Swiss Television SRF 1, 11.25 a.m.
Autumn has come: The grape harvest is beginning in the vineyards of Switzerland. On the occasion of the "Fête des Vignerons", which will take place this summer in Vevey, "DOK" shows four films that shed light on the everyday life of Swiss winegrowers. The family businesses deal with topics such as succession, conversion of production, innovation and tradition. The four-part series accompanies the winegrowers in Ticino, French-speaking Switzerland and Graubünden through the four seasons, from pruning in winter to the grape harvest in autumn. 2018 was an incisive year for winegrowers, following the frost of 2017. Dedicated men and women and their daily lives with the forces of nature at a time of profound change in Swiss viticulture.
rbb television, 2.00 p.m.
In the third episode of "Lecker aufs Land" we go to Rheinhessen. There is wine on the estate of Maren Bornheimer-Schwalbach and her husband Bernd, but for a few years now they have also been keeping Bentheimer pigs.
SWR Television, 9.00 p.m.
What does it mean to be old in times of constantly increasing life expectancy? "When you are no longer needed, then you are old," says 74-year-old winegrower Alfons Wagner in Essenheim near Mainz. On average, Europeans today are 16 years older than they were a generation ago. What to do with this gift of life? Alfons Wagner continues to work as a winemaker in his family business.
hr-television, 10.30 a.m.
The province of Québec in eastern Canada is the largest French-speaking area in the country. For centuries, as a colony, it was the "New France". Even today, Québec is the other Canada: with its own language and the very special charm of its inhabitants. Cider winemaker Michel Jodoin has an insider tip for all lovers. His apple rosé champagne makes women's eyes sparkle.
SWR Television, 6.15 p.m.
It has long been impossible to imagine the grape harvest without them: the mighty "full harvesters" that push their way through the vineyards with long legs and shake the grapes off the vines in the blink of an eye. One machine replaces about 100 harvesters and, in times of climate change, allows for a gentle and fast harvest in the cooler morning and evening hours. The only German manufacturer of grape harvesters, the company ERO Gerätebau, is not - as one would expect - at home in a wine-growing region, but in the Hunsrück, where beer is drunk rather than wine. From the small village of Niederkumbd, the red giants have so far gone to the entire wine-growing world - from Europe to New Zealand. The success of its products has long since brought the company to its limits; it can no longer grow in Niederkumbd. That is why ERO boss Michael Erbach had to make a difficult decision a few years ago: The company builds and moves completely to Simmern, seven kilometres away.
ZDFneo, 6.50 a.m.
We live in a country whose contrasts in a small space are astonishing: from the lunar landscape craters of open-cast lignite mining in Lusatia, to the grape harvest on the bizarre terraces of the extinct volcano Kaiserstuhl deep in southern Baden, to the world's largest heavy metal festival on the pastures of the Schleswig-Holstein cow village of Wacken.
SWR Television, 6.15 p.m.
The Wonnegau in May: The southernmost region of Rheinhessen unfolds its very special charm in spring. Volker Raumland from Flörsheim-Dalsheim said years ago: There is another way. The winemaker started from scratch and became number one in Germany with his Champagne-inspired sparkling wines.
hr-television, 8.15 p.m.
The popular holiday region of South Tyrol is nestled between the Eastern Alps and the Dolomites, where rugged mountains meet lovely wine-growing landscapes, where the sun shines 300 days a year and where Tyrolean down-to-earthness and Italian lightness go hand in hand. By bike, you can explore the picturesque wine villages along the South Tyrolean Wine Road all the way to Lake Kaltern. And if you're on the road by bike, you can taste one or two good wines with a clear conscience.
hr-television, 9.00 p.m.
Comfortable cycling along the "beautiful, blue Danube". Less known are the vineyards on the outskirts of Vienna, which can be discovered on the "Heurigen Express". The Wachau, only about eighty kilometres west of Vienna, is a picturesque wine region along the Lower Austrian part of the Danube.
3sat, 3 .30 p.m.
Olive oil, wine, cheese: Along the Spanish stage of the Way of St. James, pilgrims can not only find inner contemplation. Physical pleasures also play an important role on the route. At the Hacienda Queiles in Navarra, David Solana presses one of the best olive oils in the world. At the Muga family in Rioja, the red wine still matures entirely in oak barrels. It goes well with blue cheese from the Picos de Europa or chestnuts from the Bierzo.
hr-television, 10.30 p.m.
