3rd Episode: In this episode, I am channeling from d.b. Schmitt Riesling 2018
References mentioned:
https://zrswines.com/wine-producer/weingut-schmitt/
and
https://www.rawwine.com/wine/erdreich/
Bianka Schmitt and Daniel Schmitt:
Bianka and Daniel Schmitt are two talented young winemakers making biodynamic wine “just from grapes” in the Rheinhessen region of Germany. The wines are pure and fresh, full of personality and life. Rheinhessen is the largest wine growing region in Germany, and has been largely associated with bulk production. However, in recent years, the region’s reputation has begun to shift as a new generation of younger, more innovative growers are reducing yields and honing in on the largely undervalued terroir of this region. Bianka and Daniel epitomize this new wave of German winemakers, working hard to produce wines of the highest quality with as little intervention as possible.
The Weingut Schmitt winery has been in the family for over 200 years. Bianka and Daniel have been working their 16 hectares biodynamically for over a decade and are one of only 80 producers in Germany to be Demeter certified. They work with amphorae as well as used oak barrels and release a ‘Natur’ line that contains no added sulphur.

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It’s a poem and story podcast hosted by Rachelle, that creatively explores how natural wine and other fermented or distilled beverages can be a channel of wisdom for connecting more deeply with the earth and it’s stories.

Through myths we can help make sense of time, of our surroundings and of the unseen forms that are felt. They make sense of the layers of nonlinear time. The spaces we create, unexpected circumstances, cycles, misplaced thought patterns and affinities. Much of my writing is channeled through beverage and nature, it’s a mythology weave of sorts. Our own myths are fundamental to being human, this is what I explore on the Beverage Channel Podcast.