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Friday, 1 March

ORF III, 9.05 a.m.

Der Winzerkönig 39-part television series, Germany/Austria 2006 - 2010 On a collision course

Thomas tries to persuade his sister Andrea to stand for mayor. Georg Plattner, as the only candidate for mayor, already feels like the clear winner. Only after another confrontation with Georg does Andrea decide to actually run against him. Unannounced, spraying vehicles turn up in Thomas' Rieden and fight the mosquito plague with sprays. Enraged, Thomas turns to the person responsible for this, Dr. Karin Schwarz, to ban the spraying of poison in his gardens. He receives an outright rebuff. A little later, however, the attractive biologist shows up at Thomas' vineyard and tries to reach an understanding.

Friday, 1 March

ORF III, 9.50 a.m.

Der Winzerkönig 39-part television series, Germany/Austria 2006 - 2010 The agony of choice

Election campaign in Rust: Thomas Stickler's sister Andrea Plattner is running against her ex-husband Georg for the office of mayor. However, the popular but politically inexperienced pharmacist refuses her brother's help. She prefers to rely on the advice of the windy spin doctor Felix Felsner. Biologist Karin Schwarz, on the other hand, who Thomas had just criticised severely for her methods against mosquitoes, takes an interest in his work and helps with the grape harvest - the two also become closer personally. Thomas discovers just in time that Georg also has a hand in spin doctor Felsner. He is able to prove to Andrea that she has been badly deceived.

Friday, 1 March

ORF III, 10.35 a.m.

Der Winzerkönig 39-part television series, Germany/Austria 2006 - 2010 New Paths

Thomas and the family support Andrea in the election final for the mayor's office. They canvass for every vote, while their opponent Georg Plattner is emphatically confident of victory. The surprise is all the greater when Andrea actually wins the election. Enthusiastic cheers from the Sticklers. And an emotional knockout for Georg Plattner. But the election results also have repercussions for his wife Hedwig: she will probably no longer work as municipal secretary under the new mayor. Thomas and biologist Karin take their time in deepening their still tentative relationship, both looking back on painful experiences.

Friday, 1 March

ORF III, 11.20 a.m.

Der Winzerkönig 39-part television series, Germany/Austria 2006 - 2010 Stay and Go

Election loser Georg Plattner declares war on the new mayor and announces his intention to clean out Stickler's intrigue stadium. He wants to stir up the local councillors against Andrea, but Thomas puts him under pressure with a "black book" that the lawyer Koblenz has given him and in which all of Plattner's machinations are documented. Finally beaten, Georg completely snaps. In the meantime, the biologist Karin surprisingly receives an offer to take over a project management in Africa that she has been wanting for a long time. She agrees, even though it is very hard for her to have to leave Thomas. Thomas is very disappointed. Finally, the assembled family encourages him not to let his luck run out.

Saturday, 2 March

hr-fernsehen, 6.30 a.m.

The boss and his successor - a noble distillery is handed over

The contracts have been signed, guarantees and loans have been arranged, the sale is perfect: Dieter Walz hands over his Odenwald distillery and sparkling wine factory to Max Bäumlisberger at the age of 67. Even though the apple harvest was sparse last year, the 27-year-old Bäumlisberger hopes to continue the business successfully. Fortunately, the old boss is still available to help and advise the young successor for some time. Bäumlisberger wants to win new customers and build up a new brand. Many things are new and surprising for the young entrepreneur.

Saturday, 2 March

ANIXE, 12.55 p.m.

Kaltern on the lake

Kaltern am See in South Tyrol. This is where Italian "dolce vita" and South Tyrolean down-to-earthness meet and lend a very special charm to the region and its people. In the region, everything revolves around wine, the No. 1 export. Along the South Tyrolean Wine Road, numerous wineries await you, where you can learn everything about the different grape varieties and growing areas. And as everywhere, you are invited to taste the wines, amidst cosy Alpine romance or at the Kalterer Wine Festival, which takes place every year at the beginning of September.

