tagesschau24, 9.45 pm
During his 40 years of professional life, Ulrich Elixmann had contact with many substances that are now considered dangerous. Today he regrets his careless use of pesticides. Because he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Although many studies have been published showing a higher risk for farmers and gardeners, the disease is not yet considered an occupational disease in Germany. In France, things are different: for example, in the case of Sylvie Berger from Bordelais, where large quantities of pesticides are applied. Berger used to work in viticulture, and today she too suffers from Parkinson's disease. She receives an occupational disability pension - why not the gardener Ulrich Elixmann from Germany?
hr television, 9.15 a.m.
"A convent is a great talent shed. You discover things about yourself that you had no idea about before." This is what Sister Thekla says, who first learned the profession of winemaker in the convent of St. Hildegard in Rüdesheim (Rheingau) - because it was needed there. Extensive vineyards belong to the convent, where she harvests grapes for white and red wine. Viticulture, like the convent shop, the goldsmiths and the ceramics workshops, is a separate branch of the economy with which the sisters finance convent life in Rüdesheim.
WDR Television, 11.20 a.m.
Kay Thiel from Niederdollendorf has recultivated an ancient vineyard in the Siebengebirge as a part-time vintner. Many plots in the steep vineyards of the Siebengebirge were abandoned decades ago because they were too labour-intensive. But in the meantime, cultivation is paying off again. Now grapes thrive below the Petersberg, which Kay Thiel harvests together with friends.
3sat, 12.00 p.m.
Quinten is not far from the Seerenbach Falls. It almost seems as if the small village with its almost sixty inhabitants is hiding from the rest of Switzerland. Quinten cannot be reached by car - only on foot or across the lake. The former tunnel builder Hampi Cadonau has created a little paradise for himself with his vineyard above Quinten. But now the owner of his leased land wants to put the property up for sale.
3sat, 12.50 p.m.
On the slopes high above Lake Geneva, vines have been cultivated for generations. The wine terraces of Lavaux in the canton of Vaud with a view of the lake and the Alps are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Winegrower Gilles Wannaz is aware of his responsibility and wants to protect Lake Geneva, the largest freshwater reservoir in Western Europe, from chemical pollution. Instead of artificial fertiliser, his vines are fertilised with cow dung, and he also does without pesticides. The winery is run biodynamically.
3sat, 7.15 pm
The "Greangehen" - going out into the countryside - has been part of the intangible UNESCO World Cultural Heritage in some places in the Weinviertel since 2019. On Easter Monday, the winegrowers invite you to "white bread, red wine and smoked meat" in the Kellergasse.
SWR Television, 8.15 p.m.
On the picturesque Moselle loop in Cochem-Zell, Angelina and Kilian Franzen cultivate vines in the more difficult to work, but beautiful Calmont steep slope. The winemaking couple from Bremm use a monorack cogwheel railway that winds its way up the vineyard for 500 metres. This is the only way they can work the vineyard. This takes three to four times as long as in flat locations. Nevertheless, they manage to bottle 90,000 bottles a year. Then it's up to the Black Forest half-timbered town of Schiltach - and into the past.
3sat, 1.15 p.m.
In this travel documentary, friends Sebastian Bezzel and Simon Schwarz, known from the Eberhofer detective novels, go on a discovery tour through eastern Bavaria. On the way, the two actors treat themselves to a special beer at a craft beer brewery in Mirskofen, Lower Bavaria. The brothers Tobias and Bastian Merches store it in red wine barrels. With their "Pils-Wein", the two beer rebels are causing a stir in the region. Their motto is also fitting: "There's no room for Helles anymore!"
MDR Television, 1.15 p.m.
Whether it's a shrew or a buzzard, an ant lion or genet - in the course of a year a vineyard attracts many wild animals and thus transforms into a natural paradise. Impressive animal and nature photographs show the interplay in the vineyard ecosystem - from the sprouting of the vines in spring to the harvesting of the grapes in autumn. In spring, the wild animals have offspring, their young explore their world in an often clumsy way. Love stories and fierce battles for survival alternate. Some animals work together in clever ways, others become adversaries and develop sophisticated hunting methods. Even exotic-looking species such as the bee-eaters, strikingly colourful migratory birds, fly from Africa to the Kaiserstuhl to build breeding burrows in the vineyard terraces and raise their offspring. The film tells of life and survival among the vines. The film is set in the wine landscapes of the Kaiserstuhl in Baden as well as in southern France and Lower Austria.
