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Saturday, 29 February

RTL, 8.15 p.m.

Germany is looking for the Superstar
Foreign Recall in South Africa

The Recall finale takes the DSDS candidates to one of the oldest wine estates in South Africa. Wine has been grown at the Boschendahl Wine Estate since 1685. The old walls of the winery provide a romantic backdrop for the singers remaining in the competition, who will perform here in duets. In keeping with the style, the couples will be driven to their performance in a vintage car.

Sunday, 1 March

ZDFinfo, 7.00 a.m.

ZDF.reportage
Bridge XXL

A colossus of steel and concrete, higher than Cologne Cathedral. The Hochmosel Bridge is Germany's largest bridge construction project: 1.7 kilometres long and 160 metres high. A masterpiece of German engineering and an urgently needed infrastructure measure for some. A huge nuisance that disfigures the landscape for others. Even a monstrosity that endangers the quality of the world-famous Mosel Riesling. For Ernst Loosen, the Hochmoselbrücke is simply an abomination. The winemaker is the head of a large winery that sells its products on the international market as far away as America and Asia. Not only does the bridge disfigure the most beautiful section of the Middle Moselle, but the routing of the new federal road is also a big problem for the winegrowers all around. The asphalted areas on the ridges permanently disrupt the water balance of the vineyards.

Mega-structure Hochmoselbrücke: View of the high pillars of the bridge, in the foreground the vines of the vineyards.

ZDF/Michele Parente

Sunday, 1 March

WDR Television, 3.15 p.m.

Romantic Neckar Valley - From Heilbronn to Heidelberg

The Neckar is a destination for romantics: half-timbered houses and medieval towns line its banks, gentle hills and valleys alternate with picturesque vineyards.

Sunday, 1 March

3sat, 6.05 p.m.

Rome on the Rhine
Centre of the Empire

The Romans on the Rhine not only left behind countless buildings, their traces can also be found in the cuisine. They cultivated wine along the Moselle, Rhine and Nahe rivers, which was even exported to Rome, and provided fresh vegetables in the form of rocket and goutweed.

Sunday, 1 March

WDR Television, 8.15 p.m.

Beautiful! Rhine Journey

Why is it so beautiful on the Rhine? Tamina Kallert and Stefan Pinnow know: they explored the most beautiful castles and palaces, enjoyed wine and good food and visited romantic towns like Rüdesheim. They met legendary figures like the Loreley, hiked the Rheinsteig, floated over vineyards, looked down on the Siebengebirge from the Drachenfels and drank Kölsch in the shadow of the cathedral. The two hosts present their personal highlights between the Rheingau and Cologne and give tips for excursions. Wine and joie de vivre in the Rheingau Wine and good food, picturesque villages and old castles, romance and conviviality - Stefan Pinnow found all this in the Rheingau. He hiked a bit on the Rheinsteig, visited spas in Wiesbaden and immersed himself in the hustle and bustle of Rüdesheim before taking a cable car ride over the vines. Eberbach Monastery near Eltville is a synthesis of history, architecture, culture and wine - and was the setting for the film "The Name of the Rose".

Monday, 2 March

WDR Television, 10.10 p.m.

On the road in the West
Why do we like to drink so much?

Johanna Maria Knothe is on the road in the West to learn about our drinking culture and its history in personal encounters.

Tuesday, 3 March

ANIXE, 8.05 a.m.

On the road: Cyprus with Falk-Willy Wild

Actor Falk-Willy Wild explores traditional villages, idyllic vineyards, chapels decorated with frescoes, remote monasteries, old churches. And he meets inhabitants who welcome their guest with open arms. Of course, wine tasting at one of the most famous wineries, Zambartas, will not be missed out.

Wednesday, 4 March

Phoenix, 8.15 a.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 toiling in the rolling vineyards of Napa Valley. The winemakers there are among the largest and most famous producers of American wine.

Thursday, 5 March

3sat, 11.45 a.m.

The Taste of Europe
The Slovenian Karst

This time Lojze Wieser travels through the Karst and the kitchens of Slovenia. He also drinks the rich Teran, at once red wine, elixir of life and disinfectant, gets involved in a competition with an old farmer for the prsut, the air-dried ham, and looks across the historical olive oil-butter border.

Friday, 6 March

ARD-alpha, 6.00 a.m.