Monday, 4 March

SWR Television, 6.15 pm

Around the World Heritage Site of Maulbronn: Wine - Forest - Well-being

Quiet, unagitated and yet right in the middle of the action - the Stromberg-Heuchelberg Nature Park is a green island between the conurbations of Karlsruhe, Heilbronn, Pforzheim and Ludwigsburg. Rolling hills with scattered orchards, extensive forests and vineyards around every bend make it a local recreation area.

Monday, 4 March

WDR Television, 8.15 p.m.

Crime Scene - Château Mort

Where to actually put black money that can no longer be parked in Swiss banks? It is possible to resort to expensive material assets to park untaxed money safely abroad. Ancient, precious wine, for example. Matteo Lüthi of the Thurgau police wants to uncover such deals and in the process crosses paths with Klara Blum and Kai Perlmann, who are solving the murder of a young unemployed man. He had been dumped in Lake Constance with a rucksack full of presumably valuable bottles of wine. Murder and tax offences could be connected, Klara Blum and Matteo Lüthi, in a very cooperative mood, investigate together through official channels. A case from the 19th century is linked to one from today. It is about the extremely valuable wedding wine of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, several bottles of which are found in the Swiss depots of German tax fraudsters. And it is about the spark of late love that Kai Perlmann discovers in a forgotten wine cellar.

Tuesday, 5 March

arte, 7.15 a.m.

360° Geo Reportage
Enchanting Moselle

The Moselle: in terms of length, width or depth, it usually plays a subordinate role among the rivers of Europe. Nevertheless, the second longest tributary of the Rhine does not have to hide. Although the Moselle is one of the busiest waterways in Europe, it has retained its original, wild beauty in many places. "360° GEO Reportage" visits one of the steepest vineyards in the world, the Calmont, in the Moselle valley and meets the winegrower Kilian Franzen. The reporters then meet the barge driver Franck Pihens and visit Europe's last wooden theatre in the small town of Bussang. The source of the Moselle lies in the southern Vosges Mountains, whose dense forests inspired a world-famous theatre. Its sun-drenched slate slopes are home to one of the steepest vineyards in the world - the infamous Calmont. Along its 544 kilometres, the Moselle shapes a centuries-old cultural landscape and people whose fates have been firmly linked to it for generations. "360° GEO Reportage" visits fairies and elves, climbs into gigantic power station turbines and flies over the steep Calmont. Kilian Franzen is one of those young and creative winemakers on the Moselle. His vineyards, located in the steep Calmont, have tradition. The slate soils typical of the Moselle, the steep slopes protected from sun and weather, offer the best conditions for growing grapes. Far below him, Franck Pihen's long barge travels the Moselle: the "Alabama" holds 1300 tonnes and calls at all the major Moselle ports in Germany and France.

Tuesday, 5 March

Bavarian Television, 9.35 a.m.

The Carnival Wine Tasting
from the State Court Cellar in Würzburg

Genuine Franconian originals at the "Närrische Weinprobe" from the Staatlicher Hofkeller of the Residenz in Würzburg. This wine tasting of a special kind is presented by Martin Rassau and Nicole Then, supported by Franconian cabaret artists such as Michl Müller, Doris Paul or Bernhard Ottinger. In Franconia, people actually go to the cellar to laugh, or more precisely: to the Staatliche Hofkeller zu Würzburg under the Residenz. Here, between centuries-old wooden barrels, people celebrate, laugh and, of course, taste wine.

Wednesday, 6 March

WELT, 2.05 p.m.

From Grape to Wine - German Winegrowers and Wineries

Fine champagne from France, full-bodied red wine from Italy or strong Rioja from Spain. But German quality wines are nowhere to be found? Not at all! Nowadays, top drops of the finest grapes also come from German wineries and sparkling wine cellars that have won awards all over the world. The report meets top winemakers in their breathtaking vineyards, presents an East German sparkling wine success story and shows who is way ahead in this country when it comes to soils, vines and grapes.