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SWR Television, 1.50 p.m.
Hohenlohe, the former poorhouse of Württemberg, has long since become a culinary insider tip. Where once princes and princesses reigned, today you can find traditional rural as well as upscale cuisine. And people who produce traditional products with commitment: In Hohenlohe's first farm café, the Schöll family in Brunzenberg welcomes their guests in original costumes and with Hohenlohe elderberry sparkling wine and pear sparkling wine, hand-shaken according to the champagne method.
arte, 4.55 p.m.
How are sensational taste experiences created? And what role does geography play in this? "Xenius" meets chefs, scientists and sommeliers to find out. The journey begins at the Paul Bocuse Institute in Lyon. Our tongue perceives five tastes - sweet, salty, acid, bitter and umami. We all know the first four. But the fifth taste, umami, which can be described as "savoury taste", is difficult for many to understand. Top chef Heiko Antoniewicz solves the mystery: the "pleasant taste" is triggered by glutamate. And there's a lot of it in tomatoes, cheese, mushrooms, meat - and in breast milk. In wine, the terroir in which the grapes are grown is supposed to lead to special taste experiences. But can you really taste it? The "Xenius" presenters find out from sommelier Christina Fischer and Prof. Ulrich Fischer at the wine campus in Neustadt an der Weinstraße. How is the characteristic taste of cheese created? It's not the milk that's responsible, it's the microorganisms, i.e. the mould cultures and bacteria. You can see this well in a crèmerie in Paris that works completely without milk. Here, nuts are used instead.
hr television, 10.00 a.m.
Stuart Pigott searches for mature wines and for wineries that offer mature wines at affordable prices. His search takes him to the Saar to the von Kesselstatt winery and to the Rheingau to the Georg Breuer, Wegeler and Kloster Eberbach wineries. He finds out which wines are stored for how long, whether white wines mature better than reds. Among the wine experts there is one who not only knows how to inform, but also how to entertain: Stuart Pigott. The Englishman, who lives near Frankfurt, often disregards conventions and gives so-called "label drinkers" a wide berth. Because good wine does not have to be expensive - that is his opinion and his experience.
ORF III, 1.00 p.m.
No other EU region grows wine at such a high altitude as South Tyrol. Wine thrives there up to 1,400 metres above sea level. The reasons for this are climate change on the one hand, but also new frost- and fungus-resistant varieties on the other. More and more forest and pasture land above 1,000 metres is making way for wine. The wine belt has also grown northwards, as far as Sweden, England and Denmark. Wine is also growing again in North Tyrol. Because wine has a long tradition there. Even the Romans are said to have made wine in the Alps a good 2,000 years ago. The first documented mention of North Tyrolean wines dates back to 869. In the area around Imst, field names such as "Weinberg" or "Weinleiten" bear witness to the wine-growing history. In 2017, the area under cultivation in North Tyrol was around ten hectares. The cross-border EU programme "Rebecka" is researching the effects of global warming on the cultivation of the Pinot Noir variety. Institutes in Bolzano, Graz and Klagenfurt are working together on this. In the past eight years, 150 hectares have been planted with vines in Carinthia and 100,000 bottles of wine were bottled for the first time in 2011.
ORF zwei, 10.40 a.m.
An "Experience Austria" from the ORF regional studio of Lower Austria accompanies winegrowers through a difficult year caused by the Corona pandemic. Among them are the wineries Netzl, Pitnauer, Markowitsch, Grassl, Böheim, Oppelmayer, Wiederstein, Taferner and Glatzer. The special features of their wines are shown and what joint efforts are made to master the challenging times. Because cohesion has united the winegrowers of Göttlesbrunn for generations.
hr television, 4.00 p.m.
