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Saturday, 1 April

rbb television, 2.40 p.m.

50 Reasons to Love South Tyrol

One of the oldest types of wine, Gewürztraminer, comes from the small town of Tramin in South Tyrol. The south of South Tyrol is the area between Lake Kaltern and the Salurner Klause. Framed by almost 1,000-metre-high porphyry slopes and Dolomite mountains lies a chain of picturesque towns - Tramin, Kurtatsch, Margreid, Kurtinig and Salurn - linked by the ribbon of the Wine Road. In spring, when the fruit trees are in blossom, the valley along the Adige River is transformed into a vast sea of blossoms. For the farmers who cultivate this blessed land with its orchards and vineyards, a busy summer begins.

Sunday, 2 April

Bavarian Television, 2.30 p.m.

The Vintner King
Fortune in Misfortune Family series, Germany/Austria 2006

Thomas adopts Paul so that he too can bear the name Stickler. Paul wants nothing more in common with Georg Plattner. The first wine is ready to be bottled. Thomas has found an interested wine merchant who wants to buy a few thousand bottles. In their ecstasy of joy, Thomas and Paul race the forklift trucks in the hall. Paul crashes into a shelf and a barrel falls on him. He is seriously injured and taken to hospital.

Sunday, 2 April

3sat, 4.40 p.m.

The Wine and the Wind (Ce qui nous lie) Feature film, France 2016

After a long absence, Jean returns to his parents' vineyard in Burgundy. After his father's death, he and his siblings must decide what to do with the estate. If the children decide to keep the house and the vineyards, a high inheritance tax will be due. But before a decision can be made, the harvest must be brought in.

Sunday, 2 April

arte, 19.30

Adventure Spain
The Green North

From the fertile plains of the Rioja region around the river Ebro comes the wine of the same name, one of the most important in Europe. From Rioja and the Basque Country, the journey heads west to Castile-León.

Monday, 3 April

ZDFinfo, 19.30

Drought in Europe - The Catastrophe is Home-made

Europe's forests are burning, the harvest is withering. After three years of extreme drought and hot summers, the soil in many regions of Europe has dried out to a depth of several metres. Even the groundwater reservoirs are emptying dramatically. Until now, this was only known from desert regions. This development has drastic consequences for agriculture, viticulture, forests and our lives. How much are we to blame for this?

Monday, 3 April

3sat, 8.15 pm

Switzerland's Dream Routes
By Postbus to the Val d'Anniviers

The route to the remote Swiss Val d'Anniviers is an adventure and leads to the highest peaks of the Alps. The varied route starts in the Mediterranean Rhône Valley. The first part of the line leads through lovely vineyards and the wild Pfyn-Finges Nature Park, where organic winemaker Felicitas Mathier runs her vineyard close to nature. The medieval town of Vissoie is both the meeting point of the valley and the central bus station. There the valley divides and a bus change is due. On the left flank of the mountain, we go up to the tranquil mountain village of Chandolin, the hometown of Christelle's partner Sébastien Bonnard. A bus driver himself, he takes tourists to his village in his vintage Postbus and lets them taste the glacier wine that is unique in the Val d'Anniviers.

Tuesday, 4 April

ORF two, 9.55 a.m.

Julia - an unusual woman
In vino veritas

With Christiane Hörbiger (Julia Laubach) in the leading role When Arthur quickly fetches a bottle of wine for dinner from the neighbouring winegrower Vinzenz Grabner, he witnesses a tragic accident: The young farmer is crushed by an overturned tractor. All help comes too late. Now his wife Anna is left alone with the farm and their small children. But there is no end to the misfortune: shortly after the tragic event, glycol is found in Grabner's wine by the inspection commission. Anna cannot explain how this toxic additive could have got into the wine. Julia and Arthur take up the case.

Tuesday, 4 April

arte, 11.25 a.m.

