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Thankful for November on the East End of Long Island

The November 2019 issue of ACES Magazine (left), the Magazine for Arts & Events on Long Island, features my newest article, Thankful for November on The East End. 

You may pick up a print copy of the November ACES magazine at any of these locations, or link to the publication online to read my article, Thankful for November on the East End on pages 12 & 13 of the issue, copied below for your convenience.

Lots of other great articles in this issue celebrating this glorious month on our beautiful island. And it is Free in print and online!

Kudos to Amy Oliver, Publisher Extraordinaire for another great & informative issue of ACES!  

 

 

 

 

This is my fourth article on events in the Hampton’s and on the North Fork for ACES Magazine, in what has now become a regular monthly feature offering this Insider’s Guide to East End Events in season and off.

If you have an upcoming East End Event (or a new business) that you would like promoted, please contact [email protected].

No longer just a destination for Summertime, The East End Of Long Island hosts events year round for all ages, interests, categories and budgets.

Working on my December Column as we speak!

Look forward to hearing what you have planned for your own East End business!

Susan Marx in The Montclair Ten Returns - April 7 thru May 22, 2016

Susan Marx of Orange exhibits two Abstract Impressionist Paintings with The Montclair Ten Returns - April 7 through May 22, 2016

 

Berkshire Hathaway Home Services NJ Properties (on Bloomfield Avenue next to Whole Foods in Montclair, NJ) presents The Montclair Ten Returns, a selection of works by artists from the Montclair Art Museum (MAM) staff organized by Martha Kelshaw, Manager of Public Programs, Montclair Art Museum.

The Opening Reception is Thursday, April 7 from 5 to 9 pm and coincides with MAM’s FREE First Thursday Night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The exhibition will feature over a dozen works in a range of media by ten artists including:

Benedetta Balsimelli

Dan Fenelon

Nanci Iovino

Martha Kelshaw

Peg Kenselaar

Susan Marx

Elizabeth Seaton

Earl Speid

Lisa Westheimer

Agnieszka Wszolkowska

 

Montclair, NJ – Beginning Thursday, April 7, 2016, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services will present The Montclair Ten Returns, a selection of works in a range of media by artists from the Montclair Art Museum staff. The exhibition showcases approximately 15 – 20 works by 10 artists living and working in the NJ area.

The exhibit will comprise various mediums including painting, photography, prints, drawing, and ceramics. The Montclair Ten Returns will be on view from April 7 – May 22, 2016. Each artist featured in the exhibition works in various facets of the Montclair Art Museum, whether behind the scenes in the Education Department, teaching in the Studios, inspiring creativity aboard the mobile MAM Art Truck, or volunteering in the Communication Department. The Montclair Art Museum employs many talented artists.

This is the second year that Berkshire Hathaway Home Services NJ is hosting this event. The debut exhibition last year at this time was such a success, the Company decided to host it again this year. It is also the second year that Susan Marx is participating in the Exhibition.

 

Berkshire Hathaway Home Services is located at:

695 Bloomfield Avenue (next to Whole Foods)

Montclair, NJ 07042

Monday – Saturday, 11 – 5 pm or by appointment.

Questions/Inquiries regarding the Montclair Ten Returns

may be directed to:

Martha Kelshaw

973.714.7290 (please leave a message as all calls will be returned)

[email protected]

 

 

 

ABOUT SUSAN MARX

Susan Marx is an Abstract Impressionist artist whose paintings are the result of her own radical amazement at the beauty of the visual world and her own need to turn that experience through her. Using nature as her frame of reference, Marx paints her interpretation of what nature leaves her with. She is concerned with light and what light does to color, which is why she calls herself an Abstract Impressionist. Her paintings are the conversations between her eyes, her mind, her heart and her gut as well as the canvas in front of her. Marx enjoys enticing and engaging her viewers, drawing them into a fresh and beautiful world. Marx uses fast-drying acrylic paints which allow her to record her color impressions quickly, painting with thick, bold, rich colors and gestural brushstrokes. She leaves parts of the canvas blank intentionally allowing the painting and the viewer’s eye to breathe. She enjoys the process of putting color next to color, trying to capture the essence of her subject in her painting through color and emotion, leaving the rest to the viewer's imagination, drawing them into and engaging them through her process.

