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Cost: $60.00
Dear German Wine Society Members,
The next event of the San Francisco Chapter of the German Wine Society will be Saturday evening, October 12, 2019 in San Francisco. For this Special Event, for the first time we will have four Grosses Gewächs wines ("GG"), which are dry wines from a Grosse Lage site (Erste Gewächs in Rheingau where it is a legal term and part of the wine law).
The term Grosses Gewächs is not an official German Wine Law term, but a term that some 200 of the top German Wine Producers (The Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter, "VDP") have developed to identify vineyards considered to be the Grand Crus of Germany. The grapes in GG wines must be the product of hand-harvested single vineyards with a maximum yield of 50 hl/ha. At harvest, the required minimum must weight is equivalent to Spätlese; thus, wines harvested at Kabinett ripeness are not eligible for the classification. Grosses Gewächs wines are legally considered trocken, and may not contain more than 9 g/l of residual sugar. Member estates must be careful to respect legal label language, and terms such as “Grosses Gewächs” do not actually appear on the label. “GG” is used in its place. In addition to the Erste Lage logo, capsules on all member estates’ bottles must show the VDP logo: (a stylized eagle clasping a cluster of grapes).
With all these requirements, the GG wines tend to be much more expensive than other Trocken wines. In addition to the four GG wines, we also plan to have two Spätlese wines, two Auslese wines, a Beerenauslese wine and an Eiswein. As a result, the Member price to attend the October 12 event is expected to be $60.00 per person.
Details for the event are as follows:
DATE: Saturday, October 12, 2019
TIME: 7:00pm to 9:00pm
PLACE: Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA -- between Pacific & Jackson (Street Parking is available)
PRICE: $60.00 per person for Members, one guest per Member, and first time attendees
We will have enough food served buffet style to make a full meal, including dessert.
The German Wine Society San Francisco Chapter will send the formal RSVP and address upon recieving payment.
San Francisco Chapter, German Wine Society
Email: germanwinesocietysf@gmail.com
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