On the Way to Santiago
Of wine and bones Available online from 28/03 to 30/04

Out of the daily routine, out of the comfort zone: with its 800 kilometres, the Camino Francés is a challenging journey through France and Spain - and to oneself. The documentary series accompanies a group of five pilgrims on the world's most travelled Way of St. James and presents the fascinating facets of the historically, culturally and culinary significant path.

Wednesday, 5 April

ORF two, 21.50

Travel Time - Short Trip
Portugal - The Douro Valley

The region around the Douro Valley is world-famous for port wine production and has a very long tradition. In 2001, the area was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. One stop in the unspoilt Douro Valley is the small town of Pinhão. Here, too, everything revolves around wine. Particularly worth seeing are the antique tile paintings at the train station, which depict traditional wine growing.

Wednesday, 5 April

SWR Television, 10.00 p.m.

Tatort: Bitter Grapes
Television film, Germany 2008

The wine inspector of the Saarland Institute for Food Chemistry, Gerhard Nieser, is found murdered on the outskirts of Saarbrücken: Winegrowers trembled before him, wine shops feared him. The last wine test took place on the day of Nieser's death at vintners in Bernheim, a small community near the French-Luxembourg border in Saarland.

Thursday, 6 April

ARD-alpha, 8.15 p.m.

Countries - People - Adventures
Lifeline Dordogne - From the Massif Central to the Rock of Domme

In a two-part documentary series, filmmaker Michael Trabitzsch embarks on a voyage of discovery along the Dordogne River through southwestern France. On the almost 490 km that the river covers from its source to its mouth, it flows through multifaceted landscapes - from dramatic and rugged in the volcanic mountains to romantic and historic in the Périgord to sweet and rich in the wine-growing regions of Bergerac.

Friday, 7 April

SWR Television, 10.50 a.m.

Festivals and Customs in the Countryside - Memories from the Southwest

When Neustadt-Gimmeldingen celebrates its Almond Blossom Festival, spring begins with the first wine festival in the Palatinate. The oldest wine festival in Germany is celebrated in Winningen on the Moselle.

Friday, 7 April

hr television, 2.15 p.m.

Among convent sisters
From the series "Experience Hessen

"A convent is a great talent shed. You discover things about yourself that you had no idea about before." So says Sister Thekla, who first learned the profession of winemaker in the convent of St. Hildegard in Rüdesheim - because it was needed. The monastery includes extensive vineyards where the grapes for the monastery's own white and red wine are harvested. Sister Thekla also walks through the vineyard with groups of visitors. Viticulture, like the monastery shop, the goldsmiths or the ceramics workshops, is a separate branch of the economy that finances monastic life in Rüdesheim.

Friday, 7 April

SWR Television, 3.45 p.m.

On Tour through the Palatinate
A wine region rediscovered

Warm hospitality, good wine, good food, 2,000 hours of sunshine a year, a landscape like something out of a picture book and in March the almond blossom heralds the arrival of spring. Then a pink splendour adorns the German Wine Route and its hiking trails. With the vast Palatinate Forest, the region invites you to hike, cycle and climb at this time. Viewers accompany former Wine Princess Christina Fischer on a journey through her homeland, from the Palatinate Forest to Deidesheim - sometimes on, sometimes off the Wine Road.

Friday, 7 April

hr television, 6.00 p.m.

Riesling in danger - A vintner defies climate change
From the series "Experience Hessen

For Bärbel Weinert a difficult summer is coming to an end: heat, drought, little water. Climate change: this is the greatest challenge of the coming decades. Can the award-winning Riesling from Geisenheim survive? What measures must be taken now? Bärbel Weinert sings as a front woman in a rock band, she once wanted to be a tornado pilot, loves speed, Sir Henry the sheep and the Rheingau. And she likes wine. She is the first director of the Prince of Hesse's winery, and in general she is one of the few successful women outside of family winegrowing in Germany. Donatus Landgrave of Hesse deliberately chose the young woman as director of his winery in Johannisberg/Geisenheim. The 39-year-old is to make the renowned Riesling estate fit for the future: sustainable, ecological, modern and high-yielding.

