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24h to remember at Forsthaus Strelitz

It was great to be far away from the big city and enjoy a bit of peace, excellent ingredients, great attention to detail in the kitchen and in service, balanced pairing with some home made ciders and fruit wine next to wine bangers, exciting wine list with enough space to (re)taste old time favs and try new things, and the clearest star-lit sky (with even a few shooting stars) I have seen in a while.

To say more would be redundant, you‘ll have to set foot there and meet these people in person.

Thank you for having us in your small corner of paradise!

an evening well spent a couple of weeks ago at Matthias , with amazing wines carefully selected by Michael Stiel , wonderful hosting by Janine Woltaire , the unique menu of Silvio Pfeufer and the best company, my husband. Not to mention it was also my 37th spin around this beautiful Globe which I still hope we will get to save.

Drank Domaine Trapet , Azienda Agricola Foradori and other magical sips, tried both vegetarian and omnivore menus, fell in love with the cobia fish dish and its vegetarian sister may turnip with a touch of rhubarb.

Cannot wait to return! Grateful to have been able to experience this and NOT taking it for granted.

May dump 3 months later, because life took me by surprise.

I understood almost nothing from May. It was an avalanche of life changes, work and study load, and my usual Berlin-Bucharest-Athens dance, with some extra spice. I started working together with .suff , went on my first wine trip with them, had my first service at .bucharest , the restaurant I wine-consult in Bucharest, co-hosted with .studio our lovely wine bar popup evening Cuvéest, had some corporate tastings, a beautiful Greek-Romanian dinner co-histed with and .tsalikis and yes, I studied day and night for my WSET Level 4, with short ice-cream, beer and friends+family breaks to recharge my batteries.

When I look back, I can only think of 2 words: survival and blossom. Because I don’t know how else to live my personal and professional life than at 200%.

1 year of Cuvéest, 1 year of neighborhood friendship, 1 year and 7 evenings of great wine and people in our cosy Kiez in Charlottenburg. A project that was born on the sidewalk and that keeps on giving.

Our hearts are full of gratitude for the countless meaningful moments we spent together and we cannot wait to welcome you once more, to celebrate with a BANG this milestone: your favourite wines by the glass, pizza, DJs and great weather ☀️!

📍 .studio , Haubachstr. 26
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All the love,
Lauri, Ramo, A***no

Our hearts are full after yet another amazing night at our Cuvéest pop-up wine bar in Charlottenburg. We are so humbled and happy that this project grew so beautifully from just a coffee meeting on the sidewalk into a truly heartfelt project.

We are also so happy to be able to bring the best of our love for wine and hospitality to our neighborhood, where there is not a single wine bar, not to mention one with focus on Eastern Europe. And we are stoked to see so many returning customers month after month, and amongst them so many of our neighbors.

We are very thankful for the team that we are, and we cannot wait to be back on July 10th for our one-year anniversary. Stay tuned, it will be epic!

Love,
Lauri, Ramoni, A***no

Next stop: , and a really beautiful deep dive into German sparkling wine with Christian, Anna and the Krack family.

Founded in 2015 by Christian together with his brothers Felix and Axel, the estate focuses entirely on traditional-method Winzersekt, continuing the family’s long connection to sparkling wine production in the Pfalz.

It was especially interesting to taste through the wines while learning why they choose to work mainly with vintage Sekt instead of non-vintage cuvées. Every bottle felt connected to a specific growing season and vineyard expression, with a lot of precision but also a very relaxed and honest approach to winemaking.

We tasted through different styles and ageing profiles during a very relaxed barbecue lunch in the garden: good food, sunshine, long conversations and a perfect atmosphere to really understand the wines and the philosophy behind them.

Another amazing visit thanks to .suff Berlin.