Spain - language, country and people

Spain means sun, sea, flamenco, wine and holidays. The programme aims to deepen our knowledge of this well-known and yet in many ways foreign country.

Friday, 6 March

Bavarian Television, 7.30 p.m.

Country Inns of Bavaria: Würzburg

How do we celebrate festivals today? How do we organise holidays and customs? What typical food and drink do we put on the table? In the series Landgasthäuser, viewers experience hospitality, culinary delights and holidays in a new way.

Saturday, 7 March

MDR Television, 8.15 p.m.

Saxon Switzerland is so beautiful

On the way through Saxon Switzerland, there is also a glass of delicious wine at a Pirna vintner's.

Saturday, 7 March

WDR Television, 3.15 p.m.

Beautiful! Rhine Journey

Why is it so beautiful on the Rhine? Tamina Kallert and Stefan Pinnow know: they explored the most beautiful castles and palaces, enjoyed wine and good food and visited romantic towns like Rüdesheim. They met legendary figures like the Loreley, hiked the Rheinsteig, floated over vineyards, looked down on the Siebengebirge from the Drachenfels and drank Kölsch in the shadow of the cathedral. The two hosts present their personal highlights between the Rheingau and Cologne and give tips for excursions. Wine and joie de vivre in the Rheingau Wine and good food, picturesque villages and old castles, romance and conviviality - Stefan Pinnow found all this in the Rheingau. He hiked a bit on the Rheinsteig, visited spas in Wiesbaden and immersed himself in the hustle and bustle of Rüdesheim before taking a cable car ride over the vines. Eberbach Monastery near Eltville is a synthesis of history, architecture, culture and wine - and was the setting for the film "The Name of the Rose".

Sunday, 8 March

Bavarian Television, 1.45 p.m.

Experience Bavaria
Women Winegrowers - The Heirs of the Bocksbeutels

Andrea Wirsching, Ilonka Scheuring and Christine Pröstler are names to remember: they stand for sparkling, noble wine from Franconia, pressed by female hands, which can be seen and tasted on the international market. Whether it's a dry summer or a change in conditions on the world market - the Franconian female winegrowers accept every challenge. Being a winemaker means hard work in the vineyard all year round. For centuries, this profession was exclusively practised by men, as winegrowing was exhausting hard work in many of its phases. In recent years, however, a revolution has been taking place in the vineyards - also in Franconia: More and more women are taking over this male domain. The female winegrowers come with knowledge, charm and brains and fulfil their dream of owning their own vineyard. Andrea Wirsching is the managing director and manager of Bavaria's largest private winery, the first woman in four hundred years of family history. Christine Pröstler fulfilled her big dream, studied oenology at Geisenheim University, worked as a winemaker overseas - and at the same time founded her own winery with her own family. Ilonka Scheuring swears by sustainability and professional ethics: Her passion belongs to the cultivation of ancient grape varieties on the extreme steep slopes of Main Franconia - to maintain the ecological balance. Whether it's dry summers or changes on the international wine market, the women winemakers rise to every challenge!

Sunday, 8 March

arte, 6.25 p.m.

At the table in Burgenland Available online from 07/03 to 07/04

Burgenland is the easternmost province of Austria and boasts the country's largest lake, Lake Neusiedl. Nowhere else in Austria are there so many sunny days, allowing special varieties of wine to ripen and vegetables to flourish magnificently.

Margarethe Triebaumer's sons: Gerhard and Herbert are the 12th generation to run the renowned winery on Lake Neusiedl.

Matthias Pfister

Monday, 9 March

arte, 1.00 p.m.

City Country Art
Bergheim, Alsatian Tourist Magnet Available online from 02/03 to 08/05

Between the Vosges Mountains and the French banks of the Rhine, vineyards stretch as far as the eye can see. Year after year, wine lovers from all over the world flock here to stock up on fine Alsatian wines in the wine cellars. The village of Bergheim has also been attracting people from near and far since the 14th century - and it doesn't even need grape juice to do so...

Bergheim is a hamlet in Alsace that has been attracting people from near and far since the 14th century.

Elephant Doc

Tuesday, 10 March

WDR Television, 7.50 a.m.

