Spring is coming... and so is Wagner. In this episode, we explore “Winterstürme” from Die Walküre, where Siegmund forgets the snow, sees a woman, and suddenly becomes a poet.

We pair it with German Riesling and Henkell Trocken and ask: is this soaring lyricism or just Wagner turning up the emotional heat?

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