Wednesday, 6 March

SWR Television, 6.15 p.m.

Made in the Southwest
All-rounders on difficult terrain - small tractors from Holder

They are fleet-footed and indestructible, the legendary articulated tractors from Metzingen, faithful companions in the vineyards of the south-west.

Thursday, 7 March

SR Television, 6.15 p.m.

Take a ride

Springtime on the Moselle - Wild Vine and Young Hopers

Vineyard on the Moselle

SR/Wolfgang Felk

Friday, 8 March

Bavarian Television, 11.55 a.m.

Beautiful! Southern Tuscany

Montepulciano is situated on a hill surrounded by vineyards. Tamina Kallert gets a guided tour with music and visits the historic wine cellar.

Saturday, 9 March

hr-fernsehen, 12.40 p.m.

Der Winzerkönig (36) 39-part TV series, Germany/Austria 2006 - 2010 On a collision course

A large-scale spraying campaign against the increasing mosquito plague starts in Rust and the surrounding area. Thomas is the only one who has not been informed. When spraying vehicles suddenly appear unannounced in his meadows, he turns to Dr. Karin Schwarz, head of a biological research centre. Her assurance that the active substance used is harmless does not convince Thomas. Upset, he refuses Dr Schwarz and her staff access to his vineyards.

Sunday, 10 March

SWR Television, 4.30 p.m.

Delicious in the Country (1/7)
A guest of Sonja Merkel in the Palatinate region of Germany

Sonja Merkel knows as much about wines as she does about balance sheets. The 37-year-old not only runs a small but fine winery with her husband, she is also chairwoman of the supervisory board of the regional cooperative bank. After graduating from high school, she studied trade management and then worked as a management consultant in the wine industry, including six months at a winery in Canada. Today, she can fully apply her knowledge and experience on the family winery and in her banking activities. She loves to create noble wine cuvées with passion and creativity. This type of winemaking is a tradition in France - Sonja and her husband want to inspire wine connoisseurs in Germany as well. The two are passionate about what they like: not only a special dessert wine matures on the estate, but also a liqueur made from Dornfelder and Arabica beans - according to Sonja's secret recipe. Of course, the mother of two little boys has also used her creativity in her menu, which she serves to the other five countrywomen. Wine is not neglected in her menu and is reflected in the strong taste of the "boeuf bourguignon" and in the "trilogy in red" of her dessert. It consists of red wine cake, red wine plums and a red wine parfait.

Freshly squeezed grape juice tastes best, from left: Rita Sester, Christina Burkard, Irmgard Feuerbach, Stefanie Lemp (kneeling), Monika Kunz and Andreas Merkel.

SWR/Anne Deiß

Sunday, 10 March

SWR Television (RP), 6.05 p.m.

In this country: Wincheringen

Wincheringen is located very close to the border with Luxembourg and belongs to the Trier-Saarburg district. The village has about 2,400 inhabitants and nestles in the vineyards of the Upper Moselle. It is a wine village where about 97 percent of the white wine varieties are cultivated on 100 hectares: There are 38 wineries in the village.

Sunday, 10 March

SWR Television (RP + SR), 8.15 p.m.

Alsace and Vosges - rediscovered

The documentary is an excursion through Alsace with its varied landscapes, the European metropolis of Strasbourg and people in whose everyday lives Alsatian identity can be felt. Alsace is primarily rural. In the villages you can often hear the Alsatian dialect, for example in Seebach, one of the most beautiful half-timbered villages in northern Alsace. There, the team visits a German-French winegrowing couple who produce organic wine and crémant. On the Alsace Wine Route, a pair of winegrowers opted for sustainable architecture when building their farm and converted the operation to biodynamic cultivation.

