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Saturday, 1 October

SWR Television, 2.00 p.m.

A Life for the Crown - On the Road with the Wine Queens

It is certainly the most unusual year in the life of Sina Erdrich from Baden, the German Wine Queen, as well as her princesses Linda Trarbach from the Ahr and Saskia Teucke from the Palatinate. A beautiful dress, a glittering tiara, a radiant smile: that's what most people associate with a wine queen. But how does this image fit three young, modern, highly educated women who have much more to offer than beautiful appearances? An exciting journey through the world of wine alongside three power women who live their roles with pride, self-confidence and a lot of charm.

German Wine Princess 2021/2022: Saskia Teucke from Weisenheim am Sand, Palatinate. ©SWR/German Wine Institute

Saturday, 1 October

WDR Television, 3.15 p.m.

Delicious on board
Eet Smakelijk - Bon appétit in Nijmegen

Top chef Frank Buchholz visits winemaker Adam Dijkstra in the wine centre "De Colonjes". Organic viticulture is practised here on 13 hectares. Frank helps Adam with mulching and is allowed to look after young Riesling plants. In the well-tempered wine cellar, the chef is allowed to taste a sparkling wine batch and, in addition to wine, also take naturally cloudy sparkling wine on board.

Saturday, 1 October

3sat, 3 .30 p.m.

The Azores - Nature Experience in the Atlantic Ocean

Pico, named after the 2351 metre high volcano Ponta do Pico, is the island of wine and whales.

Saturday, 1 October

Phoenix, 6.00 p.m.

Castles and Palaces in Austria
From Vulkanland to Schilcherland

Kapfenstein Castle in the Vulkanland has developed into a true temple of pleasure. Here, the ten-member Winkler-Hermaden family of winegrowers and hoteliers creates internationally acclaimed wine on volcanic soil. Christof Winkler-Hermaden, who looks after the fate of the wine cellar, invites guests to his wedding in style in the picturesque vineyards around the castle.

Sunday, 2 October

SWR Television, 7.15 a.m.

people & moments - wine

Menschen & Momente sets the mood for the weekend feeling on Saturday evening. Sometimes it's "out on the water" or into the most beautiful and curious gardens of the southwest, sometimes it's enjoyable or adventurous.

Sunday, 2 October

SWR Television, 3.15 p.m.

On Tour through the Palatinate
A wine region rediscovered

Viewers accompany former wine princess Christina Fischer through her homeland, from the Palatinate Forest to Deidesheim, and discover a region that has far more to offer than "Worscht un Woi". They reach dizzying heights at the Trifels climbing rock, visit the largest coral grower in Europe in the small village of Leinsweiler, learn the secret of fine raspberry chocolate tartlets and discover that German sparkling wine and Japanese food harmonise excellently.

Sunday, 2 October

NDR Television, 4.00 p.m.

Home Cooking - Culinary Treasures from Rheinhessen
Game and wine from the vineyard on the Rhine

"Heimatküche" meets culinary treasures from all over Germany. This journey of the countrywomen goes to Rheinhessen to Shanna Reis. She and her family are the fourth generation of winegrowers and farmers. And the young winemaker carries on another family tradition: hunting. She does both with great passion. Wine meets game in her three-course menu.

Sunday, 2 October

ORF 2, 4.00 p.m.

Poured - Wine Country Austria
Sparkling wine country Austria

This time Eingeschenkt deals exclusively with the topic of sparkling wine. Which grapes are needed for it? Where do they grow in Austria? How is sparkling wine produced? Méthode traditionelle, Charmat method etc.? In this episode, the many aspects of this traditional festive drink are vividly explained.

Sunday, 2 October

SWR Television, 5.15 p.m.

Delicious in the countryside
Culinary treasures from Rheinhessen
Game and wine from the vineyard on the Rhine

"Home cooking" meets culinary treasures from all over Germany. This journey of the countrywomen goes to Rheinhessen to Shanna Reis. She and her family are the fourth generation of winegrowers and farmers. And the young winemaker carries on another family tradition: hunting. She does both with great passion. Wine meets game in her three-course menu.

Monday, 3 October

arte, 6.45 a.m.

