There is no better way to while away a few moments between shopping and dinner than the Wein bar…read more And the Weinhandlung staff is truly friendly and helpful.

Awesome little cellar of the oldest sparkling wine producer in Germany…read more Plenty of bottles of different sizes for home or ready for gifting in gift sets. You can try every sparkling wine ('Sekt') they sell. For €4-5 you get a 100ml pour of bubbly to enjoy. Plenty of seating!

I first discovered Kessler on a trip to Esslingen in 2010. 'Germany's oldest sparkling wine…read morecellar' would be worth visiting when one is in the area. Avail yourself of the old black and white photos hung on the wall as one enters Kessler. If this place was good enough for Errol Flynn, then it's good enough for you and me, hopefully. The woman pouring on my first visit was engaging, humorous, and knowledgeable about both product and the history of the Keller. In short, she was all that one would hope for in such a situation. She spoke a mixture of Schwäbisch (my fave German dialect) and standard and I kept up fairly well. The hubs and I left satisfied, our bags heavily laden with a variety of stellar sparkling wines. On our latest visit we had an experience that could qualify as just about the opposite of the first trip. -not sure why the interaction with the staff was such a mis-fire. Without going into every minute detail, just visualize me at the bar, menu in hand, asking to try product, only to be told to go visit the show room. After a short trip to the show room, I tried again to engage the staff about product, to no avail. Suffice it to say, we left neither having tried any bubbly nor purchasing any. I would add that we were the only customers. -third time will be a charm? I hope so.

From the owner: Durch die große Erfahrung von Eberhard Kohler mit der Herstellung hochwertiger Holzfässer lag es…read morenahe, dieses Wissen des Küfers zu nutzen und in die Brennerei mit einzubringen. Die Réserve-Linie der Destillerie Kohler stellt dies eindrucksvoll unter Beweis. So wird bei der Auswahl der Fässer, Holzart und Toastung nichts dem Zufall überlassen, sondern mit Meisterwissen ausgewählt. Die Réserve-Produkte vereinen eine bewusst kurze Lagerdauer im Holzfass, um die Holznote dezent zu halten, mit dem Einsatz gedörrten Obstes, um Frische und Fruchtigkeit stärker zu betonen. Für ganz besondere Momente sind die Jahrgangseditionen gedacht. Destillate, die in Ihrer Vielschichtigkeit, Klarheit und Fruchtigkeit einzigartig sind. Diese Herzstücke sind streng limitiert denn nicht jedes Jahr bietet die Natur eine Wetterlage um alle Früchte in herausragende Qualität reifen.