Tannhäuser is Wagner’s operatic mashup of the sacred and profane, mixing the mythical and historical, a poet and a Pope, plus Venus, virgins, virtue, and Volk-tales.
Now let us add the vine. In the next edition of La Tazza e il Cantico, classical singer Lisa Houston and I consider Wagner’s opera and attempt to find a suitably Tannhäuserisch wine. Read the story here.
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Why not a Rheingau Rosé from Johannes Leitz? 😉
Sounds perfect. But—because I haven’t tasted it!
For that matter, I haven’t visited the Rheingau, or any part of Germany except where Lufthansa touches down, for five years. I need to get back, soon.