The Gourmet Tour takes you to the largest island on the Rhine, the Mariannenaue in the Rheingau. Wine has been grown here for hundreds of years, currently Chardonnay. The wild boars also appreciate the taste of the grapes - and that's why many of them go into the sausage. At a romantic picnic on the island, winemaker Stefan Lergenmüller tastes sausage and wine with his friends. Afterwards, there is an exclusive tour of the cellars of Reinhardshausen Castle. The tour continues to Rüdesheim. After the grape harvest, the Rheingau is a little quieter. It is a nice opportunity to walk in the colourful vineyards and have a good meal afterwards. Breuer's Rüdesheim Castle serves duck stuffed with dates and figs, based on the recipe of Hildegard von Bingen, and Grandma Dina's dessert with fruit and sour cream.
SWR Television (RP), 6.05 p.m.
Maikammer is located in the district of Südliche Weinstraße. The village is surrounded by vineyards. There are many winegrowers in the village, but most of them only cultivate their vineyards as a sideline. The Weinstraße runs through the middle of the village. In the 19th century, the brothers Franz and Anton Ullrich lived in the section to the north of it. They invented a special joint for the metre rule so that it could be easily handled even when unfolded. The municipality has erected a monument to them in Weinstraße Süd. In Weinstraße Nord, visitors will find the Ziegler Winery, where wine is bottled in spring. This would not be possible without the pumps of the Bruno Platz company in the Wine Route South. Where the wine roads meet is the market square. It is currently being completely rebuilt.
ORF 2, 2.05 p.m.
Nomen est Omen. The district in the north-east of Lower Austria has devoted itself entirely to wine. It is the largest wine-growing region in the country, and the success story of the Grüner Veltliner was written here. Author Alfred Komarek, who has an affinity for the Weinviertel, says: "The Weinviertel shapes its people, the people shape their Weinviertel. Images of people are also always images of the landscape. Some of them are old and yellowed, in others the colours shine." "Eingeschenkt" captured many of these interesting images with the camera. After all, cameraman Harald Michael Seymann is a winegrower and Weinviertel native himself! There are, for example, the wintry impressions during the ice wine harvest in the vineyard of the Gessl family in Zellerndorf. And there are the spring, summer and autumn pictures in the vineyards of the friendly winemaker Maria Faber-Köchl in Eibesthal.
3sat, 4.15 pm
Finest truffles, best olive oil and wines without end - what grows here meets the highest standards.
3sat, 11.55 a.m.
During the "Rheingau Gourmet Weeks", under the motto "Regional Wines, Regional Cuisine, Regional Originals", wineries and cellars are opened to visitors that are otherwise not accessible. Typical, down-to-earth specialities are served with the wine. The fine Riesling soup will also be on offer.
ARD-alpha, 8.15 pm
Slovenia is the land of a thousand faces: interesting landscapes that could not be more different are found in a very small area. There are the high mountain peaks of the Julian Alps with gorges and river valleys, fascinating caves and karst areas, cheerful wine villages and picturesque coastal towns like the Venetian-like Piran.
3sat, 11.55 a.m.
The Weinviertel in the north-east of Lower Austria is the largest wine-growing region in the country. The success story of Grüner Veltliner was written there. Cameraman Harald Michael Seymann is himself a winegrower in the Weinviertel. He captured winter impressions during the ice wine harvest in Zellerndorf and also filmed in spring, summer and autumn in Eibesthal. The Weinviertel-affine author Alfred Komarek says: "The Weinviertel shapes its people, the people shape their Weinviertel. Images of people are also always images of the landscape. Some of them are old and yellowed, in others the colours shine..." "Eingeschenkt" captured many of these impressive pictures with the camera. Winemaker Roman Pfaffl explains what the much-cited "Pfefferl" in Grüner Veltliner is all about. Differences between modern and old cellar technology are made clear by means of two very different wine cellars: "Eingeschenkt" takes you to the steel tanks at the Pfaffl winery and visits Josef Seidl's picturesque old cellar in Alberndorf, which functions as a natural climate chamber. "Eingeschenkt" is also a guest at the summer "Tafeln im Weinviertel", at the Kellergassenfest in Falkenstein and tastes "gefüllte Laaer Zwiebel", a speciality of the region.
3sat, 9.00 p.m.
Fungi are the world's most industrious waste disposers. They are being researched as intelligent networks, as a source of new chemical substances for the development of drugs against resistant germs and as food for a growing world population. The biotechnologist and microbiologist Professor Vera Meyer is researching the impressive properties of fungi as building materials at the TU Berlin and is convinced that they can help us make the transition from a petroleum-based to a biologically-based world. Of the estimated 1.5 million species of fungi worldwide, only about 120 000 have been identified and described so far. With his guests from research and science, Gert Scobel talks about fungi, the biological wonder weapon.