Someone once said Marx works to the muse of Monet, Van Gogh and Joan Mitchell; she was thrilled. They helped guide her in the journey to become the artist she is today.

Marx has travelled extensively and exhibited widely. Her works may be found in collections in the US and abroad. She is currently represented by Agora Gallery, in Chelsea, and Ashok Jain Gallery, on the Lower East Side in NYC, LF Contemporary in Sag Harbor, New York, and she exhibits her work at the ACL Gallery in Livingston, NJ.

Or visit her website at: Susan Marx Artist.

 

This month, Susan's works are also on display at the FIAF (French Institute Alliance Francais) in Montclair, New Jersey from April 3rd through April 27th. There will be an Opening Reception at FIAF coinciding with the FIAF Open House Event starting at 2pm on Sunday, April, 3rd. FIAF is located at 7 North Willow Street, Suite 7, Montclair, NJ. Or call 973.783.5057.  Susan Marx at FIAF.

Susan Marx lives in Orange, New Jersey.

*pictured top, Susan Marx Bursting Blues, 2016, 30x24, acrylic on canvas

*pictured below left, Susan Marx, Roses, 2015, 30x24, acrylic on canvas,

ACES MAGAZINE

The Art Marketer

is Delighted

to be collaborating with

Aces Magazine

on numerous projects.

Check out their feature story on 

The Art Marketer

and my story on Cover Artist

Ted Asnis

in their August issue! (pages 6 & 7)!

 

Thank-you Amy Oliver!

 

TED ASNIS: A Sag Harbor Original

SAG HARBOR ARTIST, TED ASNIS

Debuts an Exhibition of New Paintings,

TED ASNIS ABSTRACTS

at Bobby Van's Steakhouse in Bridgehampton, New York

 

SAG HARBOR, NY – July 6, 2015 Sag Harbor artist, Ted Asnis, proudly presents a new series of paintings in an Art Exhibition entitled ‘Ted Asnis Abstracts’ at Bobby Van's Steakhouse in Bridgehampton, New York.

The show opened in June and will run through Friday, Labor Day, September 7th 2015. Patrons of the popular Hampton eatery have had the benefit of enjoying Asnis’s paintings there over the years. But, followers of Ted’s work will definitely notice an exciting new direction in the artists style through this new exhibition of work.

 

 

 

 

 

Long revered for his  traditional open landscapes depicting beloved Hamptons beach scenes (as seen left) and farmlands along with beautiful architectural renditions of local barns, boats and farmhouses, Asnis’s paintings have a history of capturing the spirit, beauty and light of Long Island’s East End.

 

His latest series of paintings reflects a bold, new contemporary approach with the artist’s current interest in developing abstract work. In so doing, he has also developed a new technique of applying rich layers of paint with short, vivid strokes.

Viewers will see many of the same local landscapes, often combining his earlier techniques with the new.

The result is a captivating and refreshing series of canvases illustrating beaches, bays and sunsets in a palette of vibrant colors.

 

                                                                                                                                                 

 

There is also a series of Abstract paintings that are simply filled with those richly layered paint strokes.

The new paintings are larger in scale, commanding a greater presence and often incorporating Asnis’s signature use of space, movement and perspective

 

 

 

                                                   

                                                   

 

                                                          ABOUT TED ASNIS: Born in Brooklyn and raised in the Bronx, Ted Asnis attended the University of Florida, where he earned a B.A. degree in Architecture. After completing post graduate work at NYSID (New York School of Interior Design), he went on to become one of the top architectural illustrators in the field. His work for Edward Durell Stone, Carleton Varney and other major designers appeared in House Beautiful, House & Garden, The New York Times and has graced the covers of Interior Design Magazine and other major design publications.