Planet Schule: Geo-Tour - The Kaiserstuhl

The Kaiserstuhl - a small island-like elevation in the middle of the Upper Rhine Graben, famous for good wines and sunny weather. Beneath its surface, the Kaiserstuhl hides an unusual history of its origins. Even during a relaxing fango treatment, geology is at play. But the volcanic rock phonolite not only provides the raw material for wellness treatments, it also produces mystical sounds. Other treasures await discovery in the soil of the Kaiserstuhl: from aromatic truffles to beautiful crystals. Birds travel here from the savannahs of Africa to make their nesting cavities in the loess soil. But how was loess formed in the first place?

Wednesday, 11 March

SWR Television, 6.15 p.m.

PEOPLE

Dr. Alexander Mittlmeier is a country doctor. He studied in Freiburg and loves the wine region of Markgräflerland. After all, winemaking is his second profession.

Thursday, 12 March

arte, 5.50 p.m.

The Black Sea: Georgia Available online from 11/03 to 11/04

The Black Sea on the edge of Europe is surrounded by fascinating coasts. European in the north and Asian in the south, six very different countries are neighbours there, forming a region full of tensions and contrasts. Green oases on the Black Sea, mountain ranges on the coast and a dazzling metropolis: Georgia is unmistakable. The country has only 3.7 million inhabitants, but unique traditions and customs that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. The documentary shows family celebrations full of drink, brave cable car drivers and dancing triplets. The oldest wine varieties in the world grow in the Shavshet Mountains.

Thursday, 12 March

ZDFinfo, 12.15 p.m.

ZDF.reportage
Bridge XXL

A colossus of steel and concrete, higher than Cologne Cathedral. The Hochmosel Bridge is Germany's largest bridge construction project: 1.7 kilometres long and 160 metres high. A masterpiece of German engineering and an urgently needed infrastructure measure for some. A huge nuisance that disfigures the landscape for others. Even a monstrosity that endangers the quality of the world-famous Mosel Riesling. For Ernst Loosen, the Hochmoselbrücke is simply an abomination. The winemaker is the head of a large winery that sells its products on the international market as far away as America and Asia. Not only does the bridge disfigure the most beautiful section of the Middle Moselle, but the routing of the new federal road is also a big problem for the winegrowers all around. The asphalted surfaces on the ridges of the mountains permanently disrupt the water balance of the vineyards.

Thursday, 12 March

arte, 6.30 p.m.

The Black Sea: Russia Available online from 11/03 to 11/04

Russia's sunny south, from the Crimea to Sochi, the most famous seaside resort on Russia's Black Sea coast: cliffs, endless beaches, Mediterranean climate - the Russian Riviera can compete with the French. Russia's largest sparkling wine cellar is located in Abrau Durso. Shampanskoye", the Russian version of champagne, is stored there in kilometre-long tunnels.

Friday, 13 March

arte, 1.00 p.m.

City Land Art
Spain, the red gold of Rioja Available online from 06/03 to 12/05

In the north of Spain, the gentle valleys of the Rioja are dotted with huge vineyards and imposing bodegas. In this sun-drenched province, wine is considered the most valuable commodity. Even the Romans cultivated wine here, laying the foundation for development and prosperity and thus shaping the culture and way of life of an entire region - until today.

In the north of Spain, the gentle valleys of Rioja are dotted with huge vineyards and impressive bodegas. In this sun-drenched province, wine is considered the most valuable commodity.

Elephant Doc

Saturday, 14 March

3sat, 4.45 p.m.

White horses, blue vines
In the home of the Lipizzaner and the Schilcher

Extensive alpine pastures, untouched river landscapes, lovely vineyards and winegrowers' houses: that is Western Styria. The film introduces the region west of the Mur in Austria. This is where the world-famous animals for the Spanish Riding School in Vienna are bred, reared and trained. Schilcher, that unmistakable rosé wine made from the Blue Wildbach grape, grows next to them. It was the Styrian prince, Archduke Johann, who had these vines cultivated on a grand scale. Only in Schilcherland, from Ligist via Stainz to Eibiswald, does the grape variety find the best soils and the right climate.

Saturday, 14 March

SWR Television (RP), 6.15 p.m.

