Notes from the still-room.
Essays by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) — on heritage, craft, the Bereshit Series, and the long shadow of the Hamburg house.
The Tannenblut bookTree Rings in Glass: The Quiet Language of the Tannenblut Bottle
An editorial essay on the Tannenblut prototype bottle, its matt black surface and tactile tree-ring lines, and the discipline of restraint in heritage glass object design, drawing on the novel by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.).
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The Tannenblut bookBottle Instead of Spreadsheet: Tannenblut as a Quiet Collector Position
An editorial reflection on Tannenblut by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) as a collector bottle and, only in second place, as a form of spirits as investment that refuses to become a substitute for responsibility.
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Three Thousand and No More: The Ethics of Scarcity
An editorial essay on why Tannenblut is bound to three thousand bottles and no more, drawing on the novel by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) to consider how self-imposed limits protect authenticity and shape a moral architecture around collecting.
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The Silent Test Above the Bakery: How Tannenblut Found Its Character
An essay on the Heilbronn blind tasting that shaped Tannenblut's flavour profile, drawn from Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.)'s novel, where twelve guests, three samples and a quiet room chose restraint over noise.
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Kashrut in the Copper Still: A Barcelona Rabbi Examines Tannenblut
An essay on the Barcelona visit with David, in which the rabbinic questions surrounding a kosher gin become a discipline of honesty across the full production chain of Tannenblut, the limited edition conceived by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.).
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Time as Ingredient: The Black Forest Distilling Culture Behind Tannenblut
A reflection on the slow craft of Black Forest distilling, drawn from the Heimatstube archives and the novel by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.), and on how Tannenblut positions itself within a century-long rhythm of patience.
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Bereshit: Every Beginning as a Small Wager Held in Glass
An editorial essay on the Hebrew word Bereshit as the founding gesture of Tannenblut's first edition, drawing on Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) and the theological reading of beginnings as vulnerable, quiet, and only later recognised.
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Tannenblut: Why Three Friends Bottled a Creed in 3,000 Editions
An essayistic reading of the Swabian inn scene at the heart of Tannenblut by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.), where a napkin, an old photograph and the word Bereshit translate a Hamburg lineage into a limited edition of three thousand numbered bottles.
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The Tannenblut bookFrom Hamburg to the Black Forest: The Quiet Lineage of J. F. Nagel
An essay on Tannenblut, the novel by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.), tracing the 19th-century Hamburg house of J. F. Nagel, an embossed genever bottle, and the literary passage into the Black Forest, where researched fact and openly declared legend meet.
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