Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the Handkäs… Handkäse – literally “hand cheese”, traditionally formed by hand – is a sour milk cheese – a cheese that has been curdled…
The Potsdamer Hof is a vineyard restaurant on the outskirts of Bodenheim, a proverbial HSAAJ from Mainz. We rocked over on Friday (the planned visit to Mainz’s wine festival in…
> These are trying times for the fiscally responsible…. Mrs jb dragged me down to the Caffea Moguntia’s Advent Bizarre Bazaar the other evening. Ordered a double espresso and tried…
> We (Ms jb, actually) discovered the Kühling-Gillot winery in Bodenheim (hsaajfm) sometime back in the late 1980s. There was an ad in the local rag announcing the opening –…
> In real life, Martin Kijaszek is a graphic designer. Runs his own advertising agency. The rest of the time, he’s Billy Crash, troubador extraordinaire, singing blues in the local…
> Despite having become a recognised expert on things nephological, I have no explanation for this phenomenon. And this is only PART of it. Imagine this as the left hand…
> Scene at the Urige Weinkeller, Bodenheim
> ..once. 3pm during the week and 10:30am on Saturdays. Surprised that it hasn’t been a) ripped out of its mountings and sold for scrap iron b) painted standard Post…
>Adam Weber is a vintner in Bodenheim and the proprietor of the Urige (translates as natural, down-to-earth, real, authentic..) Weinkeller, a wine bar that’s open for 10 months of the…