of the vocab you will need to get the right beer where ever you are in Germany. Bier – beer, Helles – light beer (in color not calories), Dunkles/Alt – dark beer, grosses – big, kleines – small, Sekt – sparkling wine, Wein – wine, Rotwein – red win, Weisswein – white whine, Gluehwein – hot wine, Prost – cheers, then there are beers especially from certain parts and cities in Germany. Alt Beer is from Duesseldorf, Kolsch is from Cologne. And remember buy the “city” beer from whatever city …

Chef Craig Flinn from Chives Canadian Bistro provides his take on pairing food and wine.

a wine… so this week we kick things off with that most Aussie of aperitifs, a beer. But not just any beer! This is brewed on the grounds at one of the great wineries of the Clare Valley, Knappstein. We also look at a lovely rosé from Yering Station that isn’t just ‘cotton candy in the mouth’. And we round out the starting field with a great, inexpensive, bottle of bubbles from Jansz. … wine review reviews red white beer rose rosé champagne sparkling knappstein “yering station” jansz …