On a guided oyster tour, holidaymakers are allowed to taste - freshly caught from the sea. The wine to go with it also comes from Hesse, or more precisely from a Hessian winegrower. Christian Ress has been growing fine wines in the Rheingau for decades and recently also on Sylt. In Keitum, he has planted Germany's northernmost vineyard and fulfilled his dream of island wine.
3sat, 1.30 p.m.
The film presents wine culture in the Siebengebirge. The members of the Belz family, for example, have been growing their wine as organic winegrowers on the steep slope of the Mannberg near Unkel since the 1990s. Another stop is the wine-growing village of Bad Honnef-Rhöndorf, the residence of former German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and a picturesque attraction for day-trippers.
hr-television, 3.15 p.m.
The popular holiday region of South Tyrol is nestled between the Eastern Alps and the Dolomites, where rugged mountains meet lovely wine-growing landscapes, where the sun shines 300 days a year and where Tyrolean down-to-earthness and Italian lightness go hand in hand. By bike, you can explore the picturesque wine villages along the South Tyrolean Wine Road all the way to Lake Kaltern. And if you are on the road by bike, you can taste one or two good wines with a clear conscience.
WORLD, 6.25 p.m.
In the small Palatinate town of Landau, Felicitas learns how fine wines are made. On the estate of the Rebholz family of winegrowers, a very special drop has been produced for more than 100 years. Felicitas helps winemaker Valentin with the harvest. And at Martin Wörner's in Rheinhessen she gets to really stamp her feet - for trendy natural wine. The best grapes are then put in the food truck for a Palatinate interpretation of Toast Hawaii. With Comté, saddle of venison and grapes.
3sat, 9.45 pm
This time 3sat invites you on an adventure trip to the wine route of southern Styria: a landscape portrait of the area around Stainz, Bad Radkersburg and Graz. Filmmaker Karl Waldhecker visits winegrowers in the region and also watches how pumpkin seed oil is made.
3sat, 2.30 pm
Katty Salié discovers fascinating nature and lovingly designed gardens, and enjoys good food, wine and the famous savoir vivre. She strolls through Blois, makes detours to Tours, Amboise and medieval Chinon. She is accompanied by Caroline Laigneau, whose parents bought a castle themselves 20 years ago.
rbb television, 2.55 p.m.
When we think of corals, we usually think of the South Seas or the Great Barrier Reef. But of the Southern Wine Route? But there in Leinsweiler is one of the largest breeding facilities in Europe. And it is in a former wine cellar. Master winemaker Jürgen Wendel caught the coral fever at the age of 13. Today, around 35,000 corals live in his 20,000-litre facility, around 50 different species. His customers are wealthy private individuals, pet shops, but also large public aquariums all over Europe. For Jürgen Wendel, working with vines and corals has a lot in common - here as there, you have to prune and thin out, and you only reap the reward for all the effort years later. The programme accompanies Jürgen Wendel for more than a year. Among other things, during the design of a large coral exhibition in the "Sealife" aquarium in Speyer or the creation of an artificial underwater world in a huge 7,000-litre aquarium. Will he really find a buyer for it?
MDR Television, 10.40 p.m.
A road movie in search of the origins of virtues, ending in the here and now: with a visit to the Hoffmann family in the vineyard near Höhnstedt "No pain, no gain." Diligence is a virtue, but do virtues have any meaning at all anymore? And where does it even come from that we Germans are so praised for our supposed virtues? Is it actually still contemporary to live virtuously, or even old-fashioned stupidity? Sissy Metzschke and Gerhard Lampe are on the road "in the land of the early risers". So anyone who lives here has to be industrious. Is that why the people of Saxony-Anhalt are also virtuous? What actually happens if you want to be virtuously industrious but can't? And anyway, why do you have to be industrious?
SWR Television, 8.15 p.m.
SWR presenter Steffen König explores the Rems valley in the SWR travel report "Expedition in die Heimat" - 80 kilometres on foot, along the river Rems. Along the way, he discovers pebble beaches on the river, enchanted valleys, picturesque vineyards and a garden that seems endless.
Bavarian Television, 6.00 a.m.
Digital progress does not stop at agriculture. Tractors that sow with grain precision via satellite, robots that work the fields autonomously in a swarm - it all sounds promising. But sometimes it doesn't work without human intuition. That's what "Xenius" presenters Caroline du Bled and Gunnar Mergner find out at Claire de Montesquiou's vineyard in Gascony.
