Food & Drink

Munich officials reject beer price cap plan for Oktoberfest. City officials in Munich on Wednesday denied a request to cap beer prices for Oktoberfest at 10.70 euros (11.80 dollars) per litre for a period of three years. After a heated debate between officials and organizers of the beer festival, Munich’s …

Beer based emergency?  This German fire engine can extinguish any type of thirst. Gerhold Becker and Sonja Heideroth from Borken, a small town in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, own a very special kind of vehicle. They have converted a 31 year-old fire engine previously used by the Bavarian fire …

The Champagne market in Europe is worth around €1.4 billion, and while global sales for champagne might have dropped last year, Germany’s thirst for the sparkling wine has continued to grow. In 2016, champagne deliveries to Germany rose by 4.9 per cent to 12.5 million bottles, the Bureau du Champagne …

The German asparagus season has already begun, all thanks to heated fields. As apples mark the Fall season, nothing quite epitomizes Spring in Germany like the revered white stalks of Spargel (Asparagus). Whereas other asparagus-eating nations like France, Italy and the United States prefer the green variety, in Germany it’s …

Strong Franc Hits Swiss Chocolate Sales in Germany. Germany, the most important market for Swiss chocolate, has seen sales fall for the second year in a row, according to the Association of Swiss Chocolate Producers, Chocosuisse. In 2016, Switzerland exported only 17,400 tons of chocolate to Germany, 19 percent less …

Will New Beer Bottle Designs Fundamentally Change the Industry in Germany? Every time you buy a beer bottle in a German supermarket you pay a little bit extra (8 – 25 cents) so that you are encouraged to return it, just like many states in the U.S. After you have inserted …