Tuesday, 12 March

3sat, 5.45 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.

Wednesday, 13 March

3sat, 3 .30 p.m.

Weinviertel - Vast Land

It is the vastness that captivates visitors to the Weinviertel. "The quarter under the Manhartsberg", so called since 1254, conveys a feeling of endlessness. It is no coincidence that the Weinviertel bears its name - viticulture determines the landscape in all its cultural forms and has always been formative for the inhabitants of this region.

Thursday, 14 March

arte, 8.00 a.m.

Rivers of Light
Rio Ebro

The town of Laguardia is situated on a rocky outcrop high above the Ebro valley. It is the centre of the Rioja Alavesa wine region, which proudly emphasises its affiliation to the Basque Country. Winemaker Javier San Pedro Ortega wants to press unusual wines from old vines.

Saturday, 16 March

hr-fernsehen, 12.25 p.m.

Der Winzerkönig (37) 39-part TV series, Germany/Austria 2006 - 2010 The agony of choice

The biologist Karin Schwarz, just criticised by Thomas for her methods against mosquitoes, takes an interest in his work and helps with the grape harvest. When she discovers a dangerous pest and has a biological remedy for it at hand, Thomas is not only impressed by Karin's professional knowledge - the two of them also become closer on a personal level.

Saturday, 16 March

NDR Television, 1.15 p.m.

Northern Spain in seven hours
Barcelona: the rabbi and his winegrower

The Mediterranean metropolis of Barcelona is developing rapidly. In the midst of a cultural, international melting pot, the film team meets vintner Jabier Marquinez. His winery is located in the Spanish province of La Rioja. Together with Jabier, the team discovers a piece of old Barcelona, the Jewish quarter on the Ramblas. Here he meets special customers. For the Jewish community, Jabier produces kosher wine. A speciality that enjoys the highest recognition among international wine connoisseurs. Thanks to strict religious regulations and supervision, he produces what is probably the purest organic wine in the world. The current vintage is personally inspected by the rabbi. Rioja: where the Tinto gets its soul breathed into it Haro, the wine capital of Rioja, lies on a picturesque hill surrounded by bodegas. They are located around the railway station, because the train line from Barcelona to Bilbao was once the sales route for the wines from here. Today that is done by truck. But the train brings the seasonal workers for the harvest, tourists and the winemaker Jabier Marquinez back from Barcelona. He has finally arrived after a long drive through half of north-eastern Spain. By jeep, he heads up into the mountains of the Rioja Alta, the high Rioja. Around the Castillo de Sajazarra lies the Bodega Sajazarra. Here Jabier produces noble and partly kosher wines with a passion that almost borders on obsession. Wine is his life. Ever since he watched the US series "Falcon Crest" as a little boy, he dreamed of the life he leads now.

Saturday, 16 March

Bavarian Television, 1.30 p.m.

Landfrauenküche
Linda Haßold - Lower Franconia

The countrywomen are guests of Linda Haßold from Lower Franconia. Together with her husband, the 53-year-old trained agricultural engineer runs an organic viticulture. The farm in the district of Kitzingen also includes an organic farm. There are still many old fruit trees in the meadows and fields, the fruits of which Linda Haßold processes into juice or, in her own distillery, into high-proof spirits.

Sunday, 17 March

SWR Television (RP), 6.45 p.m.

Well known in the country
On the Nahewein Road

The Naheweinstraße was launched in 1971. It had role models: The German Wine Route, founded at the time of the Third Reich, and the Baden Wine Route, which was launched in 1954. Wine routes are projects to promote viticulture and tourism. But the Nahe Wine Route did not really catch on. After euphoric beginnings, the project fizzled out. But the Nahe region is becoming increasingly well-known among wine lovers, and the reputation of the Nahe wines is excellent. Viticulture benefits from a mild climate and extremely diverse soils. The landscape offers spectacular panoramas. Spa towns such as Bad Kreuznach and Bad Sobernheim have long attracted recreation-seekers to the area, who explore the charming landscapes of the Naheland from the healing springs. Along the 130 kilometres of the Nahe Wine Route live unusual people who are connected to this charming region in different ways. The film visits wineries steeped in tradition that are facing the challenges of the present and delves deep into the region's Prussian past. A contemporary witness from the founding days of the Nahe Wine Route, an immigrant, shows the light and shadow of the Nahe metropolis.