Phoenix, 15.00
Above all, the imposing castles and gardens along the Loire are major attractions for holidaymakers. These include the gardens of the Château de Villandry or those of the Château de la Bourdaisière near Tours. Here you can marvel at over 600 different types of tomatoes. Along the Loire, famous wine regions such as Sancerre also attract visitors. 400 kilometres further north, things look quite different: Metre-high chalk cliffs tower over turquoise-green seas. The far north of France can also compete with the other regions in terms of cuisine.
hr-television, 4.45 p.m.
The Rhine island Mariannenaue belongs to Schloss Reinhardshausen. Very special wine grows there in a special climate, and a winegrower's beer is brewed from the wild hops. Downstream at Rüdesheim Castle, the chef cooks a recipe by Hildegard von Bingern: peasant duck stuffed with dates, plus Grandma Dina's blueberry dessert.
Phoenix, 6.30 a.m.
The film takes us to Alsace, the region around the metropolis of Bordeaux and the mountains of Savoy. Alsace is not only synonymous with culinary delights, but also with the idyllic half-timbered houses and cozy boat trips on quiet rivers. Of course, a visit to Strasbourg, the seat of the European Parliament and a metropolis steeped in history, is also part of the programme. Bordeaux at the south-western end of the country, the capital of Aquitaine, is also full of stories and history. Its name is inseparably linked with famous and noble wines.
Bavarian Television, 1.30 p.m.
The Southern Wine Route is a paradise for hikers and connoisseurs, undisputedly one of the most beautiful regions in Germany.
3sat, 9.20 a.m.
The landscape on the Austrian side is natural and unspoilt. Gentle hills, orchards and vineyards characterise the German shore of Lake Constance, while monasteries and castles can be found in Switzerland.
Bavarian Television, 1.30 p.m.
A small town on the Moselle that was once almost a cosmopolitan city! Presenter Anna Lena Dörr's expedition to Traben-Trarbach is also a journey through time. Around 1900, the twin town was the largest wine trading centre in the German Empire. The Mosel Riesling from Traben-Trarbach had a worldwide reputation. With Markus Müllen from "klitzekleiner Ring", Anna Lena Dörr experiences first-hand on the reforested Trarbach Hühnerberg why you have to be free from giddiness to be a Moselle vintner. Today, the 60 to 100-year-old vines should once again produce the very special Mosel Riesling. Adolph Huesgen, 8th generation wine merchant from Trarbach and world traveller in wine, started anew in his homeland a few years ago: In the magnificent Art Nouveau villa Huesgen on the banks of the Moselle - also designed by Bruno Möhring.
SWR Television, 7.15 a.m.
While wine and tobacco thrive in the fertile foothills of the Palatinate, the soil in the Palatinate Forest is poor and yields little.
3sat, 12.30 p.m.
They are good friends. One is a forest warden, the other a woodcutter. They both love their forest more than anything else - and they both like wine. So they came up with the idea of bringing forest and wine together. Their dream was to mature their own wine in a barrique barrel. Without further ado, the two friends cut down an oak tree in their forest. With the helpful support of a cooper and a winemaker, the dream became reality. From the felling of a tree to the wine tasting, from the canton of Vaud to Burgundy, film author Romain Guélat followed the project of the two friends over four years. An exciting story of friendship, patience and respect for nature.
Bavarian Television, 1.30 p.m.
The Glotter Valley near Freiburg has much more to offer than sentimental memories of the Black Forest Clinic. Annette Krause explores the Glottertal - and does so in a sporting, culinary and historical way. The presenter visits the Kunz family, the eleventh generation to run the Hotel Zum Kreuz, one of the legendary valley inns. And she is there when winegrowers tend their vines on the steepest slopes.
rbb television, 12.15 p.m.
Thomas Stickler left his Burgenland hometown of Rust at an early age and made a career abroad. For years he has been working for a Frankfurt-based high-tech corporation. When it is decided at a meeting to outsource the company's production facilities to Hungary, he takes issue with the management. He quits his job and returns to his parents' house, the Stickler Inn.
hr-television, 4.45 p.m.