For more than 25 years, Ted ran his own commercial office design firm in NYC doing work for Simon & Schuster, United Technologies and Paramount Pictures, while continuing to exhibit his artwork. His work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions throughout Long Island, where it has often been featured and awarded for his masterful technique. 

 

 

 

Ted’s art has graced the covers of numerous Dan's Papers and was voted Best Dan Cover of the Year in 2012. 

His paintings hang in many private collections throughout the Hamptons and other part of the United States. A resident of Sag Harbor, New York for over 25 years, the artist continues to take his inspiration from the beauty surrounding him on the East End of Long Island.

 

 

 

 

 

ABOUT THE EXHIBTION: The exhibition “Ted Asnis Abstracts” provides a perfect complement to the three major international Fine Art Fairs here in the Hamptons this July. Fair goers may enjoy a relaxing and delicious meal at Bobby Van’s while taking in new works by a revered Hamptons artist depicting a contermporary version of local landscapes. It wouldn’t be the first time a local artist was discovered in an area long well known for its’ history of fine artists who have made the East End of Long Island their home and inspiration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABOUT BOBBY VANS: Founded in 1969, Bobby Van’s was originally renowned as the gathering place for such literary giants as James Jones and John Knowles. It is even rumored that Truman Capote finished his novel In Cold Blood in the original Bobby Van’s. This legacy can be seen today in the art and photographs decorating the dining room.

The Bridgehampton location is open seven days a week for lunch and dinner for the laid back dining experience that has delighted since the days when Bobby Van himself serenaded guests.

 

BOBBY VAN’S RESTAURANT,2393 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, NY 11932 Phone: (631) 537-0590: [email protected]

 

 

 

For more information about Ted Asnis,

visit: www.tedasnis.com;

or email [email protected].

Ted Asnis on Facebook

Ted Asnis on The Nice Niche

 

Besides Bobby Van's, the artists’ work may be seen at his Sag Harbor studio by appointment.

 

 

 

 

MEDIA CONTACT:

Lisa Freedman, The Art Marketer: [email protected]; 914.907.9842.

 

Ombiasy PR & Wine Tours: Germany - East Introduction

OMBIASY PUBLIC RELATIONS & WINE TOURS

is gearing up for their first major tour of the Season

 

Germany East 2015 - Introduction

Experience an amazing journey of Wine and Art

 

 

Germany East 2015 - INTRODUCTION

WINE and ART

GERMANY’S UNDISCOVERED WINE REGIONS & WORLD-RENOWNED ART CENTERS :

The Eastern Tour

10 day immersion in Wine, Culture, The Arts 

June 11, 2015 – June 20, 2015

 

 

This tour allows wine lovers and aficionados of the arts to experience what the statement “wine is a form of art” entails. Participants will live the profound relationship between wine, music, dance, and visual arts by visiting Germany’s beautiful, lesser known wine regions, and the region which is the cradle of German culture, and intellectual thinking.

Meet winemakers who embody the "wine and art" approach right at their wineries, and attend three world-class concert-opera- and ballet performances in East-and Middle Germany.

This tour will tickle all of your senses and emotions. 

 

 

Here's What to Expect

 

• Visit a total of 19 wineries (16 are members of the VDP, the German association of elite wine makers) in 5 different wine regions:

Saale-Unstrut, the northernmost German wine region and former GDR territory. It is situated on the hillsides lining the Saale and Unstrut rivers and produces racy white wines from many white grape varieties;

Sachsen, also located in the former GDR, is the easternmost German wine region and extends some 35 miles north and south of Dresden along the Elbe river. This region tickles all your senses with its unique voluptuous baroque architecture, a rich history, its wealth of art, and love of all the good things in life;

Franken with its Bavarian charm and gorgeous, crisp, crystal clear wines from their signature grape Silvaner;

Württemberg, Germany’s premier red wine region with hearty, bold wines made from grapes like Lemberger (Blaufränkisch in Austria), and Trollinger. This is the region where wine is ingrained in daily life like nowhere else. The Württemberg region has the highest per capita consumption of wine in Germany; 

Hessische Bergstrasse, the smallest wine region in Germany with quaint little towns and villages right at the doorsteps of Frankfurt.