Land - Love - Air
When three are a whole
The people from the Wagner vineyard

Three is a magic number. From the three musketeers to the three from the petrol station to the divine trinity, to name just three examples. And then there is the Grimm fairy tale "The Three Brothers" or the new SWR film "When Three Are a Whole" - with the three Wagner brothers from Essenheim in Rheinhessen. Together they run their parents' farm as winegrowers. At 41, Andreas is the oldest and also the best known as a crime writer. But that does not mean that there is less to tell about the middle brother Uli and the youngest brother Christian. 17 people live and work together at the Wagners'. The three brothers with their wives as well as the two grandparents and nine grandchildren. This only works if each of them is given the freedom to pursue their own ideas and projects. The film also explores the question of whether such an extended family is still in keeping with the times or whether such a multi-generation house is even particularly forward-looking. At the same time, the SWR television team was curious and visited the Wagners again and again in Essenheim near Nieder-OIm over the summer and autumn. The result is a not everyday portrait of winegrowers, with answers to the questions of how and why they make wine or why they have come back to the village from afar. How their wives find their way there, how Uli and his brothers practise the vintner's profession with just as much love, tolerance and meticulousness, how the farm becomes a quaint wine tavern and magical theatre stage in summer, and what the parents of the three brothers think of this little miracle.

Saturday, 14 March

hr television, 0.15 a.m.

The Undertaker 10-part crime series, Switzerland 2013.

The winegrower's family Lüscher's cottage is on fire. An Australian guest who has been sleeping there saves himself at the last second before the cottage unexpectedly blows up. The explosion kills the owner, Peter Lüscher. The cause of the fire is quickly found: It was arson. The extremely hungover Luc Conrad is saddened by Peter Lüscher's death as seldom before. The evening before, he was invited to a wine tasting in the wine shop of Lüscher's son-in-law Thomas Renggli. The whole Lüscher family was there: father Peter, daughter Sandra and son Christian. Luc not only consumed large quantities of red wine there, but also noticed tensions in the family: father Peter and son-in-law Thomas mercilessly picked on Christian. The Lüschers have a lot going on, as the undertakers and the police soon realise. Although the whole family toils day and night, the wine-growing business is on the verge of bankruptcy - despite the support of the Australian winegrower, who only narrowly escaped death by fire.

Sunday, 15 March

arte, 6.25 p.m.

At Table in Umbria

Michele Durello, Nicholas Perla and Matteo Falchetti are prospective high school graduates at the traditional agricultural high school Augusto Ciuffelli in Todi, in the heart of Umbria. At the oldest institute of its kind in Italy, in addition to the usual school subjects, everything is taught that is needed to be a farmer there: cheese production, wine making, the extraction of olive oil.

Monday, 16 March

arte, 6.30 p.m.

Markets - In the belly of Freiburg
The Minster Market

Freiburg im Breisgau is considered the "green" city of Germany. Around the imposing Gothic cathedral is the Münstermarkt, where local food is on sale. Six days a week, vendors drive in from nearby Kaiserstuhl, on whose slopes one of Germany's most famous white wines is grown due to a mild climate, and where white asparagus, popular with gourmets, sprouts.

Tuesday, 17 March

3sat, 11.45 a.m.

Hesse à la carte
Delicious from Rheingau Cellars

It is not only wine that matures in the cellars beneath the earth of the Rheingau: in a vaulted cellar of Schloss Reinhardshausen, there is the smell of something quite different: The Rheingau affineur is at work here. Cheese master Reiner Wechs refines the finest cheeses there. The Rheingau Round, the Rheingau Cistercian Cheese, the Rheintaler and many more ripen here - delicious with Rheingau wine. Meanwhile, at Vaux Castle, it's all about a sparkling pleasure - sparkling wine. "Sparkling wine is the best thing that can come from wine" is one of the slogans of the sparkling wine manufactory. At an event of the "Rheingau Gourmet & Wine Festival", guests are welcomed in the cellar with an aperitif and can take a look behind the scenes of sparkling wine production. During the subsequent menu by star chef Sebastian Lühr, they experience how well the exquisite sparkling wine goes with the food. A culinary, enjoyable and interesting lunch in the Bel Etage of the beautiful villa.

Tuesday, 17 March

ANIXE, 4.15 p.m.