Monday, 18 March

Bavarian Television, 8.15 p.m.

Bavarians celebrate

Kirchweih Monday is a public holiday in the Lower Franconian wine village of Sommerhausen. To make sure no one misses church, the boys parade through the streets early in the morning with loud drumming. Afterwards, they go to the historical procession and then the good Sommerhausen wine flows.

Tuesday, 19 March

3sat, 11.30 a.m.

The Taste of Europe
The Tuscan Maremma

Lojze Wieser takes a trip to one of Italy's most popular destinations: Tuscany. In its southern part lies the austere Maremma. Wild boar and wine belong on the traditional Maremman food table.

Thursday, 21 March

NDR Television, 6.15 p.m.

Typical! The barrel maker

Alfred Krogemann is a barrel maker, the last of his kind in the north. His small barrel factory, which he took over from his father in 1964, is located in Bremen-Gröpelingen. Although he will soon hand over the business to his elder son, the 76-year-old is not thinking of quitting for a long time yet. Krogemann was practically born with a passion for the old craft: At the age of five, he already made his mother a small barrel for Mother's Day. Alfred Krogemann and his sons deliver their barrels to winegrowers and distilleries all over Europe. Although many large companies such as breweries or winegrowers have long since switched to aluminium, discerning producers still rely on wood and the flavour it brings. According to Krogemann, the factory already existed in the Middle Ages, in the heyday of cooperage, when all traders had their goods transported in barrels. The proximity to the harbour was decisive, which is why there were many cooperages in the Hanseatic city of Bremen. The famous Böttcherstraße is still evidence of this today. The film from the series "Typisch!" portrays Alfred Krogemann, who with his whole family has devoted himself to an old and dying craft.

Friday, 22 March

arte, 4.45 p.m.

Agriculture 4.0
The future in our fields
First broadcast

Everyday life has long been full of digital achievements. And digitalisation is even making its way into agriculture. This brings many advantages: software-supported tractors are supposed to sow and fertilise with grain precision via satellite and thus be more efficient than conventional models. The use of pesticides could also be significantly reduced. This would be an important development in times of insect mortality. But digitised agriculture generates huge amounts of data. Who benefits from this? And will robots that autonomously work the fields replace farmers in the future? Presenters Caroline du Bled and Gunnar Mergner visit Claire de Montesquiou at her vineyard, where some processes have hardly changed for centuries. Is this hopelessly old-fashioned? Or is she right to rely on human sensibility in this digital era?

Friday, 22 March

SWR Television, 6.15 p.m.

Take adrive
The Perfect Connoisseurs The Rhine between Herbolzheim and Offenburg

This is where top wines from the Markgraf von Baden winery meet top chocolate from Jutta Danner's chocolaterie - just the thing for perfect connoisseurs.

Saturday, 23 March

hr-fernsehen, 12.30 p.m.

Der Winzerkönig (38) 39-part television series, Germany/Austria 2006 - 2010 New Paths

Thomas and the biologist Karin take their time in deepening their still tentative relationship, both looking back on painful experiences. In the old wine cellar they discover the 16-year-old Ines Nowak and gradually have to learn that the young lady has run away from a youth hostel. On the initiative of Thomas and Andrea, she is able to stay in Rust and help Kerstin renovate the inn, which is soon to be reopened.

Sunday, 24 March

hr-fernsehen, 3.30 p.m.