The wonderful world of wines
China: Wines from the Roof of the World

In southwest China, in an extremely difficult-to-access region on the border with Tibet, local farmers have been growing wine for over a hundred years, brought by French missionaries. In the past ten years, large foreign corporations have also discovered the growing region and are investing a lot of money to produce the best wine in the entire Middle Kingdom. They have this goal in common with the small farmers who have formed a cooperative.

Monday, 3 October

ARD-alpha, 9.45 a.m.

Alcohols and their derivatives

Alcohols are an extensive group of chemical compounds that have many similarities but also great differences. The best-known alcohol is produced when wine yeast ferments the sugar in grape juice. The film takes the winemaker's wine-making process as its starting point. Experiments and real film segments show how alcohols become their derivatives, how ethanol becomes ethanal or acetic acid. Esters are also derived from alcohols and are common flavourings in nature.

Monday, 3 October

arte, 5.20 p.m.

The wonderful world of wines
Patagonia: Viticulture at the end of the world

At the foothills of the Andes, despite adverse climatic conditions, a few ambitious winegrowers have begun to transform the barren earth into green vineyards using modern methods. Despite extreme heat and cold, a small group of adventure-hungry Europeans set their minds to conquer the hostile landscapes to grow grapes there a little more than a hundred years ago. With new technologies, they braved the climatic conditions of an isolated region that was not intended by nature for viticulture.

Day after day, Patagonia's winemakers push the boundaries of the desert a little further. With new technologies, they defy the extreme climatic conditions of an isolated region that was not intended by nature for viticulture.

Grand Angle Productions

Tuesday, 4 October

arte, 9.45 a.m.

GEO Reportage
Enchanting Moselle

Along its 544 kilometres, the Moselle River shapes a centuries-old cultural landscape and people whose fates have been firmly linked to it for generations. "GEO Reportage" visits one of the steepest vineyards in the world, the Calmont, in the Moselle valley and meets the winegrower Kilian Franzen.

Tuesday, 4 October

arte, 11.40 a.m.

The wonderful world of wines
Croatia: the Dalmatian vineyards

Surrounded by the warm currents of the Adriatic, Dalmatia is the southernmost region of Croatia. Vines have been planted here for thousands of years. Winegrowing in Dalmatia experienced its heyday in the 19th century. At that time, the entire area was covered with terraces that were painstakingly chiselled out of the rock. With the collapse of Yugoslavia and the founding of the Republic of Croatia, a new generation of winegrowers set about cultivating the steep slopes again. Thanks to them, many original grape varieties are making a comeback.

Wine has been grown in the southern Croatian Adriatic region of Dalmatia since ancient times - despite difficult conditions: Rocky soil, drought and strong winds make work difficult for the winegrowers.

Grand Angle Productions

Wednesday, 5 October

arte, 11.40 a.m.

The wonderful world of wines
France/Alsace - The pact with nature

Nestled between the Vosges Mountains and the Black Forest, Alsace spreads out across the Rhine plain and offers ideal conditions for winegrowing. The small wine-growing region on the border between Germany and France offers unique geological conditions. Alsatian winegrowers strive to preserve this gift of nature. Many work with organic and biodynamic methods, as they have recognised that the future of their wines depends on respectful treatment of nature. In this way, these committed winegrowers serve as role models for an entire generation of young winegrowers.

Wednesday, 5 October

ARD-alpha, 8.15 p.m.

Beautiful
South Tyrol in Autumn
Hiking trails with views of apple orchards and vineyards

The Mediterranean climate in South Tyrol and a centuries-old artificial irrigation system bring good harvests to the family farms in Europe's largest apple-growing region and smallest wine-growing area. On the South Tyrolean Wine Road, Tamina Kallert travels to Völlan for the Keschntfestl - a chestnut festival where customs are writ large.

Wednesday, 5 October

Phoenix, 8.15 p.m.

San Francisco from above

Even before the sun rises, in the north, in one of the Bay Area's oldest industrial regions, workers are already toiling in the gently rolling vineyards of Napa Valley. The winemakers there are among the largest and most famous producers of American wine.

Thursday, 6 October

arte, 11.40 a.m.