Travelling: Andalusia

Anixe accompanies a language student on her journey to the southernmost region of Spain. Malaga is the second largest city in Andalusia after Seville. Malaga's most famous son and artist is Pablo Picasso, whose birthplace can be visited. In an old bodega, our language student tastes Picasso's beloved sweet wine. In Granada, the programme includes a visit to Andalusia's most famous sight, the Alhambra. It is an important Moorish-style city castle on the city's Sabikah Hill. The centrepieces of the Alhambra are the Sultan Palaces, which are made of marble and alabaster. The language school takes you to a wine tasting of 16 different varieties, including sweet liqueur wine. Anixe also joins in the singing and dancing of flamenco in a tapas bar.

Wednesday, 18 March

3sat, 5.00 p.m.

The Moselle

Steep slopes and magnificent views: The Moselle is one of Germany's most breathtaking rivers. But working on its banks has never been easy. Nevertheless, young people in particular are once again choosing to live along the Moselle - in France, Luxembourg and Germany. Among them are Rebecca Materne and Janina Schmitt, who belong to a new generation of winegrowers. Rebecca Materne comes from the Ruhr region, Janina Schmitt from Hesse. In 2012, the friends leased a vineyard in Winningen near Koblenz. Since then, they have been growing Riesling on the steep slopes with a gradient of more than 50 degrees - without using machines or pesticides. The couple's life is characterised by the unpredictability of the weather and hard work: tying the vines in spring, bottling in ssummer grape harvest in autumn. It would not be possible without the help of family and friends. If both want to make a living from winegrowing one day, their business has to grow. But Materne & Schmitt are optimistic. The people on the Moselle love their homeland. The river offers a sense of security. And that is why in some places along the Moselle, customs and traditions live on as they did centuries ago. In Contz-les-Bains, France, in the border triangle of France, Luxembourg and Germany, young men are preparing a grandiose spectacle for St. John's Day: A huge burning wooden wheel is to roll down a mountain into the river. If it works, it promises a good harvest. In Traben-Trarbach, the "Stadtschröter" drag a tree trunk through the town to set it up as a guild tree on the banks of the Moselle. Schröter were once indispensable for the wine trade. They heaved the filled barrels out of the cellars to load them onto ships. The advent of the wine pump caused the craft to die out. Lorraine is famous for mirabelles. Most of the European production comes from the Moselle valley south of Metz. Mélanie Bigeard-Demange distils the fruit into "Eau de Mirabelle", mirabelle brandy. The distillery owns 1500 mirabelle plum trees, all of which have to be harvested and sorted in just a few days. Otherwise the fruits lose their flavour and aroma. The Moselle offers a perspective to many. The film presents people along the river with ideas, energy and ambitious goals.

Friday, 20 March

3sat, 6.05 a.m.

Etna - Hell's Mouth in the Mediterranean Sea

Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes on earth. With an enormous height of over 3300 metres, it dominates Sicily. It is the portrait of one of Europe's most fascinating natural wonders. Almost every year it, or rather she, erupts once. The dangers for local residents have been limited since the upper part of Etna was declared a national park, which may not be built on. But if the flanks of the lower regions burst open, there is almost nothing that can stop the flow of lava. Winemaker Chiara Vigo remembers how, as a child, she had to witness an eruption in the north near Randazzo that destroyed almost all of her family's vineyards: a catastrophe, because to this day there is no insurance against it on Etna. She will never forget that the lava flow left a remnant of their belongings and "miraculously" suddenly changed direction, as Chiara recounts in the film. Together with her husband Gianluca, she now grows "Nerello Mascalese" here, the typical red grape variety of the few, approximately 130 winegrowers on Etna. She appreciates that the volcano not only takes but also gives. The fertile and mineral-rich volcanic soil makes it possible to grow wine, olives, pistachios and many other things that make up Sicilian cuisine.

Friday, 20 March

arte, 19.40

Fruit without poison
When nature replaces chemistry

Apples and wine are among the foods that use the most pesticides. But there is another way. Klaus Rummel from Nußdorf in the Palatinate sees the future of viticulture in new varieties. At his own risk, he has been breeding fungus-resistant vines for thirty years. Now he may have achieved a breakthrough. With a variety that produces many grapes, he has made a fruity white wine. Nevertheless, he continues to breed.

Friday, 20 March

hr television, 9.00 p.m.