South Africa's Cape Region
On the road at the most beautiful end of the world

On a trip to South Africa you simply cannot avoid Cape Town - for many it is the most beautiful city in the world and also the starting point of this trip. In the east of Cape Town, wines of world renown grow in front of a breathtaking backdrop, which is why you should definitely pay a visit to the Winelands and their farms.

Sunday, 24 March

SWR Television, 4.30 p.m.

Delicious in the Country (3/7)
A guest of Rita Sester in Ortenau

The Black Forest farm of Rita Sester and her husband Thomas is surrounded by orchards and vineyards. The family sells the apples, cherries, plums and mirabelles at the market and through the cooperative. Ninety Zibarten trees bear the fruit for the famous "Zibärtle" - a Black Forest speciality that Thomas distils himself in the farm's own distillery along with other fine brandies. The family delivers the grapes to the local winegrowers' cooperative. Rita is active as chairwoman of the local rural women's association. It is important to the trained village helper that regional traditions are maintained. For example, she decorates the church for the harvest festival every year with other comrades-in-arms and her colleagues from the farmers' market. The family sticks together; all three children, Rita's parents-in-law, relatives and friends are involved in the harvest. Son Christian is a master carpenter and can imagine taking over the business. The family is increasingly focusing on new tourism concepts; for example, the Sesters offer "sleeping in the orchard", a holiday experience in the middle of nature. For this purpose, they have converted two barrels into sleeping and living oases.

Monday, 25 March

arte, 8.00 a.m.

10 Winegrowers, Joachim Król and the Moissonnier
From Alsace to Burgundy

Actor Joachim Król and restaurant owner Vincent Moissonnier embark on a voyage of discovery to France's most scenic wine regions. In the five-part documentary series, they explore the wine-making secrets of ten very special winemakers who make the best wines in the world. The current episode takes Joachim Król and Vincent Moissonnier from the wine-growing regions of Alsace to Burgundy. Joachim Król and Vincent Moissonnier begin their expedition through the best wine-growing regions of France in Alsace. In Zellenberg, just over the French-German border, they meet the winemaker Marc Tempé, whose wines are highly praised. The journey continues to the 2,000-strong community of Romanèche-Thorins in the Beaujolais to the vintner Eric Janin. His wines grow at an altitude of 250 to 280 metres on light red sandstone soils. In addition, German actor Joachim Król and French restaurant owner Vincent Moissonnier visit barrel maker Stéphane Chassin, who still makes wine barrels according to the old tradition, and Marc Guillemot, a winemaker and pioneer of biodynamic viticulture in southern Burgundy. The programme is also available online from 25/03 to 24/04 on the ARTE internet portal.

The winegrower Eric Janin in front of his vines

Florianfilm

Monday, 25 March

3sat, 4.05 p.m.

Wachau - Land on the River

It is one of the most beautiful spectacles of nature when the apricot trees begin to blossom in the Wachau in spring, transforming the entire region into a fragrant sea of flowers. At 36 kilometres, the Wachau is only a short section of the 2800-kilometre-long Danube - and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The documentary shows the charms of this cultural and natural landscape in the changing seasons. The winding Danube valley, the riparian forests, rock formations and the man-made vineyard terraces are UNESCO natural monuments. The Wachau is also known for its idyllic villages, its monasteries and castles. The Wachau has been wine country since Roman times - today the "Land am Strome" with its white wines can compete with any wine-growing region in the world.

Tuesday, 26 March

arte, 8.00 a.m.

