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The Tannenblut book

The brand pillar — JF Nagel's Hamburg lineage, the Schwarzwald distillation, the three thousand numbered bottles, and the ethics of scarcity.

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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From 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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