Cana Wine Club

CANA WINE CLUB SERVASTI BONUM VINUM

“Thou hast kept the good wine.”

JOHN 2:10

Aged bottles, good company, and an aspect of Christian doctrine, at small gatherings hosted in different places around Kaiserslautern, Germany.

EXPRESS INTEREST

WHY WINE AND DOCTRINE

At Cana, the best wine was saved for last. So it is with a well-aged bottle and with the faith: old wine and timeless truth, each best shared in good company.

THE EVENINGS

  1. I

    GATHER

    Light hors d’oeuvres and conversation as everyone arrives and settles in.

  2. II

    POUR

    One or two aged wines, opened and tasted slowly, with a short talk on where each is from, the vintage, and what age has done to it.

  3. III

    STUDY

    We cover an aspect of Christian doctrine, summarized and then discussed together.

  4. IV

    PRAY

    We end the evening together in prayer for special intentions.

WHAT WE STUDY

Our reading comes from the Summaries of Catholic Teaching: short topics on faith and morals, written by professors at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome and drawn mainly from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and published on opusdei.org.

Recent and upcoming topics:

Wine to gladden the heart of man.PSALM 104:15

THE NEXT GATHERING

WHEN
Date to be announced
WHERE
Kaiserslautern area
TOPIC
The Longing for God

Seats are limited, which keeps each evening warm and intimate. Expressing interest isn’t a reservation, but we’ll gladly be in touch when a place opens.

A WORD ON AGED WINE

Buying an aged bottle is always a wager. Often it pays off handsomely: a well-aged wine opens into layers of nuance and a complexity that only time can give.

Often, too, it surprises us. A long journey, imperfect storage, or a tired cork can leave an old wine less than ideal. Either way, every bottle is an experience, and we discover it together.

Should a bottle turn out to be corked, we’ll pour a flight of Châteauneuf-du-Pape or a younger wine of similar quality in its place.

“And no man drinking old, hath presently a mind to new: for he saith, The old is better.”

LUKE 5:39

THE COLLECTION

€10 SUGGESTED PER PERSON Give what you can, when you can.

Our wines are privately procured, and we have decided to donate any excess funds to Am Städel, a small educational center in the heart of Frankfurt and an initiative of members and friends of Opus Dei, a personal prelature of the Catholic Church governed under the authority of the Holy See. It offers talks on the faith, recollections, confession, and a monthly family Mass.

DONATE TO AM STÄDEL

You’ll find the IBAN for tax-deductible donations on Am Städel’s contact page.