The wonderful world of wines
Germany - The Challenge of Climate Change

Even the Romans planted vines on the sunniest slopes of Franconia. Today, viticulture in the region is threatened by climate change: soil erosion and drought are causing problems for the characteristic Franconian grape varieties. Winemakers and scientists are joining forces to try to save Franconia's viticultural heritage. The winegrowers have to become more and more creative in order to preserve the long history of their vineyards. The Knoll family follows the principles of biodynamic cultivation to manage their vineyards in greater harmony with nature. Specialised researchers have demonstrated for the same area that the vineyards on particularly exposed slopes can no longer manage without irrigation during increasingly dry periods. The young winegrower Markus Müller has joined forces with around 40 other winegrowers to build a joint irrigation system. Daniel Heßdörfer from the Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture has been researching tomorrow's wine, which adapts to extreme temperatures and heavy rainfall, for over 20 years. In the institute's vineyard, he breeds old grape varieties to better withstand climate change.

The steeply sloping Franconian vineyards yield mineral, powerful white wines. The Knoll family follows the principles of biodynamic farming to manage their vines in greater harmony with nature.

Grand Angle Productions

Friday, 7 October

arte, 10.55 a.m.

The wonderful world of wines
England - A Royal Sparkling Wine

For a few years now, a surprising trend has been emerging in the south of England: the forests and meadows of the hilly landscapes of Kent and Sussex are gradually being replaced by rows of vines. The British have always been champagne lovers - now they produce their own: English Quality Sparkling Wine. It has become such a success that even the royal family is enthusiastic about producing it. The ever warmer temperatures and limestone soils similar to those in Champagne create ideal conditions to rival the best French champagnes. The latter are getting in on the act themselves, like the champagne house Taittinger.

Friday, 7 October

arte, 4.10 p.m.

The wonderful world of wines
India: the grapes of modernity

The documentary introduces some visionary winegrowers. Rajeev Samant is one of the pioneers of Indian wine culture. He brought viticulture to India and planted the country's first vineyards. With his estate Sula Vineyards, which is designed like a theme park around wine and lifestyle, he reached the production level of the world's largest winegrowers in less than twenty years. Following in the footsteps of pioneers like Samant, the Franco-Indian Ravi Viswanathan is investing significant sums in the Grover Zampa wine company. He wants his wines to reach the international top class. In Mumbai, India's only Master of Wine, Sonal Holland, teaches the women of her country how to enjoy wine. She is convinced that the new wine culture supports the aspirations of young Indian women for success and emancipation. Wine has become the symbol of a society that is changing and evolving.

Friday, 7 October

hr television, 9.00 p.m.

Spain's Gold Coast
A journey from Tarragona to Barcelona

Juliane Hipp travels to Tarragona's hinterland, to the wine region El Priorat and to Sitges, a bustling holiday resort with many small shops, boutiques, galleries and studios. Not far away is the wine-growing region of Penedès, known for its famous Catalan sparkling wine Cava.

Friday, 7 October

Phoenix, 22.30 h

Noble Drops
The wine of tomorrow

Will Riesling still taste like Riesling in 2050? Climate change is taking its toll on vines and grapes. Winegrowers are looking for ways to save their wine - and the climate along with it.

Sunday, 9 October

SWR Television, 4 p.m.

Take a ride in!
Fresh wind between old vines
A spirit of optimism in Neustadt an der Weinstraße

Neustadt an der Weinstraße is home to world-famous wineries. The Christmann family winery is one of them. Three generations work together, the young Sophie Christmann, her father Steffen and grandfather Fritz. Together they work on their idea of a natural and authentic wine.

Sunday, 9 October

SWR Television, 4.30 p.m.

German Wine Harvest Festival 2022
Parade from Neustadt an der Weinstraße

The parade is the highlight of the annual wine harvest festival. More than 100 procession numbers with floats, cheerful music and customs groups as well as pageantry floats travel through the streets of the town. The newly crowned German Wine Queen and the Palatinate Wine Queen are enthroned on the spectacular floats. The wine queens present themselves to a large audience for the first time. SWR television shows the defilee from 16.00 hrs onwards.

