list for our Comparative Riesling Tasting — and there are not just nine wines as originally announced, but twelve, a bonus of three sparkling wines! There are just five days left to register for this opportunity to savor the Rieslings of Germany, Austria and Alsace side by side, so

INVITATION TO WINE TASTING WITH WINEGUT ÖKONOMIERAT REBHOLZ AT THE GERMAN EMBASSY, JAN 16, 2025 The German Wine Society Capital Chapter is proud to announce a very special event at the German Embassy inWashington, DC. Please join us when we organize a tasting of the wines of Weingut Rebholz, one of the top 5 wine

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE GERMAN WINE SOCIETY HOLIDAY DINNER AT THE COSMOS CLUB, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2024, 6 pm – 10 pm Ho, Ho, Ho, German Wine Society Members and Friends of German Wines, it’s nearly time to hang the stockings and dream of delicious German wine!  We can gather in

Please plan to join the German Wine Society on Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 7:00 pm for a comparative tasting of German Rieslings and Chenin Blancs from France’s Loire Valley, with ten different wines offered to illustrate the similarities and differences of wines using these grapes. The tasting will be presented by our own Annette

German Wine Society Members and Friends of German Wine, It is a pleasure to announce that the German Embassy has invited us once again to hold our Oktober Weinfest celebration at the German Embassy House! For this event, we will once again be enjoying the cuisine of the German Embassy’s new chef, Mikko Kosenen of

Get ready to cast off on the Potomac for a German wine cruise! Yes, the Capital Chapter of the German Wine Society is once again holding our Potomac wine cruise this summer, back by popular demand after a series of successful voyages. As we did in July 2021, 2022, and 2023, and also regularly for

Many German Wine Society members have our bronze medallions with the ribbons in the colors of the German flag, which any member is entitled to obtain and is worn for festive Society events.   But sometimes you can also see longtime members wearing gold or silver medallions on their ribbons as well.   These medallion colors signify

Every year we host a tasting to try German wines from the new vintage, with a focus on Riesling. Our host is Phil Bernstein, General Manager of MacArthur Beverages, one of the leading retailers of German Riesling in the country. Every year, Phil brings some of the best wines of the vintage and this year

Please plan to join the German Wine Society on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 7:00 pm for a presentation on the Pinot grapes of Germany, and tasting of nine wines to illustrate the varieties using these grapes, by our own Annette Schiller, who has brought some of these wines back from Germany just for us. This is