Friday, 7 April

hr television, 6.45 p.m.

Tobi's holiday trip: The German Wine Route up close!

It is one of the oldest tourist roads in Germany and runs for over 80 kilometres through the wine-growing region of the Palatinate - the German Wine Route. Of course, hr3 morning show host Tobi Kämmerer wants to know what there is to experience here. Wine lovers get their money's worth on the German Wine Route. But not only! Besides wine, there are romantic winegrowing villages, beautiful nature and an unbeatably mild climate. The Palatinate is not called the Tuscany of Germany for nothing. And Tobi meets young people with creative ideas here and gives tips on what not to miss.

Friday, 7 April

hr television, 21.00

On the E5 from Bolzano to Trento

Many people enjoy long-distance hiking. A camera team accompanied a group on their hike from Bolzano to Trento. The hiking week followed paths of historical and cultural interest, at altitudes between 1,300 and 1,800 metres. From the provincial capital of Bolzano, they went to Vetriolo, the highest thermal spa in Europe at 1,481 metres. The route led past the former ore mines in Kohlern, the place of pilgrimage Maria Weissenstein, through the geologically unique gorge of the Bletterbach, the Trudner National Park with the Salumer Forest, as well as via the Salurnerklause into the Cembratal, which is known, among other things, as a wine region, especially for its Müller-Thurgau. In addition, the culinary evenings made the tour a varied and unique experience.

Saturday, 8 April

hr television, 10.55 a.m.

Riesling in danger - A vintner defies climate change
From the series "Experience Hessen

For Bärbel Weinert a difficult summer is coming to an end: heat, drought, little water. Climate change: this is the greatest challenge of the coming decades. Can the award-winning Riesling from Geisenheim survive? What measures must be taken now? Bärbel Weinert sings as a front woman in a rock band, she once wanted to be a tornado pilot, loves speed, Sir Henry the sheep and the Rheingau. And she likes wine. She is the first director of the Prince of Hesse's winery, and in general she is one of the few successful women outside of family winegrowing in Germany. Donatus Landgrave of Hesse deliberately chose the young woman as director of his winery in Johannisberg/Geisenheim. The 39-year-old is to make the renowned Riesling estate fit for the future: sustainable, ecological, modern and high-yielding.

Saturday, 8 April

3sat, 1.10 p.m.

Adventure Journeys: Siebengebirge
From the Drachenfels to the Mannberg

Wine culture, hiking, an exciting history and a lively everyday culture: the Siebengebirge has a lot to offer. The film takes you from the Drachenfels to the Mannberg. The members of the Belz family have been growing their wine as organic winegrowers on the steep slope of the Mannberg near Unkel on the Rhine since the 1990s. The small town also serves as a starting point for hiking tours and is home to the Willy Brandt Forum.

Saturday, 8 April

SWR Television, 3.45 p.m.

Farmer wanted
For the Fuchs vineyard in Rheinhessen

In southern Rheinhessen lies the Fuchs vineyard, which has been in the family for almost 400 years, since 1626 to be exact. The 72-year-old winemaker Hans-Jakob Fuchs runs the business with his wife Hildegard in the 13th generation. But it is unclear what will happen to their life's work. Their son is pursuing a different career.

Hildegard and Hans-Jakob Fuchs from Flörsheim-Dalsheim are looking for a successor for their centuries-old family winery. It is time for a change.

SWR/Doclights GmbH

Saturday, 8 April

SWR Television, 7.08 p.m.

Hierzuland
Niedermennig - A Portrait of a Town

Niedermennig is located about four kilometres from Konz. First mentioned in a document in 1329, the village lies in a dry branch of the Moselle. Niedermennig has been a district of the town of Konz since 1970. With more than 900 inhabitants, it is the gateway and the largest village in the so-called Tälchen. It is traditionally characterised by viticulture. The Weber family's Falkensteinerhof, which is known throughout the region, is located here and exports its wines all over the world.

Saturday, 8 April

hr television, 8.15 p.m.

