Germany is October's Featured Country

In the International spirit that is Rotary, each Etown Rotary board meeting this year will feature a different country by way of a wine tasting. According to the French proverb, " In water one sees one's own face; But in wine one beholds the heart of another."

Our meeting on Tuesday will highlight Germany. The first Rotary Club in Germany was founded in 1927 in Hamburg; it was the first German city to bridge the divide to the United States since the First World War. Here you can read the story about the Rotary Club Hamburg.
One year later, in 1928, the first Munich Rotary Club was founded as the fourth Rotary Club in Germany (after Hamburg, Frankfurt and Cologne), named Rotary Club München. The most famous member was Thomas Mann. It was only four years later, on April 4, 1933, that the celebrated author, at that time in exile in Switzerland, was removed from the list of members together with several Jewish and non-Jewish Rotarians who appeared politically unacceptable under Nazi rule.

In 1995 the first lady became a member of a German Rotary Club 90 years after Rotary had been founded in 1905 at Rotary Club Augsburg in Bavaria, founded in 1951.

Our Oktoberfest tasting this month will be a Carl Graff 2008 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese . Region: Mosel-Saar-Ruver, Germany.


" A little shy in the nose, but what an explosion in the mouth. A bit like a mini fireworks. Great flavors, plenty of acid. A heavy hitter, but very pleasant . Pale yellow color. Subdued aromas of ripe apricots and peaches. Flavors are more dominant. Citrus fruit with peaches and apricots. Pretty sweet on the mid palate. Still good acidity on the finish.

Zum Wohl!