Bordeaux and France's Southwest
Where connoisseurs are at home

In France, it has long been rumoured that Bordeaux is a serious rival to Paris. Bordeaux produced the philosophers Michel de Montaigne and Montesquieu, its architecture is a prime example of classicism, and Bordeaux is the world capital of wine. A visit to the wine museum "Cité du Vin" is a must. Christine Seemann turns her back on the coast and heads east into the heart of the Bordelais to Saint Émilion. The gently hilly wine-growing region was the first to be put on the UNESCO World Heritage List. For Saint Émilion is a synthesis of the arts, as it nestles picturesquely into the landscape, full of enchanted corners and architectural treasures. And wine is the elixir of life around which everything revolves. In September, the Jurade, the wine fraternity, gives permission for the grape harvest - a reason to celebrate. An emotional spectacle that enchants not only wine lovers.

Saturday, 21 March

3sat, 11.30 a.m.

Exotic Gardens at the Cape - With the Organic Gardener in South Africa

Garden specialist Karl Ploberger takes viewers on a unique journey to the Cape Province in South Africa. The country is especially known for its unique flora. Ploberger visits the famous Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, two wine estates, a social project, a vegetable and fruit plantation as well as the historical garden monument Old Nectar. A varied foray through South African flora. There is no getting around wine in South Africa. Some of the wine estates also have magnificent, lushly flowering gardens. Ploberger pays a visit to the Vergelegen and Rustenberg wine estates.

Sunday, 22 March

hr television, 3.30 p.m.

Bordeaux and France's Southwest
Where connoisseurs are at home

In France, it has long been rumoured that Bordeaux is a serious rival to Paris. Bordeaux produced the philosophers Michel de Montaigne and Montesquieu, its architecture is a prime example of classicism, and Bordeaux is the world capital of wine. A visit to the wine museum "Cité du Vin" is a must. Christine Seemann turns her back on the coast and heads east into the heart of the Bordelais to Saint Émilion. The gently hilly wine-growing region was the first to be put on the UNESCO World Heritage List. For Saint Émilion is a synthesis of the arts, as it nestles picturesquely into the landscape, full of enchanted corners and architectural treasures. And wine is the elixir of life around which everything revolves. In September, the Jurade, the wine fraternity, gives permission for the grape harvest - a cause for celebration. An emotional spectacle that enchants not only wine lovers.

Sunday, 22 March

SWR Television, 4.00 p.m.

7 Days... among winegrowers

For the winemaking couple Kilian and Angelina, the support among friends and family is indispensable after hard blows of fate, so that they can harvest grapes and bottle wine year after year. With a close-knit group of friends, relatives and Eastern European harvest helpers, they climb Europe's steepest vineyards every autumn - on the Calmont on the Moselle. In the summer of the century, 2018, the vines are hanging full. So full that the tanks quickly fill up during the harvest. Soon there is hardly room for all the wine in the cellar. The abundant harvest pushes all the helpers to their limits. Reporter Lucas Stratmann had to experience this first hand. As he climbs down the steep slope with 50kg of grapes on his back, he gets quite off balance. Without any previous experience, he mingled with the team of harvest workers for a week and hired himself out as an intern at the winery. Early in the morning, Lucas has to pack buckets and hots in the dark - then they all head up to the steep terraces where Riesling and Co. ripen, often in the thick fog of the Moselle. His fellow harvesters mostly come from Romania and hardly speak a word of German. Will Lucas Stratmann succeed in becoming part of the well-rehearsed team?

Lunch on the Calmont

Photo SWR

Sunday, 22 March

Bavarian Television, 6.45 p.m.

Leisure
Schmidt Max and the journey to vino

Many wine lovers think that autumn is the best season for a wine trip. Far from it! The current vintage is often drunk up, the new wine not yet here. In addition, there are lots of tractors roaring through the vineyard, after all, the harvest takes place in autumn. Schmidt Max is smarter: Inspired by Stephan Lehmann, who provides his listeners with wine tips together with BR wine expert Herbert Stiglmaier on "Bayern 1 am Nachmittag", he squats down in his old Opel Kadett and sets off for Tuscany. Pecorino cheese, olive oil, wild boar salami and spring await him in the region south of Florence. And extraordinary red wines from German-speaking winegrowers to go with it. There are Aljoscha and Arianna Gelpke from Switzerland with their organic certified Chiantis, Bettina and Moritz Rogosky from Germany, who only make one very rare drop with an incredible story. Felix and Sabine Eichbauer from Munich try their luck with "Brunello di Montalcino". In addition, Schmidt Max explores where to stay cheaply at the winery and how to eat well in a former car repair shop.

