Five varieties of Black Forest miso / © Photo: Georg Berg

Miso from the Black Forest

As a spice paste, miso is the energy drink of the Japanese and the source of flavor. Peter Koch produces for German consumers what he learned in Japan

Julius-Echter-Berg, the most famous site of the Hans Wirsching winery / © Photo: Georg Berg

Winery Hans Wirsching in Franconia

The Hans Wirsching winery is one of the best-known private wineries in Franconia. The most important vines in Iphofen are Silvaner, Trollinger and Scheurebe

Jörg Geiger, Revolution in a Champagne Glass / © Photo: Georg Berg

Revolution in the champagne glass

There is a need for non-alcoholic alternatives to wine and sparkling wine. There is no sensible reason for offering guests only an apple spritzer

The green hilly landscape of the Upper Palatinate and in the middle of it in the morning mist lies Wernberg Castle / © Photo: Georg Berg

The Upper Palatinate and its Zoigl culture

If there is anything regionally typical besides the lush green hilly landscape of the Upper Palatinate, it is the Zoigl. Thomas Kellermann, top chef at Burg Wernberg near Weiden, strongly recommended a visit to a Zoigl pub during our stay at the now-closed Hotel Burg Wernberg. At the time, he had been living in the Upper Palatinate for ten years and often visited the Zoigl himself, occasionally dreaming of having … [mehr]

Lengeboom / © Photo: Georg Berg

The village trutz

On February 27, 2016, the former villagers of Borschemich gathered to cut down the old village linden tree. The last landmark of the village, whose inhabitants had to make way for opencast lignite mining against their will, thus disappears

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