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Cos, Pithos Rosso 2009

Summer is over judging from the weather, so our extended focus on Riesling comes to a momentary end. Rieslingfans should not fear, as it is a love I will not

Week 26 – Rebholz, Vom Buntsandstein 2013

I have talked about Riesling wines from the Pfalz before, mainly in the context of the Von Winning tasting I participated in a couple of months ago. Stephan Attmann, the winemaker

Horst Sauer, Escherndorfer Lump 2012

So it has been a while since I talked about Franken. At the time I only really focused on two estates to show what the region’s producers could do with

Eva Fricke, Kiedricher 2012

The Rheingau has historically been considered one of Germany’s premium wine regions. The presence of the Cistercian religious order, of course better known for their work in the Côte d’Or

Trossen, Schieferblume 2014

We are staying in the Mosel this week with a slightly atypical wine. Rita and Rudolf Trossen have been working biodynamically for almost forty years. At the beginning they focused

Zilliken, Saarburger Riesling 2013

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

Kühling-Gillot, Nierstein Trocken 2012

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

Rings, Steinacker 2013

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.

Dr. Crusius, Traiser Riesling 2013

Back to Germany this week with the very region that started my love affair with riesling, the Nahe. Smack in between the Mosel and Rheinhessen, the region used to have

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