Germany rarely gets the same instant recognition as France, Italy or Spain when the conversation turns to food and wine travel, and that is a mistake. Between a genuinely serious wine tradition built around Riesling and Spatburgunder, a beer garden culture that shapes entire summers, and cities whose food scenes are still actively being shaped by their own recent history, Germany rewards exactly the kind of curious, unhurried travel this site is built around. This page brings together everything written so far, organized by city, and it will keep growing as new trips get covered.
Berlin
Berlin does not sell itself as a food city the way Paris or Barcelona does, and that is precisely what makes it worth paying close attention to. The city’s restaurant and wine bar scene is still shaped directly by its Cold War division and the uneven rebuilding that followed reunification, and the guide below covers both the eating and drinking side of a Berlin trip and the history that explains why the city looks the way it does.
- Where to Eat: PeterPaul is the single best restaurant recommendation in the city, alongside Katz Orange, the wine-focused Weinlobbyist, the laidback Kink, and a standout recent dinner at Candyman Izakaya.
- Where to Drink: Der Kleine August and Weinladen for small, personally curated wine lists built around Germany’s own Spatburgunder and Riesling, plus classic beer gardens at Naumanns and Cafe am Neuen See.
- What Else to Do: A guided tour through Berlin’s Cold War underground tunnels, a visit to Tempelhof Airport and its Cold War intelligence history, the Stasi Museum in Lichtenberg, and the city’s Christmas markets in winter.
More Germany Guides to Come
This page will be updated as new German city and region guides go live. If there is a specific city, wine region, or type of trip you would like to see covered next, from Munich’s beer halls to the Mosel’s steep slate vineyards, let me know and it may well be the next one on the list.