Monday, 10 October

arte, 6.45 a.m.

The wonderful world of wine
Thailand: Viticulture in the Tropics

At the turn of the millennium, drinking wine was still frowned upon in Thailand. Buddhism warns against alcohol consumption as it makes people unpredictable. Thus, wine drinking is still a marginal phenomenon and mainly limited to the young, modern clientele of the chic Bangkok restaurants. Thailand's three wine-growing regions are cultivated by only eight winemakers. Thai wine culture is still in its infancy.

Wednesday, 12 October

arte, 11.10 a.m.

The wonderful world of wines
Italy - The Tuscan Wine Nobility

Tuscany has always been considered one of the most important wine regions in Italy. At its centre lies the Chianti region, which looks back on a centuries-old wine-growing tradition. For a long time, Chianti Classico was mainly drunk as a table wine, but for about 30 years there have been considerable efforts to improve its quality. The noble families have questioned themselves and improved the quality of their wines. Barons and Marchesi not only maintain the old traditions in their castles, but at the same time try to reinvent themselves. If Chianti is now the most widely produced Italian wine in the world, it is a testament to a region's ability to reinvent itself - also by preserving old traditions.

Thursday, 13 October

ONE, 16.15

The Ex File (TV series)
Murder in the vineyard

The enraged vintner Martin Schörger storms into the police station and accuses Kristina Katzer's mother Elli of murder. A short time later, the inspector and her colleague Lukas Hundt are standing in front of Schörger's 'murdered' vineyard: all the vines have been cut down. According to Schörger, Elli, also a vintner, wanted to damage him as a competitor.

Friday, 14 October

hr television, 9.00 p.m.

On tour through the Palatinate - a wine region rediscovered

Viewers accompany former wine princess Christina Fischer through her homeland, from the Palatinate Forest to Deidesheim, and discover a region that has far more to offer than "Worscht un Woi". They reach dizzying heights at the Trifels climbing rock, visit the largest coral grower in Europe in the small village of Leinsweiler, learn the secret of fine raspberry chocolate tartlets and discover that German sparkling wine and Japanese food harmonise excellently.

Saturday, 15 October

hr television, 8.15 p.m.

Madeira - Hiking, wine and wild water

Madeira is also called the "Island of Flowers" or the "Island of Eternal Spring" - and both refer to the fact that the island around 600 kilometres off the west coast of Africa has a very special climate. Not too hot in summer, not too cold in winter, which not only pleases the plants, but is also a good prerequisite for growing wine.

Sunday, 16 October

SWR Television, 10.45 a.m.

100 Years of Winegrowing in the Southwest
Of myths and machines

Vines, wine and winegrowers shape the culture and landscape of the Southwest. For the first time, a 90-minute SWR television documentary comprehensively reflects this - with pictures and archive footage, some of which is almost 100 years old. The once hard manual work of the winegrowers and the development of viticulture up to the present day are shown. Experts and contemporary witnesses tell of "barrel-slurpers" and "Wingert shooters", of the fight against pests and of German wines that are getting better and better.

Sunday, 16 October

SWR Television (RP), 6.45 p.m.

Known in the Land
Winegrowing stories from 100 years

The majority of German wine is produced in Rhineland-Palatinate. Film footage from the wine-growing regions has been available for more than 100 years. From them we can see the great changes in viticulture. Back then, every job in the vineyard was hard manual labour. The pictures show what a back-breaking job the work in the vineyard was. The reportage tells of the winegrowers' distress on the Moselle in the 1920s, leads through the wine propaganda of the Nazi era to the drinking-friendly 1950s and 1960s, when wine had to be sweet. Technical progress took hold in viticulture at that time. The result was mass instead of class. The glycol scandal of the 1980s brought about a turnaround. German white wines now have the same good reputation worldwide that they had 100 years ago.

Sunday, 16 October

arte, 19.30

Baia and the wine

Baia Abuladze gave up her permanent job six years ago and returned from the capital Tbilisi to her family's small vineyard. She founded her company "Baia's Wine" and put her faith in the family. Together they produce 7,000 bottles of wine a year. Now, for the first time, they want to produce 10,000, organically grown, without chemical fertilisers and vinified in the old quevris, the clay pots sunk into the earth.

