Das heilige Burgund

In the organizer's words:

Seminar and tasting in German
The sacred Burgundy
Getting to know French wines
with Sascha Rimkus

For fans it is the holy grail of the wine world, for others this attitude is completely incomprehensible. Burgundy polarizes like no other wine region. It doesn't make things easy and even experienced wine drinkers steer clear of it because they have experienced too many (and expensive) disappointments. The classification is complicated, there are strong vintage fluctuations and the wines need to mature. You could probably spend your whole life studying the subject, but Sascha tries to build up the basic framework for understanding Burgundy in one evening. Whether from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir or Gamay, there are real terroir wines to be discovered.

For fans, the prematurely disappointed and the curious with a little prior knowledge.

Sascha Rimkus

Born on the North Sea coast of Schleswig-Holstein, little Sascha didn't exactly grow up with wine. His particular passion for the subject only came about when he crossed the Elbe to the south and made his first trips to wine regions. Seeing how wine is made and then drinking it locally in dimly lit wine taverns was an awakening! The subject has stayed with him to this day. He has worked his way through countless wine lists and shelves around the world and spent many years in restaurants and bars. Today, he is one of the operators of Goldhahn and Sampson, where he continues to build a steadily growing wine department.