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Chiemgau - Germany |
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Extraordinary - Society
October - 2007 |
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5 Stars
& 6 Stripes
Overall - 'Hotel & Service' |
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The
Ultimate Award:
Seven Stars and
Stripes® |
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| We landed at Munich International with the intention
to travel south to taste the legendary cuisine of one of the world's most
talented and celebrated chefs,
Heinz
Winkler. Winkler was the youngest cook ever to be awarded three Michelin
stars, a distinction he has received 20 times to date. Winkler's restaurant is
located in his inn, the Residenz Heinz Winkler, almost an hour south of Munich
In the romantic town of Aschau on the spectacular Chiemsee. The Winklers had
purchased the historic inn 18 years ago, a late medieval building, that had had
been called the 'Hotel Post' for centuries. |
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| At the airport we were welcomed by two charming
ladies. As true gentleman we insisted on lifting our luggage into the already
waiting limo. Within less then an hour we arrived at Winkler's Residenz, in
close proximity to a fairytale castle of Ludwig II of Bavaria, with the Alps
breathtaking backdrop. Check in was a hart warming experience; traditional
south German charm accelerating that home spun feeling. We were already adoring
the stunning terrace as we explored our room in this one-of-a-kind resort
setting. The Winkler Residenz offers an exceptionally maintained and designed
health, beauty wellness spa. The VitalResort spa offers a Finnish rock sauna, a
Roman sauna, a Kneipp roundel, ice showers, tepidarium, and pool with
adjustable counter current. The laconium, as it is known, is definitely an
oasis for complete relaxation and wellbeing. Winkler introduced first in the
80's his very own creation 'Cuisine Vitale'. This is a philosophy that he is
considered the founder, combining well-being with gastronomy, a concept or
movement, used today in great spas all over the world. |
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| The basic principle involves using the finest organic
ingredients with a strong emphasis on herbs and aromatic plants. Winkler
focuses on what nature has to offer in its simplest form… not only as
ingredients for his dazzling cuisine, but also for their powerful anti-aging
properties and as a foundation for physical and spiritual well being. The
keepers of the inn and their staff seem to be happy and healthy people. This
wonderful small inn that features 32 deluxe accommodations of which two thirds
are elegant apartments created in 'maisonette' style. The service at the inn
may be considered as traditional and charming and by any means a wonderful
place not only for a connoisseur's palate. The breakfast at the inn is the kind
that will blow your mind, without mattering from what part of the world you
have come here to relax. Take a week. |
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“The service at the inn may be considered as traditional and
charming and
by any means a wonderful place not only for a connoisseur's
palate.” ~ TB |
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by
Thorsten Buehrmann & Edmund Buehrmann
Editor: Ingrid
Lemme
Editor-in-Chief: John Lomitola |
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| © 2007 ~ Seven Stars and Stripes, Inc. |
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