The Mosel is without a doubt Germany’s most famous wine region. Most people associate it with sweet wines and rightly so. Somehow the slopes along the Mosel or the Saar are capable of bringing out an almost ethereal lightness in Riesling, showcasing delicacy and liveliness at the same time.The slopes […]
Attentive readers will recall my presentation of A Proper Claret, one of the many wines produced at the Bonny Doon Vineyard. I gave a brief introduction on Randall Grahm, founder of and winemaker at the Vineyard and I recently stumbled on his latest venture, crowdfunding the creation of 10,000 new […]
Rheinhessen is the most important wineproducing region in Germany. There are two ready explanations for this success. First, it is home to several important varietal crossings, including Muller-Thurgau, Dornfelder and Scheurebe (which actually originated here), so there are a lot of different wine styles on offer. Second, the region has […]
So we’ve talked about Riesling for the last couple of weeks as if it were simply the ideal summer wine but there is of course so much more to it. It is one of the world’s most complex varieties, capable of offering a most nuanced and true picture of terroir. It […]