Danube Journey - From Passau to Vienna
On the road with Judith Rakers

The picturesque river valley between Melk and Krems with its vineyards is part of the Unesco World Cultural and Natural Heritage.

Monday, 10 April

MDR Television, 12.40 p.m.

Border Paths - The Border Panorama Trail

Fantastic views are the trademark of the Border Panorama Trail. Between Austria and Slovenia, it leads hikers uphill and downhill through wild nature, through the old cultural landscape of Styria and the eventful history of a divided region. The border panorama trail winds through the romantic vineyards of the "Styrian Tuscany" and on through the floodplain landscapes of the Drau and Mur rivers. Here, nature conservationists are taking care of the renaturation of the river course. The borderland is also a common biotope for beavers and endangered blue rollers. A formerly strictly guarded dividing line becomes a connecting path. With hopeful prospects!

Winegrower Armin Tement grows wine on the Austrian and Slovenian sides of the border panorama trail.

MDR/Saxonia Entertainment

Monday, 10 April

hr television, 13.00

On the E5 from Bolzano to Trento

Many people enjoy long-distance hiking. A camera team accompanied a group on their hike from Bolzano to Trento. The hiking week followed paths of historical and cultural interest, at altitudes between 1,300 and 1,800 metres. From the provincial capital of Bolzano, they went to Vetriolo, the highest thermal spa in Europe at 1,481 metres. The route led past the former ore mines in Kohlern, the place of pilgrimage Maria Weissenstein, through the geologically unique gorge of the Bletterbach, the Trudner National Park with the Salumer Forest, as well as via the Salurnerklause into the Cembratal, which is known, among other things, as a wine region, especially for its Müller-Thurgau. In addition, the culinary evenings made the tour a varied and unique experience.

Monday, 10 April

3sat, 2.00 p.m.

Switzerland's Dream Rail Routes
From the Three Lakes Region through Lavaux to Geneva

The Jura South Foothills line is one of the most beautiful railway routes in Switzerland. Along the French and German language border, the journey continues along the western shore of picturesque Lac Léman to Geneva. From Dreiseenland, the train heads south to idyllic Lavaux, Switzerland's best-known wine region. Between Vevey and Morges, the journey continues for a short stretch by boat across Lac Léman. The last leg to Geneva is then by train again.

Monday, 10 April

SWR Television, 4.30 p.m.

Legendary - The German Avenue Road

South Tyrol on the sunny side of the Alps: 350 peaks of more than 3000 metres, eight national and nature parks, the largest alpine pasture area in Europe, the Alpe di Siusi, the Unesco World Heritage Dolomites, crystal-clear mountain lakes, enchanted valleys and romantic villages and towns. Vines and apples grow here, edelweiss and alpine rose, marmots doze in the sun. German, Italian and Ladin are spoken. The people seem relaxed and balanced, in harmony with nature. Hilde Van den Dries is a wine farmer in Obervinschgau, the highest wine-growing region in Europe.

Monday, 10 April

SR Television, 7.15 p.m.

Pleasure with a future
Saffron, sour beet and viticulture as it was 100 years ago rediscovered

Viticulture as it was 100 years ago - that is the future for Christian Binner. In his vineyards north of Colmar, he and his men plough with horses, harvest the grapes by hand and mash the grapes with their feet. In order to use the whole grape as much as possible, cold-pressed oil is produced from the grape seeds.

Tuesday, 11 April

arte, 12.45 p.m.

City Land Art
Sweet Wine from Madeira

A lonely volcanic island in the Atlantic, Madeira was for a long time the last stopover on the way to the so-called New World. In the 15th century, it was occupied by Portuguese colonisers, who began cultivating wine on the rugged cliffs soon after their arrival. Madeira's sweet fortified wine quickly became popular, as it could be stored well on long crossings and gained in flavour when kept warm. It experienced its heyday when it sailed the oceans in the barrels of the explorers.

Tuesday, 11 April

ARD-alpha, 8.15 p.m.