 

• Experience intimate insights into a selection of Germany’s best of the best wineries, normally not open to visitors.
• Learn how to read the label on German wine bottles.
• Get to know the classification of German wines including the new VDP classification.
• Explore why wine from the same vineyard can be sweet or dry.
• Enjoy excellent, typical German meals at great restaurant, historical places, and at the wineries with the owner/winemaker.
• Bump into German history and culture at every turn of our trip.
• Visit wineries where visual arts play an integral part.
• Hear eye witness accounts of recent German history worthy of a spy thriller: from the GDR to reunified Germany.
• Visit Leipzig and Dresden, for many centuries Europe’s cultural and intellectual centers and nowadays again - after surviving almost 50 years under communist rule - a stronghold of European culture. 
• Experience three world-class performances: a concert in the Gewandhaus Leipzig, an opera in the Semperoper Dresden, a ballet in the Stuttgart Ballet Theatre.
• Get the inside track and indulge in art and culture. 
  

 

For an even more detailed itinerary of this tour, click on: Schiller Wine Blog.

 

A Brief History

Germany with its roughly 250,000 acres under vine belongs today to one of the smaller wine producing countries in the world. However, viticulture in Germany has a long tradition, going back to Roman times 2,000 years ago.

In the 15th century, the area under vine was four times larger than it is today. Wars, subsequent loss of territory, diseases, overproduction, and competition from beer brewing resulted in land turned over to other agricultural uses.

In the 19th century, concentration on terroir and technological progress fostered a tremendous improvement of quality and the prestige of German wines, in particular from the Mosel, Rheingau, and Pfalz regions, resulting in prices above those for first growth Bordeaux wines.

Today, all thirteen wine regions in Germany produce outstanding wines. However, the two regions in the former GDR had a lot of catching up to do. During the communist times from 1945 until reunification in 1989, wine production was nationalized, and winemaking took place in huge VEB (volkseigener Betrieb / company owned by the people) wineries. The output, the bottle count was imposed on the VEB by the State, and therefore quality could not play a major role. The winemaking process was deprived of modern farming and cellar techniques. The majority of wine produced was for the consumption of the communist party members.

After the iron curtain came down, family wineries were founded, and the winemakers pursued quality with a vengeance. Some of Germany’s finest Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris today come from the Saale-Unstrut and Sachsen regions.

 

This will be an unforgettable journey discovering the German wine country off the beaten tourist track: the inside guide to top German wines, history and extraordinary cultural highlights! 
 

 

 

 

 

For more more information please visit: https://ombiasypr.com/

Or email: [email protected]

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OMBIASY PUBLIC RELATIONS AND WINE TOURS

 

 

Ombiasy Public Relations & Wine Tours

Serves up a Couples Life Long Passion for Wine

Conceived, created, owned and operated by the venerable husband and wife team, Annette & Christian Schiller, Ombiasy Public Relations & Wine Tours represents the lifelong passion the Schillers have for wine. Their business is founded on the passion, knowledge and network of contacts they have made throughout their travels around the world, an interest that started for them both while students at the University of Mainz in Germany.

 

 

EARLY BEGINNINGS:

The Seeds are Planted

Annette Schiller first became intrigued with wine back in her days as a student at the University of Mainz. Mainz is one of the 10 Wine Capitals of the World and Annette quickly realized that in this city, wine is ubiquitous. Students crank wine spritzers; the university offered classes in wine with accompanying tastings; and every other week there was a wine festival downtown. It was here also, that Annette met her husband, Christian, and their shared passion for wine soon became a keystone of their life together.

