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Wine of the Month June 2012

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Stuart

2011 Saar Riesling trocken from Dr. Wagner for € 7,40 Fall 2011: showdown time on the Saar! That’s when Jungwinzerin Christiane Wagner picked her first solo crop of grapes from the family’s vineyards in Saarburg and Ockfen and made her … Continue reading →

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Wine of the Month May 2012

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Stuart

“R8” from Simply Wine € 9.90 „Wow! It smells of slate…and of limestone…and lots more…“ cascaded out of the mouth of the Jungwinzer or young German winegrower next to me at the table. He was tasting a dry white wine … Continue reading →

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Wine of the Month April 2012

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Stuart

2011 Riesling trocken Karlheinz Schneider u. Sohn € 5.50 Wine journalists and critics are writing and talking about it all the time, but what the hell does „minerally“ in wine actually smell or taste like? For some of my colleagues … Continue reading →

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Wines of the Month March 2012

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Stuart

WHITE: 2011 Grauburgunder trocken Steitz & Beck € 4.99 For me the dry Graubugrunder (Pinot Gris) from Rheinhessen which Christian Steitz of Weingut Steitz in Stein-Bockenheim and Michael Beck of Weingut Beck in Stadecken-Elsheim (also both in Rheinhessen) produce for … Continue reading →

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Wine of the Month January 2012

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Stuart

2011 Scheurebe feinherb Weingut Sinß* € 5,80 *that thing which looks like a „B“ is actually a sharp German „s“ The wine of the month is a little late this time, because I wanted to find a 2011 which is … Continue reading →

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Wine of the Month December 2011

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Stuart

2010 Portugieser „Premium“ Weingut Wassmann € 8,50 There is a great demand for light red wines with character, but there are astonishingly few light reds with real character. Most lighter reds are cheap, one-dimensional and if they come from the … Continue reading →

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Wine of the Month November 2011

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Stuart

2008 Spätburgunder (yes, 2008!) Weingut J.L. Wolf € 8,50 Sometimes you get lucky and a wine which seemed unremarkable in its youth gets that extra bit of bottle age it needed to coax the best out of it and make … Continue reading →

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Wine of the Month October 2011

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Stuart

2009 Excomungado Quinta de Vale de Pios € 6,90 Yes, that name does mean excommunicated in Portuguese and is clear proof that not only German Jungwinzer like Christian Stahl of Winzerhof Stahl in Auernhofen/Franken who called his dry 2009 Scheurebe … Continue reading →

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Wine of the Month September 2011

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Stuart

2010 Riesling trocken Weingut Kirsten € 8,- Another dry Riesling as wine of the month? Am I obsessed? Yes and no. Firstly, the diversity of aroma and flavour which the Riesling grape gives is so great that although this wine … Continue reading →

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Wine of the Month August 2011

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Stuart

2010 Riesling trocken * Weinmanufaktur Untertürkheim € 8,- Often I’m searching for new wines which offer nothing less than mind-expanding taste experiences, but I’m also always on the look out for really good wines for rather little money. Neither of … Continue reading →

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