Country-People-Adventure
Italy's Unknown South - Apulia and Basilicata

Stella Temperanza lives in the very south, on the Salento peninsula. She is the "little star in the sky" of the Pizzica dance. The dance is said to have its origins in mythology, connected with Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy. It was also believed to have a therapeutic effect. If someone was stung by a tarantula while working in the fields, he was supposed to dance until the poison disappeared from his body. Stella Temperanza, however, simply wants to thrill the audience today.

Friday, 14 April

SWR Television, 6.15 p.m.

Take a drive

Where the Rhine goes crazy - On the Schäl Seit between Leutesdorf and Unkel Sarah Hulten, a young woman from Leutesdorf, has set her mind on going her own way and restoring a completely overgrown former vineyard. Without training, without a vineyard and in addition to her actual job. She called it Plan R. R as in Riesling, Rhein, Rekultivierung. She did it: her first wine was immediately awarded gold.

Winemaker Sarah Hulten from Leutesdorf.

SWR

Friday, 14 April

WDR Television, 9.00 p.m.

The Emscher - The Blue Wonder

Tina Krachten, the winemaker of the first Emscher red wine, is introduced. Winegrowing on the Emscher? The film also tells of this "miracle".

Saturday, 15 April

3sat, 4.00 p.m.

Legendary - The Wachau

This time Axel Bulthaupt goes on a journey through the Wachau and experiences a fairytale landscape. A film with spectacular shots from the air. Bulthaupt also meets people who have shaped the land and those who are shaping it. The Wachau lies 80 kilometres west of Vienna on the right and left of the Danube between the towns of Melk and Krems. Famous monasteries alternate with picturesque villages.

Saturday, 15 April

hr television, 8.15 p.m.

Beautiful! Legendary Siebengebirge
On the road with Daniel Aßmann

The mountain bike tour up the Grosser Ölberg is challenging, cycling under the lime trees along the Rhine and through the vineyards is more relaxed.

Sunday, 16 April

NDR Television, 1.00 p.m.

Sunny South Tyrol
Where the South Begins

The picturesque wine villages along the South Tyrolean Wine Road to Lake Kaltern are explored by bike. And those who travel by bike may also taste one or the other good drop with a clear conscience.

Sunday, 16 April

Bavarian Television, 2.30 p.m.

The Vintner King
If only that goes well! Family series, Germany/Austria 2006

Mayor Georg Plattner receives four million euros in subsidies from Brussels for a new marketing structure. He wants to use the money to found a new winegrowers' association. Through misinformation he prevents Thomas Stickler from becoming a member. Georg's goal is to prevent his rival from selling his wine. But grand vintner and former mayor Gottfried Schnell joins the new cooperative and thwarts Georg's plans.

Monday, 17 April

3sat, 11.50 a.m.

At Table in... La Rioja

Marian and Juan Carlos Sancha are hobby winegrowers and run a small family bodega in the Spanish region of La Rioja. The autumn grape harvest is the highlight of the year for them. Juan Carlos takes care of everything to do with the wine, Marian and her mother-in-law look after the physical well-being of the harvest workers. They cook hearty dishes: Caparrones a la Riojana and Pimientos Rellenos. After the grape harvest they celebrate.

Monday, 17 April

3sat, 12.45 p.m.

France, I want to go there! Special: Paris and Champagne

Champagne - for many holidaymakers, the French region is the epitome of pleasure. And so presenter Simin Sadeghi goes on a culinary discovery tour. She visits the traditional champagne house Drappier and has the high art of champagne production explained to her. At the "Cave à Champagne" in Epernay, she looks over the shoulder of chef Bernard Ocio, who uses the sparkling drink in almost all his dishes.