Monday, 23 March

ZDFinfo, 8.00 a.m.

In the shadow of the volcanoes
Lanzarote - How ash becomes money

The landscape of the Canary Island of Lanzarote is marked by volcanic cylinders that bear witness to the battle between fire and water. Wind and ash have made the land extremely fertile. But it is not easy to farm. The excellent wines are proof of how resilient man and nature are. Over the centuries, the eruptions have created a mysterious labyrinth of lava and water sources.

Monday, 23 March

arte, 12.15 p.m.

Fruit without poison
When nature replaces chemistry

Apples and wine are among the foods that use the most pesticides. But there is another way. Klaus Rummel from Nußdorf in the Palatinate sees the future of viticulture in new varieties. At his own risk, he has been breeding fungus-resistant vines for thirty years. Now he may have achieved a breakthrough. With a variety that produces many grapes, he has made a fruity white wine. Nevertheless, he continues to breed.

Tuesday, 24 March

ANIXE, 8.05 a.m.

Travelling in Kaltern

Kaltern on the lake in South Tyrol. This is where Italian "dolce vita" and South Tyrolean down-to-earthness meet and give the region, but also its people, a very special charm. 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.

Tuesday, 24 March

3sat, 5.45 pm

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. It is a gentle, warm hilly region that is used by people but has still preserved many original characteristics, a quiet land with a lot of past and hidden treasures.

Wednesday, 25 March

3sat, 12.45 p.m.

free time
Wine Tour Tuscany

"freizeit" - the first German leisure programme - does not reinvent leisure, but it shows it differently: Bavarian, future-oriented, informative.

Wednesday, 25 March

3sat, 21.45

Adventure Trips: Siebengebirge
From the Drachenfels to the Mannberg

The film presents wine culture in the Siebengebirge. The members of the Belz family, for example, have been growing their wine as organic winegrowers on the steep slope of the Mannberg near Unkel since the 1990s. Other stops are the wine-growing village of Bad Honnef-Rhöndorf, the residence of former German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and a picturesque attraction for day-trippers, and the Drachenfels.

Friday, 27 March

3sat, 1.20 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.

Friday, 27 March

3sat, 4.15 p.m.

America's West Coast
Northern California

Mexican immigrant and winemaker Ulises Valdez tells how the American dream came true for him.

The 'Mexican' winemaker Ulyses Valdez in Sonoma County.

ZDF/Jörg Daniel Hissen

Saturday, 28 March

3sat, 10.55 a.m.

At Table in Umbria

Michele Durello, Nicholas Perla and Matteo Falchetti are prospective high school graduates at the traditional Augusto Ciuffelli agricultural high school in Todi, in the heart of Umbria. At the oldest institute of its kind in Italy, in addition to the usual school subjects, everything is taught that is needed to be a farmer there: cheese production, wine making, the extraction of olive oil.

Saturday, 28 March

3sat, 11.20 a.m.

The Black Sea: Georgia

The Black Sea on the edge of Europe is surrounded by fascinating coasts. European in the north and Asian in the south, six very different countries are neighbours there, forming a region full of tensions and contrasts. Green oases on the Black Sea, mountain ranges on the coast and a dazzling metropolis: Georgia is unmistakable. The country has only 3.7 million inhabitants, but unique traditions and customs that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. The documentary shows family celebrations full of drink, brave cable car drivers and dancing triplets. The oldest wine varieties in the world grow in the Shavshet Mountains.

Sunday, 29 March

hr television, 8.15 p.m.

Magnificent Hesse
On the road in Frankfurt's green belt

There is always plenty to discover in the green belt, such as a vineyard, orchards and much more. Achim Rupp, winemaker from Frankfurt's Lohrberg, is responsible for the northernmost wine-growing region of the Rheingau: Frankfurt's Lohrberg vineyard. A noble Riesling is bottled here.

Tuesday, 31 March

arte, 5.20 p.m.

Adventure Silk Road
Gobi - Forbidden Oases

As a guest of a Uyghur family, reporter Alfred de Montesquiou learns a lot about vine cultivation methods and the local cuisine of the Uyghurs.

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