A beautiful summer evening with friends, good conversation and original mixed drinks. But where to get them and how to prepare them? Film author Reinhard Schall accompanies three people who are totally committed to enjoyment and will ensure that the summer evening is a success and, if possible, does not end with a grumpy head. Severin Simon in Spessart is a successful and award-winning master distiller and winemaker, his wife Simone is a trained sommelier. In the fifth generation, the noblest distillates for rum and gin are produced in his own small winery and distillery. No automation, no chemicals, just good raw materials and the art of distilling. For ecological reasons, Severin Simon has the molasses for his rum transported in the traditional way by sailing ship. The third member of the group is Tim Wegge. In his "Genusserie" in Bad Vilbel, the bartender and self-confessed rum lover conjures up the most delicious summer drinks from 380 rums, including rum and gin from the Spessart. In his bar and also at the many tastings, he "rums up" his guests - that's what he calls it himself.
SWR Television, 5.00 p.m.
Michael Friemel tastes wine from the Unesco wine terraces of Lavaux. As early as 100 AD, the Romans planted vines on the steep shore slopes. Then, in the Middle Ages, Cistercian monks began to lay out terraces in steps, fortified with masonry, thus increasing the quality and yield of the vines. It is said that three suns pamper the vines of Lavaux. The direct sunlight reflected from the lake surface and the heat stored in the stone terraces. Over the centuries, winegrowers have covered the south-facing slopes with terraces as high as the forest. In between, like nests, picturesque winegrowers' villages, their houses crowded into the smallest of spaces. Every square metre is used to grow wine. Despite the use of modern techniques, winegrowing in Lavaux is still extremely complex today due to the steep slopes. To facilitate cultivation, dizzying monorails have been built to transport people and materials up to the upper terraces. 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. The Lavaux - mountains, lake, vineyards and settlements - forms a unique cultural landscape that was inscribed on Unesco's World Heritage List in 2007.
SWR Television (RP), 6.05 p.m.
Bretzenheim on the Nahe, a wine village with history. The town, once dominated by winegrowing, is now a residential community with over 2,600 inhabitants. Of the many winegrowers of the past, only a handful remain today. Nevertheless, the town with its excellent infrastructure is a popular place to live. Tourists are also drawn to Bretzenheim on the Nahe. One of the greatest sights in the community is the Felseneremitage, a place of worship that was built in prehistoric times and is completely carved into the rock. It is considered a unique rock monastery north of the Alps. "Hierzuland" took a look around the town centre: On the market square, where Bretzenheim's big wine festival takes place every year.
arte, 2.35 a.m.
In August 2014, Rudy Kurniawan was sentenced to ten years in prison in New York. His crime: He had counterfeited wines worth several million dollars. "Label Swindle - The Great Wine Scandal" tells of the large-scale counterfeiting business and takes a look around the lucrative market where the gullibility of customers invites unscrupulous business. The trade in vintage wines has experienced a phenomenal boom in the last 15 years, but it has also attracted the interest of counterfeiters and fraudsters. Winemaker Laurent Ponsot himself became a victim of wine counterfeiters and is now conducting his own research: In the USA, he is on the trail of Rudy Kurniawan, a wine merchant with Indonesian roots. The wine counterfeiter presented himself as a rich heir who had built up a successful wine trade. He organised auctions where wines were bought for several million dollars. During his investigation, Laurent Ponsot comes across Bill Koch, one of the biggest American wine collectors, who himself has been cheated out of several million dollars. Koch has hired a private detective and filed a complaint with the FBI. Together, the winemaker and the collector investigate the sophisticated machinations of the young Rudy Kurniawan, who is now ensnared by Hollywood producers and financial bosses. Behind him is a mysterious network of rich Chinese from Indonesia who ran banks in Jakarta and embezzled their funds. The enigmatic portrait raises numerous questions - about the sense and nonsense of luxury markets and the manipulability of aspiration and taste. In any case, after his transformation from connoisseur to swindler, Rudy Kurniawan leaves behind fake wine worth a total of 100 million dollars, distributed among wine cellars all over the world. The programme is also available online from 21/07 to 29/07 on ARTE's internet portal.
rbb television, 12.15 p.m.
A surprise awaits the Stickler family at the reading of the will: against all expectations, Edi has left his vineyards not to his daughter Andrea, but to his son Thomas. Andrea and her husband, mayor Georg Plattner, who had previously leased Edi's vineyards, are extremely annoyed.
3sat, 1.45 p.m.
