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Germany Celebrates Pinot Varietals at the Second "Pinot Trio" in New York City


photo credit: Kristi Kleila

Wines of Germany hosted its second "Pinot Trio" event focusing on the Pinot varieties - Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris - at The Eventi Hotel in New York City on March 2, 2011.  While Germany is best known for Riesling, this event provided an opportunity to showcase other popular varietals in Germany.  In fact, Germany is the world's third largest producer of Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris and the second largest producer of Pinot Blanc.

The trade tasting highlighted these varietals whose expressions reflected a uniquely German character. The walk-around tasting highlighted 93 wines from 33 producers from a variety of German wine regions such as Baden, Rheinhessen and the Pfalz.  Over 100 individuals attended the event including wine writers from The New York Times, Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast, importers, retailers and sommeliers from restaurants such as Le Bernardin, 11 Madison Park and John Dory Oyster Bar in New York and Upstairs on the Square in Boston.

The event revealed to American trade and media what many might call Germany's best kept wine secret - its Pinot varietals," said Steffen Schindler of the Deutsches Weininstitut. "We want to raise the profile of these varietals in the United States and showcase the range and depth they can achieve under the care of German winemakers."

German Pinot wines are so beloved in their native country that most of them are consumed before they reach the export market.  Yet more and more producers are offering their wines in the U.S. or are looking for states side representation. Producers who attended "Germany's Pinot Trio" included:

  • Alde Gott Winzer eG
  • Weingut Friedrich Becker
  • Weingut Christmann
  • Weingut Dautel
  • Domaine Select Wine Estates
  • Weingut Rudolf Fürst
  • Fürstlich Castell'sches Domänenamt
  • Weingut Gutzler
  • Weingut Dr. Heger / Weinhaus Heger
  • Weingut Heitlinger / Burg Ravensburg
  • Weingut Bernhard Huber
  • Wein-und Sektgut Bernd Hummel
  • Kaiserstühler Winzergenossenschaft Ihringen
  • Weingut Franz Keller
  • Weingut Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt
  • Weingut Philipp Kuhn
  • Weingut Meyer-Näkel
  • Weingut Markus Molitor
  • Weingut Ludi Neiss
  • Weingut Ökonomierat Rebholz
  • Rudi Wiest Selections
  • Ruppertsberger Winzerverein Hoheburg eG
  • Weingut Schloss Saarstein
  • Schmitt Söhne
  • Weingut Schnaitmann
  • Domänenweingut Schloss Schönborn
  • Shelter Winery
  • Weingut Jean Stodden
  • Valckenberg International
  • Weingut Martin Waßmer
  • Sekt-und Weingut Winterling
  • Weingut Würtz
  • Weingut Julis Zotz