Monday, 17 April

3sat, 8.15 pm

Cyclades - Greece's Dream Islands

Hardly any other group of Greek islands attracts holidaymakers as magically as the Cyclades. The blue and white holiday paradise is one of the most beautiful places in Europe. Filmmaker Natascha Rhein has travelled to four different Cycladic islands and presents an "island hopping" to follow. Santorini - the world's largest balcony of vanities, the Instagram stronghold par excellence, photographed millions of times. Romantics feel like they're in paradise there, and the selfie society patiently queues up for the best hot spots. Wine lovers also get their money's worth here, as the island is Greece's oldest wine-growing region.

Tuesday, 18 April

arte, 16.25

On the Way of St. James
Of wine and bones Available online from 28/03 to 30/04

Get out of your everyday life, out of your comfort zone: with its 800 kilometres, the Camino Francés is a challenging journey through France and Spain - and to yourself. The documentary series accompanies a group of five pilgrims on the world's most travelled Way of St. James and presents the fascinating facets of the historically, culturally and culinary significant path.

Tuesday, 18 April

3sat, 22.30

macro: Wanderlust - Climate Frustration
Tourism in times of climate change

Idyllic vineyards, picturesque hiking trails: until the flood disaster in 2020, the Ahr Valley was considered a dream destination for spa and wine tourists. Suddenly, all that was over - today, the destruction in the Ahr Valley is seen as a symbol of extreme weather events, which could also become more frequent in Germany as a result of climate change. Yet tourism is traditionally one of the most important economic factors for the region. How can the Ahr Valley become attractive again when infrastructure and gastronomy are in ruins?

Thursday, 20 April

3sat, 11.55 a.m.

The Taste of Europe
Western Friuli

Lojze Wieser and Martin Traxl go on a culinary voyage of discovery through Friuli. The banks of the Tagliamento are also ideal breeding grounds for wine. Especially in the past decades, there have been efforts in Friuli to revive the diversity of autochthonous grape varieties and to give many wine varieties that had fallen into oblivion a new future, for example by winemaker Emilio Bulfon.

Thursday, 20 April

arte, 1.30 p.m.

City Land Art
Vienna: Harvested, pressed and drunk nline available from 13/04 to 19/07

With hundreds of hectares of vineyards in the city area, Vienna, once the capital of the Danube Monarchy, is the largest wine metropolis in the world. For centuries, the Viennese have enthusiastically cultivated the hills along the Danube. The fact that they love their vineyards so much is not only due to the fact that they have helped them to become wealthy - as a counterbalance to the dressed-up city centre with its monumental buildings, the vineyards and their wine taverns have developed into true places of longing.

With its countless vineyards in the city area, Vienna, once the capital of the Danube monarchy, is now the largest wine metropolis in the world.

Elephant Doc

Friday, 21 April

Apple TV

Drops of God - Series launch

Frenchman Alexandre Léger, editor of the famous Léger Wine Guide and one of wine's most important personalities, has died at his home in Tokyo at the age of 60. He leaves behind a daughter, Camille (Fleur Geffrier), who lives in Paris and has not seen her father since her parents separated. She was only nine years old at the time. When Camille flies to Tokyo for the opening of Léger's will, she learns that her father has left the largest wine collection in the world. But in order to claim the inheritance, Camille must compete with Léger's young wine expert Issei Tomine (Tomohisa Yamashita). For her father has stipulated in the will: The two must solve three difficult wine-tasting tasks. Whoever wins takes over Léger's collection. Whoever loses will go away empty-handed. Can Camille win this duel? Because she has never drunk a drop of alcohol in her life...

Monday, 24 April

3sat, 5.00 p.m.

Adventure Spain (1/2)
The Mediterranean Coast

Spain's Mediterranean coast between Cadaqués and Torrevieja is diverse. In the north lies the Costa Brava, the "wild coast", with bizarre rock formations and secluded bays. The hinterland of the east coast also has much to offer. Wine has thrived on the steep slopes of the Priorat for centuries. The winemaker Sara Pérez matures it in amphorae. Further south, the village of Chulilla is the go-to place for climbers from all over the world. The spectacular gorge of the river Turia with its steep rock faces over 80 metres high is a wonder of nature and a popular destination for climbing enthusiasts.