Bavarian Television, 7.30 p.m.
The dishes: veal boiled beef with horseradish sauce, plaice fillet on chanterelle risotto with parsley foam, wine tart Würzburg attracts visitors with its magnificent Baroque and Rococo architectural monuments, above all the Residenz with the world's largest continuous ceiling fresco. But picturesquely situated between vineyards on the Main, the heart of wine Franconia also beats in the Lower Franconian metropolis. In addition to good wine, many other specialities await you on the culinary journey of enjoyment of the "Landgasthäuser" team, from the Kalbstafelspitz high above the towers of Würzburg with a view of the residential city to the traditional vintner's cake in the old town. The team visited the following restaurants: Nikolaushof in Würzburg, Bürgerspital zum Heiligen Geist in Würzburg, Bürgerspital Weinstuben in Würzburg, Gasthof Bären in Randersacker, Café Michel in Würzburg, Sektkellerei Höfer in Würzburg and the Himmelstoss restaurant in Dettelbach.
hr television, 4.00 p.m.
A trip to our neighbours in Rheinhessen is well worth it. It's only a Katzensprung across the Rhine by ferry. There you will pass through gently rolling vineyards with views of windmills and small towns ending in "-heim". In each of them there is more than just one winery. Nina Thomas visits some of the dedicated winegrowers in the vineyard. The wine is accompanied by the right food - from a hearty vintner's snack to pike-perch with black pudding to saddle of lamb and chocolate dessert.
3sat, 4.05 a.m.
The Tagliamento is one of the most species-rich ecosystems in Europe. Unspoilt and wild, it makes its way through the Carnic Alps across the Friulian lowlands to the Adriatic Sea. For centuries, the river has been the basis of life for the people living along its banks. Thus, winegrower Emilio Bulfon cultivates old, indigenous grape varieties on the terraces above the Tagliamento in the small village of Valeriano.
3sat, 5.40 a.m.
For a long time, the Aeolian - or Liparic - Islands north of Sicily were hardly known, even to the Italians. Poverty, hunger and unemployment reigned. Those who could, emigrated. On Salina lives the passionate winemaker Nino Caravaglio, who produces Malvasia wine. "This vine determined the fate of our islands," says Caravaglio, "it made Salina so prosperous that in the 19th century we had a fleet of around 100 merchant ships. When phylloxera came at the end of the 19th century and destroyed the vineyards, it triggered a mass exodus. People had to emigrate, otherwise they would have starved to death. Only when means were found to control the aphid did second or third generation emigrants come back and replant the destroyed areas."
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3sat, 7.10 a.m.
The Tuscan Islands are a popular holiday destination. Thousands of tourists come every year to fulfil their dream of sun and beach on Elba, among other places. The film introduces people who appreciate the special features of the islands: a biologist who works for the national park "Tuscan Archipelago", a beekeeper, a former professional cyclist as well as a vintner who grows the typical sweet wine of Elba.
arte, 19.30
France, the land of wine: Hills full of vines characterise the landscape in many regions. But in some places the cultivation methods have exhausted the vineyards, and clearing has to be done again and again in the traditional growing areas. Some winegrowers are taking new paths, they want to turn their production around to counter the decline of wine culture - with new ideas, with a sense of tradition and in harmony with nature. One who is fighting against the dying of the vineyards in France is the vine breeder Lilian Bérillon. He runs a nursery in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon in the south of France. His work tips the scales when it comes to the survival and longevity of plants: the quality of the vines he breeds determines the quality of the grapes that will later grow on them. "The situation is serious: in the past, vines were planted to last 80 to 100 years, but today they only have a lifespan of 20 to 30 years - modern viticulture bears part of the responsibility for this," says Lilian. He maintains close relationships with the winegrowers and travels to wineries all over the country to develop customised solutions. The Beaujolais wine region, north of Lyon, is also going through a turbulent time. The Beaujolais nouveau has led an entire region into crisis. Here, Julien Merle, a young fifth-generation winegrower, has completely broken with previous cultivation practices. Together with his partner Nathalie, he works in the peasant tradition: organically, without chemicals. The result is young natural wines that are in vogue not only in France but all over the world. Will the "young wild ones" prevail on the wine market?
