Why German Wine Seems to Like Cold Weather
Does German wine really prefer colder growing seasons as optimal wine weather? That was one of the first strange conclusions I got from my early WeinWetterWelt analysis. When I looked at German wine as one big group, the model seemed to suggest that better vintages were linked to colder temperatures during the growing season between […]
Weather Instead of Guesswork
How WeinWetterWelt Helps You Choose Better Wine Buying wine can be strangely difficult. You stand in a store, look at a bottle, read the label, see the region, the grape variety, the vintage, maybe a short description — and still, the actual question remains open: Will this taste good? Of course, there are many ways […]
Don’t Just Follow the Experts
My Advice for Young Students on How to Deal with Expert Opinions “But they are the experts. You should not question them!” I heard this advice often during my academic career. Usually, I just sat there and did not comment on it, because I knew that if I stated my real opinion about how science […]