The “Weinsommer” opened on Oberursel’s Rathausplatz last week and I was there for the Oberurseler Woche. My article is on page 6 today, click here to read it in German.
Glühwein
December 14, 2007 By 1 Comment
Glühwein is wine that has been spiced and heated up – although not boiled! It is drunk in winter during advent and as such is strongly associated with Christmas in Germany.
The main spices used are cinnamon, cloves, lemon and aniseed and both red and white wine can be used, although red wine is more common at the markets. It is also available ready-to-drink in bottles and cartons at supermarkets.
In English it is known as mulled wine.
To hear a simple explanation and a short discussion in German, listen to the podcast:
(Press the “play” button to listen to the podcast)
The Rheingau Wine Festival in Oberursel
October 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment
… or “the one that caused us problems”.
This podcast was first meant to be put online in August, but despite on editing the soundtrack it became apparant that some of the music at the festival could very clearly be identified and so we tried to find out what sort of permissions we would need to use the recording.
Needles to say, it took a while to get an answer and the solution would not only cost us 60EUR per year to keep the MP3 file online, but there were so many conditions attached that in the end we decided to leave it for the time being.
Now the recording has been re-edited so that you can at least hear some of the festival atmosphere, even if some of the interesting parts of the recording have had to be left out.
(Press the “play” button to listen to the podcast)