(The programme is available online in the ARTE media library from 11 April to 18 May 2021)
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Bavarian Television, 8.15 p.m.
Markus Hillabrand is a young farmer. Together with his wife Carolin, the 32-year-old runs a small vineyard in the middle of Lower Franconia. He is one of those winegrowers who want to get Franconian wine out of its dusty image - without throwing the long winegrowing tradition of the region and his own family overboard. His grandfather, who is now 84 years old, used to grow grapes as a sideline, but he still delivered the grapes to the large wine presses in the area. Markus, on the other hand, fully committed himself to viticulture when he finished his apprenticeship in 2006. He has been the boss of the farm since 2012. Today, Markus not only grows his wine on a total of 10 hectares, but also presses and sells it himself.
hr television, 10.00 a.m.
Sauvignon, Zweigelt, Syrah, Merlot, Chardonnay are well-known grape varieties that are increasingly taking root in Germany. But can these wines from "immigrant" grape varieties keep up with the role models? Stuart Pigott tastes in Baden (winery K.- H. Johner), in Württemberg (winery Rainer Schnaitmann, winery Schwegler) and in the Palatinate (winery von Bassermann-Jordan) and learns astonishing things about the international grape varieties that are now offered "Made in Germany". He discusses the decisive price-performance ratio over a "last glass" with Berlin sommelier Billy Wagner.
hr television, 9.20 a.m.
The Kaiserstuhl - a small, island-like elevation in the middle of the Upper Rhine Graben, known for good wines and sunny weather. Beneath its surface, the Kaiserstuhl hides an unusual history of its origins, which presenters Sven Plöger and Lena Ganschow get to the bottom of. Geology even comes into play during a relaxing fango treatment. But the volcanic rock phonolite not only provides the basic material for wellness treatments, it also produces mystical sounds. Other treasures await discovery in the soil of the Kaiserstuhl: from aromatic truffles to beautiful crystals. Birds travel here from the savannahs of Africa to make their nesting cavities in the loess soil. But how was loess formed in the first place? And how was it changed by the land consolidation of the 1970s?
arte, 19.40
The winegrowers in Crete are growing their old grape varieties again. In the 1970s they had ripped them all out in favour of Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot and Syrah. Now they want to re-establish themselves internationally through independence, as heirs to a 3,500-year-old tradition of Cretan viticulture. Maria Tamiolaki's father is a pioneer of the old Cretan grape varieties. He no longer wanted to press only copies of Bordeaux wines or retsina, whose resin is supposed to disguise the taste. He planted old varieties again, such as Vidiano, Mandilari, Kotsifali, which already existed 3,500 years ago in King Mino's time. Tamiolaki's daughter Maria and her husband Dimitri are continuing their father's legacy on 50 hectares of cultivated land. She studied viticulture in Bordeaux and met her husband there. The grapes ripen in a breathtakingly beautiful location: steep, barren mountains, small fields, a lot of manual work - Cretan wine comes from organic cultivation. Archaeologists recently recovered an amphora of Cretan wine from an Egyptian ship that sank 3,000 years ago - pressed from the vines that are now coming back into fashion. Crete's new wine is still an insider tip: the Tamiolakis produce 50,000 bottles a year, but soon want to double that.(Available online in the ARTE media library from 21 April to 20 July 2021)
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3sat, 11.55 a.m.
The wine-growing region of Wagram, situated north of the Danube along the Loess Wall, also includes Großlage Klosterneuburg south of the Danube. The common cultural asset, wine, is cherished and cultivated. The loess of the Wagram is an excellent soil for spicy, powerful wines. But it takes winemakers who know how to deal with the conditions. "Eingeschenkt" looks over the shoulders of the biodynamically working winemakers Bernhard Ott and Karl Fritsch. One is dedicated to the old technique of making wine in amphorae, the other to alternative methods of fertilisation, for example with cow horn preparations stirred with a "witches' broom". All this is done with an eye to protecting the soil and climate.
hr television, 10.25 a.m.