Monday, 17 October

arte, 6.40 a.m.

The wonderful world of wines
India: the grapes of modernity

The documentary introduces some visionary winegrowers. Rajeev Samant is one of the pioneers of Indian wine culture. He brought viticulture to India and planted the country's first vineyards. With his estate Sula Vineyards, which is designed like a theme park around wine and lifestyle, he reached the production level of the world's largest winegrowers in less than twenty years. Following in the footsteps of pioneers like Samant, the Franco-Indian Ravi Viswanathan is investing significant sums in the Grover Zampa wine company. He wants his wines to reach the international top class. In Mumbai, India's only Master of Wine, Sonal Holland, teaches the women of her country how to enjoy wine. She is convinced that the new wine culture supports the aspirations of young Indian women for success and emancipation. Wine has become the symbol of a society that is changing and evolving.

Tuesday, 18 October

arte, 4.25 p.m., 5.20 p.m.

The wonderful world of wine
Italy - The Tuscan Wine Nobility

Tuscany has always been considered one of the most important wine regions in Italy. At its centre lies the Chianti region, which looks back on a centuries-old wine-growing tradition. For a long time, Chianti Classico was mainly drunk as a table wine, but for about 30 years there have been considerable efforts to improve its quality. The noble families have questioned themselves and improved the quality of their wines. Barons and Marchesi not only maintain the old traditions in their castles, but at the same time try to reinvent themselves. If Chianti is the most widely produced Italian wine in the world today, it is a testament to a region's ability to reinvent itself - also by preserving old traditions.

Wednesday, 19 October

arte, 5.50 p.m.

Corsica, wild beauty
The world of plants

Some of the island's farmers cultivate trees that were planted as early as the 16th century, they collect chestnuts and have been growing grapes since early antiquity. A good drop from Corsica is now appreciated all over the world.

Thursday, 20 October

WDR Television, 10.55 a.m.

Planet Knowledge
Wine - The vine and climate protection

Hardly any other product has accompanied mankind as long as wine. Since the 6th century BC, viticulture and man have been inextricably linked. "Planet Wissen" visits the only university in Germany where you can study viticulture and oenology and talks about the current topics: What do wine and climate change have to do with each other? What can fungus-resistant grape varieties do? How do you make reduced-alcohol and alcohol-free wines without significantly changing their character? And what does the trend towards organic viticulture mean?

Thursday, 20 October

3sat, 11.45 a.m.

The Taste of Europe
Western Friuli

In recent 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 the winegrower Emilio Bulfon.

Friday, 21 October

arte, 5.30 a.m.

The wonderful world of wine
Thailand: Viticulture in the Tropics

At the turn of the millennium, wine drinking was still frowned upon in Thailand. Buddhism warns against alcohol consumption as it makes people unpredictable. Thus, wine drinking is still a marginal phenomenon and mainly limited to the young, modern clientele of the chic Bangkok restaurants. Thailand's three wine-growing regions are cultivated by only eight winemakers. Thai wine culture is still in its infancy.

Saturday, 22 October

arte, 7.05 a.m.

The wonderful world of wines
France/Alsace - The pact with nature

Nestled between the Vosges Mountains and the Black Forest, Alsace spreads out on the Rhine plain and offers ideal conditions for winegrowing. The small wine-growing region on the border between Germany and France offers unique geological conditions. Alsatian winegrowers strive to preserve this gift of nature. Many work with organic and biodynamic methods, as they have recognised that the future of their wines depends on respectful treatment of nature. In this way, these committed winegrowers serve as role models for an entire generation of young winegrowers.

Saturday, 22 October

arte, 3.55 p.m.

Adventure Spain
The Mediterranean Coast

The hinterland of Spain's east coast also has a lot to offer. Wine has been growing on the steep slopes of the Priorat for centuries. The winemaker Sara Pérez lets it mature in amphorae.

Sunday, 23 October

3sat, 11.45 a.m.