10 Winegrowers, Joachim Król and the Moissonnier
From the Rhône to Provence

The current episode of their journey to France's best wine-growing regions takes Joachim Król and Vincent Moissonnier from the Rhône Valley to Provence. In the north of the Vaucluse département lies the Domaine Crôs de la Mûre. Eric Michel's vineyards are located there. They are the first stop for the German actor and the French restaurant owner Moissonnier. As guests of Pierre Masson, the two learn the secrets of biodynamic viticulture. Incidentally, the winegrower has also published his knowledge and experiences in a book together with his brother Vincent. Finally, in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, Joachim Król and Vincent Moissonnier meet the vintner Suzel de Lanversin, who has built up her vineyard independently and self-taught together with her husband. The Frenchman Vincent Moissonnier runs the restaurant "Le Moissonnier" in Cologne, which is now highly decorated with two Michelin stars; the well-known German actor Joachim Król has been one of his regulars for almost as long and is a big fan of his wines. Together they embark on a voyage of discovery to the most scenic wine regions of France and discover the secrets of ten very special winemakers who make the best wines in the world. In five entertaining and educational episodes, the documentary series explores the secrets of winemaking while telling a dream of living well with nature and its products. The programme is also available online from 26/03 to 25/04 on ARTE's internet portal.

The winegrower Eric Michel at work in his vineyard in the north of the Vaucluse department.

Florianfilm

Wednesday, 27 March

arte, 8.00 a.m.

10 Winegrowers, Joachim Król and the Moissonnier
From Languedoc to Roussillon

In the Languedoc, deep in the heart of the Terroir d'Aniane in the south of France, is the winery of Joël Laval, which can look back on a family history spanning more than three generations. In Donzère in the Rhône-Alpes region, Joachim Król and Vincent Moissonnier meet Laurent Dreyfus-Schmidt, a farmer and well-known extractor of perfumes and aromas. Finally, this stage of the journey leads to Marc Parcé in Banyuls-sur-Mer. The winemaker takes advantage of the natural weaknesses of the region. It is not important for him to produce the highest possible yields, but rather his way of thinking and his approach are completely focused on the quality of the berries and the wine. Due to the difficult growing conditions, he believes the vines produce a very special wine. The programme is also available online from 27/03 to 26/04 on the ARTE internet portal.

The winegrower Joël Laval, whose vineyard looks back on a family history spanning more than three generations.

Florianfilm

Thursday, 28 March

arte, 8.00 a.m.

10 Winegrowers, Joachim Król and the Moissonnier
From Roussillon to the Bordelais

In Saint-Arnac in Roussillon, German actor Joachim Król and French restaurant owner Vincent Moissonnier meet Joseph Parcé, the son of Marc Parcé, who has built up his own vineyard here and is carrying on the family tradition. For the winegrower Fabien Jouves from Trespoux-Rassiels, biodynamic cultivation is a philosophy of life and plays an important role not only for the life of the plants, but also for man and his environment. This stage of the journey takes Joachim Król and Vincent Moissonnier to Saint-Ferme. Here they meet the vintner and contemporary art lover Arnaud de Raignac, who is based in France's largest and most famous wine region, the Bordelais. The programme is also available online from 28/03 to 27/04 on ARTE's internet portal.

Thursday, 28 March

ZDFinfo, 9.00 p.m.

ZDFzeit
The tricks of the food industry

Sebastian Lege reveals the secrets behind hearty dishes, full-bodied wines and crunchy snacks. Some clever industrial tricks even protect the environment. When vegetables are shot with laser beams and vanilla aroma is produced from wood waste, it sounds scary. But when manufacturers do without glutamate, we are happy. Where is mistrust really justified, and where can we still buy without hesitation? Competition on the supermarket shelves rages mercilessly. In the battle for customers, food manufacturers will use any legal means. The result is more and more new high-tech products and production processes. Traditionally produced, high-quality food can still be bought, but not at the low price of the mass-produced goods with which the industry lures its customers. A barrique wine for four euros or bourbon vanilla cream for pennies? Actually impossible. But thanks to clever food technicians, the aromatic taste of old oak barrels or tropical vanilla beans can also be produced cheaply from a local, natural ingredient: wood. At least that is what the manufacturers promise - and industry insider Sebastian Lege demonstrates which processes are used. But do the fake flavours pass the "ZDFzeit" taste test? And are such cheap substitute processes harmless to health? Sebastian Lege tests and comes up with some astonishing results - because industrially produced smoke flavouring actually poses fewer risks than traditional smoking. Especially when it comes to ingredients from the chemistry set, consumer mistrust of the industry is great - and often justified. Most customers nowadays reject artificial flavour enhancers; glutamate in particular is now considered an absolute no-go. Instead, manufacturers advertise more and more products as "without artificial flavour enhancers", and "yeast extract" now appears on the list of ingredients. What hardly anyone knows is that the substance glutamate occurs naturally in many foods, is much less harmful than many assume - and is mainly found in said yeast extract.