The Schillers were curious about all aspects of wine and wine-making. They took evening wine classes, worked in the vineyards during harvest season, and spent their weekends exploring the thousands of wineries in the surrounding countryside, tasting great wines right at the source. The Schillers immersed themselves in learning every aspect of the winemaking process from understanding how the outcome of the combination of nature and production techniques play a significant role in the taste, smells and flavour of each variety; to learning the different grape varietals, terroir and soils, as well as the production aspects in the vineyard, not to mention the vinification processes. But, they didn’t end their education with those details. They also learned the role wine has played in history and politics, and, of course, its inherent links to the culinary arts.

They were hooked!

 

NURTURING THOSE EARLY SEEDS OF INTEREST:

The Schillers lived in Germany and France for extended periods of time travelling the regions, tasting the wines, developing close friendships with wine estate owners as they continued to indulge in the passion of learning, immersing, exploring and tasting wine from all over the world. What started out as a passion quickly became a lifestyle and is now a vocation.

 

A BUSINESS IS BORN

After thirty-five years of their own travels, friends of the Schillers from their student wine days asked them to organize a tour of Bordeaux. And so a new chapter in their adventures began in 2011 with their first Bordeaux wine tour for the Hochheimer Wine Brotherhood. The tour proved to be such a success that the business grew to include other tours throughout Germany and France.

 

 

THE BUSINESS TODAY

These days, Ombiasy Public Relations & Wine Tours offers a growing number of tours, tasting, wine-pairings dinners and wine talks both in the United States and abroad. 

 

Following is just a sampling of current offerings provided by Ombiasy: 

 

• Expert, all-inclusive tours to wine regions in France and Germany. In Germany Ombiasy PR & Wine Tours are the pioneers of the concept to visit all 13 German wine regions with international wine friends.

• Custom tailored tours to wine regions in France, Germany, and other wine regions around the world.

• Planning and implementation of wine pairing dinners in the Washington DC area and Germany for wineries / châteaux.

• Educational presentations on the wines of France and Germany (with and without accompanying tastings).

• Conceptualization and organization of promotional events for the food and beverage industry.

 

 

Ombiasy Wine Tours have the benefit of offering tours in areas the Schillers know best, in countries where they lived, and like the first wine tour they arranged for their friends, the Schillers plan each tour designed around sharing their passion, their network within the wine community, and their in-depth knowledge of the wine regions they know best and feel most at home with their fellow participants throughout France and Germany. Specific tours have also combined their love of wine with their love of food, art and theatre, depending on the area they are visiting.

 

 

WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU TRAVEL WITH OMBIASY PR:

• Guidance and instruction throughout the trip by Annette and Christian Schiller, a husband and wife team. The Schillers are both wine enthusiasts, seasoned wine tasters and wine educators, and know the wine regions in France and Germany like the back of their hands - they lived there for many years! They are fluent in English, German, and French, and are experienced travellers. When you do a tour with Ombiasy Wine Tours you never get a paid guide, you always travel with the Schillers.
• Ombiasy always travels in a small group to make the experience more like traveling with friends, and to get a better and more intimate look at the behind the scenes of the wineries / châteaux.
• Travel in the wine regions by luxury air-conditioned motor coach.
• Accommodation in 3-star, 4-star, or 5-star hotels depending on availability in the regions, including breakfast buffets. Wine regions in Europe are for the most part pretty rural and the availability of standard international hotel chains is very limited. Where international hotels are not available, Ombiasy always choose charming, family-run boutique hotels, typical of the region. Very often those hotels are in historic buildings, where strict building codes apply that make any standardization impossible. All hotels are categorized by the government and the amenities correspond to the star system. However in some of the smaller hotels room sizes vary, elevators are impossible to install, and internet connections are shaky.  
• Restaurants are as carefully chosen as the vineyards and range from gourmet restaurants to local cafes typical to the region. Guests get as much a feel for regional specialities as they do for the area’s wines.
• Ombiasy wine tours include wine pairing lunches and dinners right at the wineries / châteaux with the owners or winemakers. You will enjoy gourmet and regional food, deliciously matched to the wines served which include older vintages. Dining as a private guest at a renowned winery or Bordeaux château is one of the ultimate experiences that you can have that is not usually open to the independent traveller.
• Access to wine estates normally not open to visitors.
• Expert wine tastings at top wine estates and châteaux as well as barrel tastings, vertikal tasting, etc. depending on availability.
• You will meet the owners and winemakers and are treated to private tastings with them. Since they are friends of the Schillers - you get the privileged access!
• Guided city tours and sightseeing tours of spectacular historical sites.
• You will receive a personal, authentic experience and total immersion in the particular wine region.
• The "INSIDE TRACK"!!