Coming deep from the savannahs of Africa, a particularly conspicuous guest visits the idyllic wine-growing region of the Austrian Wagram every year: the hoopoe. The small migratory bird with the cheeky crest is considered one of the most shy birds of all. Nevertheless, the vineyards on the Wagram with their many small wooden winegrowers' huts were still a perfect breeding and habitat for the "punk" among migratory birds in the 1960s and 1970s. But land consolidation, the use of insecticides and the disappearance of traditional vineyard huts have severely restricted the habitat of the hoopoe and caused it to disappear from the vineyards of the Wagram.
ZDF, 7.25 p.m.
Fake honey, adulterated olive oil or falsely labelled wine - everywhere in Europe, including Germany, fake food is traded and sold. How do the fakes get into the shops? How does the business work, and how can counterfeiters be tracked down? In 2018, food worth several hundred million euros was seized in Europe. Food counterfeiting - a huge business.
hr-television, 9.00 p.m.
The Moselle - that means at least 25 spectacular loops, spread over 545 kilometres of waterway, and lots of castles. Whether you travel the region by boat, by bike or on foot, in addition to unique vineyards, a diverse culture and enchanting nature, you will always encounter very warm hosts. This is one of the reasons why the Moselle region has long been one of the most popular holiday destinations in Germany. There you can discover winegrowers and their wines, walk in the footsteps of the Romans, taste the region's delicious cuisine and, above all, enjoy the gentle, lovely landscape. A voyage of discovery to the Moselle, one of the most beautiful rivers in Germany.
hr-television, 9.15 a.m.
Finger food is particularly suitable for New Year's Eve celebrations. You can eat it quickly standing up, you don't need so much crockery, and it is easy to prepare. The chefs at the Sheraton Hotel at the airport have a lot of experience with it and show you which variations there are and how to prepare them. There is walnut bread with stuffed veal slices and aromatic oil, for example, or crêpes roulades with apple cider sauerkraut and smoked pork, and sweet sushi to finish. In the cocktail course, the bartender shows which ingredients and equipment are needed for good cocktails. He explains five very different cocktails for you to try out. The people in the course have a lot of fun. There is a very modern cocktail that you can pour with sparkling wine or champagne. And the champagne tasting is also about the noble drink that goes so well with big parties. Everything from discount bubbly to big brand-name champagnes to bottles costing over a hundred euros will be tasted and discussed.
rbb Television, 12.10 p.m.
Thomas plans a fundamental renovation of the entire winery. Georg Plattner, meanwhile, is desperately trying to find new grapes for his processing. Thomas' mother Hermine Stickler, who is slowly learning to stand on her own two feet after her husband's death, also wants to renovate: Her inn is in desperate need of renewal. Thomas takes out a loan to modernise his winery. He is supported in his plans and introduced to the secrets of winegrowing by Claudia Plattner, his former lover and cellar master of the Schnell-Hof. Anna also makes a decision: she decides to stay with her father in Rust. She has already made one acquaintance. With Paul, the son Claudia and her ex-husband Georg Plattner share, she gets along right away. Andrea and Georg have not yet gotten over the loss of the vineyards. In order to get Edi's inheritance after all, they forge a will. But Thomas, with the help of the great winegrower Gottfried Schnell, manages to expose the fraud.
MDR Television, 9.00 p.m.
Almost twenty years ago, the Reifert winegrowing family had the courage to plant a vineyard on a former spoil heap.
GEO Television, 6.00 a.m.
It is harvest time. The sun's last rays warm the Pinot Noir, Black Riesling and Chardonnay grapes in the French region of Champagne. This is where the unique French sparkling wine is produced, pressed exclusively according to the strict rules of the local winegrowers: Champagne is known as the drink for festivities all over the world. Two renowned Champagne winemakers are introduced in the report.
Bavarian Television, 11.10 a.m.
La Palma is called "La Isla Bonita", the beautiful island. Victoria Torres cannot escape this beauty. After long stays abroad, she has remembered her roots and is fulfilling a dream here. She cultivates old vineyards again and harvests Malvasia grapes. The heavy, honey-sweet white wine was the island's most important export product for a long time. The volcanic soils provide the aroma of the grapes, which is why the wines develop a unique character.
rbb television, 12.10 p.m.
At last the renovation work on Thomas' winery can begin: The ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a new, modern cellar takes place. But Georg Plattner is not defeated yet and spins new intrigues against Thomas.
3sat, 1.50 p.m.