Monday, 24 April

3sat, 21.00

Florence - Habsburg and the Beauty on the Arno

The filmic foray through Florence leads to architectural monuments such as the Palazzo Vecchio, the Villa Petraia and the largest private city garden in Europe, the garden of the Torrigiani family. Alessandro François' ancestors also settled in Tuscany in 1740 out of loyalty to the imperial house. Since the late 19th century, the family has devoted itself to viticulture in the Chianti region around the Castello di Querceto castle. Alessandro François leads director Gernot Stadler through his vineyards and tells of the time when his ancestors were loyal servants of the grand dukes.

Tuesday, 25 April

3sat, 2.15 pm

Collio - Italy's hills of delights

The Collio wine-growing region in the extreme north-east of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, captivates with its hilly landscape, charming villages and culinary specialities. A special microclimate characterises the region, which is culturally influenced by Austria, Italy and Slovenia. The wine there is first-class, the vinegar spicy and prosciutto. The mutual cultural influences can also be seen in the cuisine. The word "Collio" means hill and is the somewhat fuzzy Italian translation of the Friulian name "I Cuei". On the Slovenian side, the area is called "Brda", which also means hill. It is in fact an extensive hill country that opens gently towards the sea and includes the areas of the Colli Orientali del Friuli, the Collio Goriziano and the Slovenian Brda.

The recently deceased winegrower Roberto Felluga.

ZDF/ORF/GS-Film

Wednesday, 26 April

3sat, 10.20 a.m.

Liguria - Life between Sky and Sea

High above the Gulf of Genoa, a chain of forgotten places and fascinating landscapes stretches from the French Riviera to the hills of Tuscany. This is where the Ligurian hiking trail leads. In Liguria, life is characterised by high mountains and proximity to the coast. People always love, live and die "su o sciu": up or down. The rhythm of the incessant ascent and descent culminates in the work on the narrow wine terraces of the Cinque Terre - an unmistakable cultural landscape that has been a Unesco World Heritage Site since 1999.

Wednesday, 26 April

3sat, 5.45 p.m.

Moldova - A Country in Transition

An open-air opera festival is held annually in Butuceni. Anatolie Botnaru, a viticultural engineer, lawyer and entrepreneur, has set up the event. The 52-year-old has lived in the small town for 14 years. He has restored abandoned houses there in the traditional style and has been just as successful with international tourists as with his restaurant. Olesea Cojocaru keeps the kitchen running with the help of the village women. They cook according to tried and tested recipes and press wine from old vines.

Thursday, 27 April

3sat, 11.50 a.m.

The Taste of Europe
The Slovenian Karst

This time Lojze Wieser travels through the Karst and the kitchens of Slovenia. Among other things, he cooks the traditional bean stew Jota, which stands for the diversity of Europe, with some peasant women. He also drinks the rich Teran, at once red wine, elixir of life and disinfectant, gets involved in a competition with an old farmer for the prsut, the air-dried ham, and looks across the historic olive oil-butter border. Europe's versatility is not easy to fathom, as a wide variety of cultures, people and languages can be found in a very small area. In any case, one must embark on a journey - reading and wandering, preferably also eating and drinking.

Friday, 28 April

3sat, 5.35 p.m.

Dream Lakes of Switzerland: Summer Stories on the Waterfront

The former tunnel builder Hampi Cadonau has created a little paradise for himself with his vineyard above Quinten. Now the owner of his leased land wants to put the property up for sale.

Saturday, 29 April

arte, 9.25 a.m.

City Land Art Special
Bosnia and Herzegovina's hard-won wine

Beneath the karst fields of Popovo Polje lies one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's greatest treasures: mineral-rich underground cavities that allow the region's vines to grow and flourish. All the prerequisites were in place to make the wines there something very special. But then came natural disasters, wars and conflicts. The fact that noble wines like Blatina and Zilavka still exist today is thanks to a handful of persistent and passionate men.

Programme changes at short notice are possible.

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