 

 

 

2015 TOURS

 

Germany East Introduction – Wine & Art:

Germany’s Undiscovered Wine Regions and World Renowned Art Centers: The Eastern Tour

10 day immersion in wine, culture the arts:  June 11, 2015 – June 20, 2015

This 10 day tour allows wine lovers and art aficionados to experience what the statement “wine is a form of art” entails. Participants will live the profound relationship between wine, music, dance and the visual arts by visiting Germany’s beautiful wine regions in the East and the cradle of German intellectual thinking. Visit 19 wineries, among them wineries that embody the wine and art approach; attend performances at the Gewandhaus Leipzig; Semperopera; and Stuttgart Ballet.

 

 

Germany South Introduction – Wine & Food:

Pinot Country and Michelin-Star Meals: The Southern Tour

 7 day immersion: August 30, 2015 – September 05, 2015

This 7 day tour takes participants to the southernmost German wine regions where you will experience the German red wine revolution, in particular gorgeous Pinot-Noirs. You will visit 16 wineries, among them Germany’s unconventional but exceptionally gifted winemakers. This tour has a strong culinary component reflecting this region’s historic affinity with good food, and its proximity to culinary Alsace in France across the Rhine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany North Introduction - Riesling Country

Quintessential German Rieslings and the Northern most Pinot Noir: The Northern Tour

 7 day immersion: September 06, 2015 – September 12, 2015

This 7 day tour lets participants explore the regions that are quintessential to understanding “Riesling”. You will visit 18 wineries and many cultural gems. The tour includes a cruise on the romantic Rhine River with its castle-and-vine ribboned banks; the Mosel valley with its dizzying steep vineyards; delving into 2000 years of history; and tasting first class wines at world-renowned wine estates.

 

 

Bordeaux 2015: Quintessential Bordeaux

10 day immersion: September 15, 2015 – September 24, 2015

Spend 10 days in Bordeaux! “Bordeaux” embodies more than just wine. In France the interplay of wine and food is very important and plays an integral part of the journey through the Bordeaux wine region. The tour focuses on top ranking classified Chateaux, but visits to unknown, excellent and very charming producers are also included. Drawing on the Schiller’s love and deep knowledge of the region as well as their personal ties to many of the players in the Bordeaux wine scene, you will visit many of the hidden gems that other tours pass by, but which are essential to understanding what Bordeaux is all about. This is a hands-on Bordeaux wine class on the ground.

 

 

Here's what some of their fans are saying about them:

"Thank you for setting up such a tremendous Bordeaux Wine tour. I cannot believe that you were able to get our small group of 13 people into the very special wineries …plus they really treated you (and us) as Royalty with the special tours, talks, and great meals. The places you selected spent much much time with us, like the 4 hour lunch and tasting of 15 of their wines. Annette, you did a great job of infusing history, meals, as well as the top selection of wines. You balanced costs with having us stay close to the places we were visiting.

We highly recommend your tour. On a scale of 1-10, your tour is a 15!"

Vicky and Bruce Ballantyne (Bordeaux Tour)

 

"In 2013 my wife and I joined Annette Schiller and her husband, Christian, for her Bordeaux wine tour and had a wonderful time. Annette's tours are top-notch, well organized and lots of fun. Annette is fluent in French, English, and German, her mother language. Our best experience? Our stay in the town of Saint-Emilion, and the City of Bordeaux, both are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Saint-Emilion with its Romanesque churches and famous for its Merlot based wines. We very much enjoyed the excellent food and top wines from renowned wine makers.

