Mercure Weinlese: how to bring wine into the future and to modernize it

Mercure Weinlese. Times of a classic wine tasting are over. At least for the Mercure Hotels. Nowaydays the whole wine topic need to be brought into the future and wine needs to be modernized. Also, a modern wine event with great concept attracts a lot more guests. The wine tasting Mercure Weinlese at Mercure Hotel Berlin City was a success. Around 100 wine experts gathered together, half of it from the Le Club AccorHotels. Together with my friends Amandine and Nadine we also attended the wine tasting.

Mercure Weinlese 2018 | Mercure Hotels, Mercure Hotel Berlin City, Deutscher Qualitätswein Deutsche Winzer

Mercure WEINLESE

Only high quality, German wines will get on the wine menu of the Mercure Hotels. Moreover, the vintner need to make sure that they can deliver the needed amounts of bottles. All together, 220 vintner with 594 applied for the Mercure Weinlese. In the end only 84 wines made it.

Mercure Weinlese 2018 | Mercure Hotels, Mercure Hotel Berlin City, Deutscher Qualitätswein Deutsche Winzer
Mercure Weinlese 2018 | Mercure Hotels, Mercure Hotel Berlin City, Deutscher Qualitätswein Deutsche Winzer
Mercure Weinlese 2018 | Mercure Hotels, Mercure Hotel Berlin City, Deutscher Qualitätswein Deutsche Winzer

GOING AWAY FROM THE classic WINE TASTING

The Mercure Hotels are no longer doing classic wine tastings. The new concept of a culinary wine tasting amused the guests. The evening began in the underground parking of the hotel. Afterwards everybody gathered togehter in the big hall for the Mercure Weinlese. Each table tasted around 15 different kinds of wine – from the whie ones onto the rosé ending with the red wine. Personally, I loved the white Cuvée wines the most. They were super fresh and fruity – perfect for the summer.

Mercure Weinlese 2018 | Mercure Hotels, Mercure Hotel Berlin City, Deutscher Qualitätswein Deutsche Winzer Mercure Weinlese 2018 | Mercure Hotels, Mercure Hotel Berlin City, Deutscher Qualitätswein Deutsche Winzer
These are the selected wines for the Mercure Hotels wine card:
  • 2017 Silvaner (Weingut Roth, Wiesenbronn)
  • 2017 Kopfstand (Weissweincuvée BIO, Bioweingut Lorenz, Friesenheim)
  • 2017 Maikammer Mandelhöhe (Chardonnay, Weingut August Ziegler, Maikammer)
  • 2015 Buchholzer Sonnhalde „aus alten Reben“ (Spätburgunder, Weingut Moosmann, Waldkirch-Buchholz)
  • 2014 Francois (Rotweincuvée, Weingut Braunewell, Essenheim)
  • 2017 Weißburgunder Ladies First (Weingut Dorst, Wörrstadt)
  • 2017 Grauburgunder (Weingut Lucashof, Forst)
  • 2017 Hofmann Rossi (Rosé, Weingut Hofmann, Appenheim)
  • 2015 Endinger Engelsberg Barrique (Spätburgunder, Weingut Knab, Endingen)
  • 2016 Lemberger Gutswein (Privatkellerei Hirsch, Leingarten)
  • 2016 Piesporter Goldtröpfchen (Riesling, Erben Weingut 1789, Traben-Trarbach)
  • 2017 Weissburgunder No 2 (Weingut Arnold, Heuchelheim)
  • 2017 Grauburgunder Gutswein (Weingut Ewald Kopp, Sinzheim-Ebenung)
  • 2015 Honigsack (Spätburgunder, Weingut Bohnenstiel, Herxheim am Berg)
  • 2015 Hensel & Gretel (Rotweincuvée, T.Hensel & M.Schneider, Ellerstadt & Bad Dürkheim)
  • 2017 Buntsandstein (Riesling, Weingut Arnold, Heuchelheim)
  • 2017 Chardonnay (Weingut Weinhaus Bimmerle, Renchen-Erlach)
  • 2017 „Vom grauen Schiefer“ (Riesling, Weingut Leo Fuchs, Pommern)
  • 2016 Merlot Element (Wein & Sekthaus Aloisiushof, St. Martin)
  • 2016 Cuvée N°1 (Rotweincuvée, Weingut Klumpp, Bruchsal)
  • 2016 Save WATER drink RIESLING (Riesling, Weingut Fritz Allendorf, Oestrich-Winkel)
  • 2017 Chardonnay (Weingut Alexander Flick, Bechtolsheim)
  • 2017 Wild Life (Riesling, Weinhaus Markus Kiebel, Farschweiler)
  • 2015 Gimmeldinger Meerspinne (Dornfelder, Weingut August Ziegler, Mailkammer)
  • 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon INDIVIDUELL (Weingut Braun, Meckenheim)
  • 2017 TWENTYSIX weiss Cuvée (Weingut Bickel-Stumpf, Frickenhausen)
  • 2017 Rosé Gutswein (Weingut Klosterhof Schwedhelm, Zellertal)
  • 2017 Doll + Göth Grauer Burgunder (Weingut Posthof Doll & Göth, Stadecken)

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Mercure Weinlese 2018 | Mercure Hotels, Mercure Hotel Berlin City, Deutscher Qualitätswein Deutsche Winzer

After 15 wines we definitely needed something in our stomachs. A three course menu avaited us. Of course, wines from the Mercue wine card were served along with it. The evening faded out with a musical background music of a jazz-duo. The evening ended before midnight. Thank you for the invite Mercure Hotels!

Mercure Weinlese 2018 | Mercure Hotels, Mercure Hotel Berlin City, Deutscher Qualitätswein Deutsche Winzer
I wish you a wonderful day!