On the east coast of the Adriatic, between Zadar and Dubrovnik, lies one of the most beautiful cultural and natural landscapes in the Mediterranean: Dalmatia. Illyrians, Greeks and Romans, Avars, Slavs and Croats have all settled here; time and time again, the ruling power has been forcibly changed. But every war was followed by reconstruction - proof of the vitality of the people here. From the 14th to the 16th century, Dalmatia belonged to Venice's sphere of influence. The most impressive monuments, monasteries, forts and fortified towns date from that period. Film author Peter M. Kruchten visits Trogir and Korcula, Marco Polo's birthplace, but also Split and Dubrovnik. The island of Brac, which for thousands of years supplied the marble for famous buildings such as Diocletian's Palace in Split, is on the route, as is the Peljesac peninsula, famous for its red wines. Dalmatia's great natural beauties include the islands of Kornati as well as the waterfalls of the Krka National Park or the karst phenomena of Velebit and the Biokovo massif.
3sat, 2.50 p.m.
The gold of today in New Zealand is wine, as winemaker Nick Mills tells us. Pinot Noir is the most famous grape variety of the southernmost of all vineyards, which has gained international recognition. Just as ships full of hopeful gold miners used to come to New Zealand, today they set off in the opposite direction, laden with wine.
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3sat, 3 .30 p.m.
The film presents wine culture in the Siebengebirge. The members of the Belz family, for example, have been cultivating their wine as organic winegrowers in the steep slopes of the Mannberg near Unkel since the 1990s. The small town on the Rhine serves as a starting point for hiking tours. It is also home to the Willy Brandt Forum, an exhibition about the former German Chancellor, who lived there in the last years of his life. Another stop is the wine-growing town of Bad Honnef-Rhöndorf, the residence of former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and a popular attraction for day-trippers.
Bavarian Television, 7.15 p.m.
Artists often live and work in old buildings. They have an eye for the extraordinary and appreciate the possibilities that historic houses offer: plenty of space, affordable prices, unconventional furnishings and unique spaces. For the new episode of the series "Living with a Monument", Sybille Krafft visited artists with unusual homes and workshops throughout Bavaria. In the Lower Franconian wine village of Thüngersheim am Main, a metal artist and goldsmith combines life and work in a 17th-century winery.
arte, 7.05 a.m.
France, the land of wine: hills full of vines characterise the landscape in many regions. But in some places the cultivation methods have exhausted the vineyards, and clearing has to be done again and again in the traditional growing areas. Some winegrowers are taking new paths, they want to turn their production around to counter the decline of wine culture - with new ideas, with a sense of tradition and in harmony with nature. One who is fighting against the dying of the vineyards in France is the vine breeder Lilian Bérillon. He runs a nursery in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon in southern France. His work tips the scales when it comes to the survival and longevity of plants: the quality of the vines he breeds determines the quality of the grapes that will later grow on them. "The situation is serious: in the past, vines were planted to last 80 to 100 years, but today they only have a lifespan of 20 to 30 years - modern viticulture bears part of the responsibility for this," says Lilian. He maintains close relationships with the winegrowers and travels to wineries all over the country to develop customised solutions. The Beaujolais wine region, north of Lyon, is also going through a turbulent time. The Beaujolais nouveau has led an entire region into crisis. Here, Julien Merle, a young winegrower in the fifth generation, has completely broken with previous cultivation practices. Together with his partner Nathalie, he works in the rural tradition: organically, without chemicals. The result is young natural wines that are in vogue not only in France but all over the world. Will the "young wild ones" prevail on the wine market?
3sat, 11.55 a.m.
Leisure oasis, nature reserve, region of pleasure and wine-growing area: the diversity of this stretch of land north and east of Lake Neusiedl also benefits the wine that thrives there. The Pannonian climate, the lake as a climate regulator and the commitment of the winegrowers determine the diversity of the wines. The film visits the area around Lake Neusiedl and introduces innovative winegrowers who have brought new prestige to the wine region.
arte, 13.00
Barbados is a Caribbean paradise where crystal-clear waves crash against white limestone cliffs. But the island offers not only picture-postcard idylls, but also good cultivation conditions for sugar cane. The British settlers who introduced the plant used the know-how of their slaves to distil an alcohol they called "rum". The spicy drink became the island's trademark.
(The programme is available online in the ARTE media library from 23 April to 29 June 2021).