We highly recommend this tour for wine lovers of French wines.

In 2016 we plan to join Annette again for another round of her terrific Bordeaux wine tour."

 Gisela and Ray Leon (Bordeaux Tour)

 

"I joined the German tours in both 2013 and 2014 as I love both Germany and German wines. As I knew that dry German white wines are becoming more available in the U.S., I wanted to learn more about these and the new VDP classification system. From the superb visits I learned so much about these topics and really appreciated the great "grand cru" German Rieslings. In addition, being a Red Burgundy lover, I was fascinated with the top Pinot producers on the Southern German trip in 2014, and found many which were as enthralling as top Burgundies. Annette's organization of the tours was excellent, and I look forward to the 2015 tours".    

Brian Thomas (Germany north and Germany south tours)

 

 "I am a wine lover who took the Bordeaux wine country tour in September 2013. I had always been intrigued by Bordeaux and wanted a structured approach to exploring the region. Annette and Christian Schiller were excellent guides: remarkably knowledgable about the wines, vineyards and winemakers; talented transmitters of information; very caring; fun to be with. I tasted a great variety of red and white wines and enjoyed amazing food.

I cannot say enough about this wine tour and recommend it highly." 

Stephen Kent (Bordeaux Tour)

 

" As a wine lover with a reasonable knowledge of German wine (I have been a member of the German Wine Society since 1986) I had always wanted to visit German wineries. In September 2014 I took the northern and southern German wine country tours led by Annette Schiller. Our small group visited a total of 36 wineries (many hidden gems bypassed by other tours) in 9 different regions. Annette is a lively speaker with a deep knowledge and love of German wines and culture. We also greatly benefited from her close personal ties to the winemakers and owners visited.

I have nothing but great memories of my German wine experience. Thank you Annette."

Stephen Kent (Germany north and Germany south tours)  

 

 

 

"I have traveled on many wine trips, often with highly qualified locals who know the wines of their region and the local producers very well. I would put Annette in the very top tier of wine travel organizers. She knows well and fully understands the regions and producers of Germany. Her trips were perfectly organized and carefully planned. While it was a high energy undertaking, the good news is no time is wasted and there is room made in the action-packed schedule for the occasional historically or culturally significant place. An added benefit is Annette's charming husband, Christian. A wine blogger and dedicated foodie, he added another fun dimension to the trip. Their driver is a great guy, and almost every participant was someone I would gladly travel with again. My advice is do these trips if you are serious about understanding German wines. "

Ellen Kirsh (Germany north and Germany south tours)

 

"Everything about the Bordeaux trip - the wineries, the wines, the meals, the travel arrangements -was great. This is all due to Annette Schiller’s extensive knowledge of, and contacts in, the region. One could not ask for a better guide to Bordeaux wine and culture. The group benefitted greatly from Annette’s relationships with many of the vintners. Annette and the vintners taught us much about the terroir and the all the steps in the process that makes these great wines, as well as the foods with which to enjoy them. Moreover, given differences among vinters over some of the steps in the process - e.g., hand vs machine picking, use of pesticides, etc. - the group experienced an on-going debate as we travelled from one winery to the next. The openness of the vintners to our questions further personalized the experience that stemmed from Annette’s meticulous preparation of the journey. We are grateful to have had this experience and highly recommend it to anyone with a love of wine, regardless of the extent of their knowledge."

Anne and John Parisi (Bordeaux Tour)

  

 

For more information please visit: www.ombiasypr.com

or email: [email protected].

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About Dr. Christian G. E. Schiller

Christian Schiller lives in the greater Washington DC (US) and Frankfurt am Main (Germany) areas and writes about wine. He is a member of the FIJEV (International Federation of Wine and Spirits Journalists and Writers). Before starting to write about wine in 2009, Schiller was an economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Click on the following link to read his blog:

Schiller-Wine Blog: http://schiller-wine.blogspot.de/