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The first story Uwe Kauss wrote for wein.plus dates back to 2008. It told about an unusual topic that we found very interesting: The article was about winemaker Lars Reifert in Freyburg, Saxony, who grows wine on the edge of a former lignite dump. Until today, Uwe has accompanied our work as a freelance writer as well as an editorial consultant. Since January, he has switched roles: as Head of Content & Members, he is now responsible for public relations and communication with members as well as editorial organisation.

Uwe Kauss

He works closely with Marcus Hofschuster and coordinates the editorial processes as well as the work for the magazine, for example to complement and round off the tasting topics. Uwe Kauss has spent his entire professional life researching and writing, later with editorial management, almost all aspects of public relations as well as editing.

He started his career as a freelance journalist in his hometown of Frankfurt am Main, financing his master's degree in German and sociology. More than 30 years ago, he wrote hundreds of local reports for the "Frankfurter Rundschau" still on a mechanical typewriter. Later, he worked as a trainee at the computer magazine "Chip" in Munich, became its first online editor-in-chief and moved to the "Computerchannel" of the Hamburg publishing house Gruner+Jahr. He then worked as senior manager and head of department for t-online.de - and decided to start again. To write again. He published for example in Spiegel, in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, in the Handelsblatt, in special interest and trade magazines as well as online media. Thus, his hitherto private passion for wine became an important part of his profession: since then, Uwe has been writing about wine - apart from for wein.plus, for example, for the long discontinued "Alles über Wein", for Enos, Fine and as Germany editor for the Austrian wein.pur, which is now very successful as a "Genuss" magazine. So for many years he also tasted, rated and was appointed to several juries.

He has also written books. A total of 18 titles have been published by him so far: From eight non-fiction books for children on the TV series "Willi wills wissen" to non-fiction books, two theatre works, the novel "Wein oder nicht sein" (Wine or not to be) - about three wine maniacs with a mysterious past - to plays and most recently crime novels. In addition, he has conceived, developed and edited culinary and wine books. And because all this was apparently not enough for him, he has devised exhibitions and cultural projects in his current place of residence, Offenbach am Main, and brought them to their opening.

When he is not writing, reading, designing or communicating, he likes to let the wind blow around his nose. Uwe loves sailing and cruises the Main in a dinghy - when a 110-metre-long freighter doesn't cross his path. He also enjoys being outdoors with his dog "Clark" or cooking and enjoying himself with his wife, who works in the office next door.

Can you remember the first wine you drank?

Quite well, actually! I was 16, 17 years old when my father poured me his beloved Rheingau Riesling into a terribly decorated wine tube in the cellar bar. I drank because I wanted to do him a favour - and wow, I liked it! It was an Oestricher Lenchen Spätlese trocken from the Fetzer Winery in Oestrich-Winkel - they are the ancestors of the Californian Fetzer Vineyards. Back then, in classic fashion, my family was only supplied by this vintner in the van every year. The lean Rheingau style has influenced me to this day: Riesling is one of the varieties I not only like, but love.

As an author, what wine do you drink with your book writing?

Wine? Nope. Wine is not suitable for writing. You need to be highly concentrated and focused. Every word, every comma has to find its place - or give way to a better idea. There's water or tea. Nothing else. After writing, a very good, but not too complex wine tastes best to me late in the evening. I like Bordeaux that's not too ripe, good Blaufränkisch and, of course, dry Riesling from a good vintage. But sometimes also just what I blindly pull out of my wine fridge.

You love and write crime novels. Do you have a wine-crime combination for our fans?

I follow a simple rule: combine classics with classics and strange, unusual stories with edgy wine characters. With brilliant stories like those by Raymond Chandler, I would choose a deep, lively red wine without Mediterranean notes. Chandler's novels always tell of lively characters with rough edges, of the other side of the good life. The powerful contrast of tannins, acidity and fruit goes well with this. Or just a three- to five-year-old Riesling. That always goes.

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