Friday, 29 March

arte, 8.00 a.m.

10 Winegrowers, Joachim Król and the Moissonnier
From the Loire to Alsace

On their last stage through France's famous wine-growing regions, which takes them from the Loire back to Alsace, Joachim Król and Vincent Moissonnier meet Eric Morgat in the idyllic village of Savennières on the banks of the Loire. He cultivates only one grape variety, the Chenin grape. The next stop for the German actor and the French restaurant owner is Saint-Bris-le-Vineux in Burgundy. This is where winemakers Guilhem and Jean-Hugues Goisot live and work. Finally, Joachim Król and Vincent Moissonnier discover the special champagne of Anselme Selosse. The winemaker has made it his business to bring the fluctuations of nature into the bottles as precisely as possible. The result is highly individual champagnes with a distinctive character that can only be produced in very small quantities. The programme is also available online from 29/03 to 28/04 on ARTE's internet portal.

Vincent Moissonnier (left), Joachim Król (centre) and winemaker Fabien Jouves (right) in the vineyard.

Florianfilm

Friday, 29 March

SWR Television (RP), 6.15 p.m.

Land - Love - Air
The Prince on the Tractor

"I definitely don't want to become a vintner" - Prince Felix was sure of that. Then he started studying viticulture after all and finally took over the parental family vineyard in Wallhausen in the district of Bad Kreuznach in the 32nd generation. Now he even wants to lead it back to the top of the German wine-growing companies. The way there will be a tightrope walk between a more than 800-year-old noble family tradition and economic survival. In fact, he comes a whole step closer to his goal: his wife Princess Victoria joins the business. She helps out where she can, even though she is heavily pregnant and at first hardly knows anything about viticulture. In autumn, the two of them harvest a record crop and realise that this year was like a new start for them. Almost on the side, they start a family, open a new wine shop and get a dog. They draw strength from their strong faith: they pray when a storm threatens to destroy the grapes and pray even during the hustle and bustle of the harvest.

Saturday, 30 March

3sat, 3 .30 p.m.

Longing for Italy
On the road in Tuscany

Tuscany is a landscape to dream of: gently rolling hills, vines close together, in between the typical parades of dark green cypresses.

Sunday, 31 March

3sat, 9.30 a.m.

Eastwards - a journey through Georgia
Caucasian Wine Bliss

It's easy to experience Georgian hospitality: walk slowly past a fence, make eye contact with the person behind it and they invite you in! Julia and her Georgian travelling companion Gia end up with 74-year-old Shura, who lures them into the house and then opens a mysterious flap in the floor of the kitchen. A ladder leads down into a gloomy dungeon that turns out to be a wine depot - tasting included! That's hospitality for you in Georgia.

Sunday, 31 March

MDR Television, 2.00 p.m.

Legendary - The Unstrut Land

Axel Bulthaupt embarks on an exciting journey along the Unstrut. In Freyburg he meets a young winemaking couple who not only grow a very delicious wine, but have also converted an old natural stone house that was in danger of collapsing into a cosy inn. In Sondershausen, Axel Bulthaupt lets Gerd Mackensen introduce him to the merits of meadow orchard painting and learns about the benefits of a muse.

Programme changes at short notice are possible.

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