At the end of August, after about 89 days of summer, autumn already announces itself. As a prelude, Indian summer once again unfolds its full power - traditionally with lots of sun and mild temperatures. The farmers have harvested their crops, the winegrowers in the vineyards are just getting started - thanks to the increasingly warmer climate a few weeks earlier than ten years ago.
3sat, 2.35 p.m.
All hands are needed. Also for winegrowers like Kilian Franzen and Angelina Lenz on the Calmont on the Moselle, the steepest vineyard in Europe. For some years now, they have been starting the harvest earlier and earlier. Global warming makes it possible. Not only does it allow the fruit to ripen earlier, it also gives rise to new grape varieties that actually only grow in Italy or France.
rbb television, 12.10 p.m.
With master builder Schmalvogel's help, Georg Thomas' new wine cellar successfully falls behind schedule. But once again Gottfried Schnell stands helpfully by his protégé and is able to intervene. Hermine tries to mediate between Thomas and the Plattners by contacting her daughter Andrea.
hr-television, 10.00 a.m.
On Pico, the winegrowers cultivate a special wine culture that has been recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site: The vines are protected by walls of lava rock against the constant winds from the sea. The journey ends at the point where Europe literally falls into the water: the westernmost tip of the old continent is the island of Flores - and drifts a few millimetres away from Europe towards America every year.
rbb television, 12.05 p.m.
Claudia and Thomas decide to tell Paul and Anna that they are half-siblings. The two take this fact very disturbed and hurt.
SWR Television, 21.00
When three villages become one community, it requires a sense of community and the will to work together. The community of Zellertal in the north of the Palatinate consists of the villages of Harxheim, Niefernheim and Zell. It lies in a valley criss-crossed by vineyards, which has the same name as the municipality in it: Zellertal. The name is said to come from the hermitage of St. Philip, the "Cellula". The saint settled here on his way back from Rome. The people who live in Zellertal today join together in networks, they call themselves "Schneckenwinzer", "Bürger für Bürger" or "Zellertal aktiv", and active they truly are. They stand up for ecological viticulture, public transport, colour in life and profess responsibility for each other. All this together almost seems like the model for a basic attitude that can make rural life 4.0 a success.
3sat, 3 .00 p.m.
Garden specialist Karl Ploberger visits the famous botanical garden "Kirstenbosch", two wine estates, a social project, a vegetable and fruit plantation as well as the historical garden monument "Old Nectar". A varied excursion through the South African flora. There is no getting around wine in South Africa. Some of the wine estates also have magnificent, lushly flowering gardens. Ploberger pays a visit to the wineries "Vergelegen" and "Rustenberg".
hr-television, 3.50 a.m.
They love wine, they love football, they love good food - and they know how to party. For the "Weinelf" - the national football team of German vintners - there was plenty of opportunity to do so at the end of May. Six European wine nations competed for the title at the European Championship of Winegrowers' Teams, which was held this year in the Rheingau and Rheinhessen. The German wine team entered the tournament as defending champions. But this event is about more than just sport: at least as important is the "third half" - the evening celebrations where the teams bring their culinary specialities to the table and where the wines brought along are tasted.
rbb television, 12.05 p.m.
The mood in Rust is tense: The loss of his son and the certainty that Thomas is Paul's father cause Georg great problems. But in a man-to-man conversation he and Paul assure each other that they will continue to stick together and live a good relationship. There is also excitement at Hermine's at the Stickler inn, because waitress Elisabeth has neither her desired divorce nor her debts under control.
3sat, 21.00
The journey leads to Lake Geneva in the wine-growing region of Lavaux. It is famous for its Chasselas wine. New grape varieties are being developed to adapt to climate change and changing tastes.
rbb television, 12.05 p.m.
Thomas' wine cellar is in the final stages of construction. Thomas' future as a winegrower is thus taking on a very concrete shape. But he is further tormented by the family situation with his newly acquired son Paul. Georg now files a lawsuit against Thomas for reimbursement of the alimony. Andrea, Thomas' sister, can no longer stand the absurd stubbornness of her husband Georg and makes it clear to him that she will not fight this war with him. Thomas tries to make the futility of this action clear to Georg.
rbb television, 12.05 p.m.
Hermine and Gottfried agree that Thomas and Claudia must be coupled up. Claudia is to be properly dressed up for this purpose so that she will really catch Thomas' eye at the nearby wine awards ceremony. Unfortunately, this action goes badly wrong. At Andreas' urging, Georg tries to re-establish contact with Paul. A basis for discussion can be found, but nothing comes of it as before.