A Life for Liechtenstein - Prince Hans-Adam II

Politically, Hans-Adam II led the Principality into the UN and the European Economic Area. Less known is the commitment of the princely family to the cultivation of rice and forest plants in Styria and to wine growing in Lower Austria.

Sunday, 23 October

3sat, 7.40 pm

Treasures of the World - Heritage of Mankind
The Wine Terraces of Lavaux, Switzerland
Spoiled by three suns

The wine-growing region of Lavaux between Lausanne and Vevey is considered one of the most beautiful landscapes in Switzerland. Mountains, lake, vineyards and settlements form a unique cultural landscape. Every square metre is used to grow wine. Despite the use of modern techniques, viticulture in the Lavaux is still extremely complex due to the steep slopes. The steepest slopes are those of Dézaley, which were formed by the Rhone glacier. The clay and chalky soil gives the wines - especially the Chasselas, the Gutedel - their typical taste.

Sunday, 23 October

hr television, 8.15 p.m.

Dream Tours through Spain
On the Road in the North, East, West

Although the region of Galicia is well developed for tourism, it is anything but overcrowded. Its centre is the place of pilgrimage Santiago de Compostela, destination of the Way of St. James. But no one in search of inner contemplation has to go hungry - physical pleasures play an important role along the famous route: wine from Rioja, cheese from Asturias' mountains, and special biscuits made of chestnut flour. On the slopes of the estuaries grows the white wine Albariño, which goes perfectly with the fish dishes of the region.

Monday, 24 October

arte, 6.40 a.m.

The wonderful world of wines
Spain/Rioja - The guardians of tradition

At the foot of the Pyrenees lies Spain's most famous wine-growing region: Rioja. It experienced its heyday in the 19th century. At that time, phylloxera ravaged France's vineyards and Spanish wines were suddenly in great demand. Since then, the focus has been more on mass production - and today Spain has the largest vineyards in the world. But a handful of dedicated winemakers in Rioja are striving to preserve the old traditions and artisanal methods.

Spain is the largest wine producer in the world. In the northern Spanish wine-growing region of Rioja, which grows just under five percent of Spain's vines, about a dozen vintners have sworn off mass production.

Grand Angle Productions

Monday, 24 October

3sat, 11.45 a.m.

At Table... in Burgenland

Burgenland is the easternmost province of Austria and has the largest lake in the country, Lake Neusiedl. Nowhere else in the Alpine country are there so many sunny days. They allow special types of wine to ripen and vegetables to flourish magnificently.

Tuesday, 25 October

3sat, 4.15 pm

The wonderful world of the vineyard

In the universe of vineyards, hunters and hunted live together in a very confined space. In spring, young rabbits and foxes play with each other, but in summer the game turns into a merciless hunt. Buzzards eye field hamsters and mice. Ladybirds protect the vines from aphids, eating up to 50 of these little creatures a day - if they can resist even the attacks of ants. The irresistible smell of fresh vine leaves lures deer and their fawns out of the forest. Once to eat the leaves, then to consume the sweet grapes. A unique biotope.

Thursday, 27 October

arte, 11.40 a.m.

Living with volcanoes
Canary Islands

On Lanzarote, a salt extraction plant separated from the open sea by a cooled lava flow produces pure volcanic salt. And in the interior of the island, lava rock ensures that the vines stay nice and cool and moist thanks to its insulating properties. At the same time, the volcanic ash serves as fertiliser. This fruitful dialogue between man and volcano has a centuries-old tradition on the Canary Islands.

Saturday, 29 October

arte, 8.15 p.m.

The Fall of the Romanovs
Testimony of the tutor Pierre Gilliard

On the night of 16-17 July 1918, the last Tsar, Nicholas II, was shot dead in Yekaterinburg along with his entire family. Pierre Gilliard, the son of winegrowers from the Swiss canton of Vaud, experienced these historic days at first hand. From 1904, he held the privileged position of tutor to the Tsar's children.

Monday, 31 October

arte, 5.50 p.m.

Thailand - A Festival of Colours

The programme takes us from the mountains in the far north of Thailand through rugged rocky landscapes, modern cities and wide valleys to the wine-growing areas on the edge of the Khao-Yai National Park.

Programme changes at short notice are possible.

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