Category Archives: Wine of the Month
Wine of the Month July 2011
2010 Schloss Schwabsburg Riesling trocken *** Weingut Georg Gustav Huff € 9,- Nierstein on the left bank of the Rhine just south of Mainz has been famous for its elegant Rieslings for more than a century. However, during recent decades … Continue reading
Wine of the Month June 2011
2010 Kestener Riesling trocken Weingut Klaus Meierer € 3,90 Sometimes I get a lot of flack for insisting its possible to find wines for under 5 Euros a bottle which taste really good. Here is further proof that this idea … Continue reading
Wine of the Month May 2011
2009 Rivaner trocken Weingut Sinß € 5,20 So in the launch month of WEINHIER, my wine of the month is a humble Müller–Thurgau (the old name for Rivaner)?! Have I completely lost my mind? Am I overworked or am I … Continue reading
Wine of the Month April 2011
2009 Riesling trocken Weingut Deutzerhof € 8,- Of course, regardless of whether they’re claiming that it’s the vintage from hell or yet another miracle German vintage the entire wine scene here is currently obsessed with the 2010 vintage, because a … Continue reading
Wine of the Month March 2011
2009 „Deep Blue“ (A.P. Nr. 01 11) Weingut Tesch € 9,- Much of what we think of as taste impressions, also those of wine, are actually things we smell or feel the texture of in our mouths. In the brain … Continue reading
Wine of the Month, February 2011
2009 BREVA Riesling „Edition No.4“ BREVA e.V. € 13,80 Why is this wine of the month so expensive ? But wait a moment, isn’t the right question why is it so cheap ? What do the best dry white wines … Continue reading
Wine of the Month January 2011
2009 Grüner Silvaner trocken „S“ Weingut Espenhof € 6,90 I keep repeating that decent German wine begins at 2,50 Euro a bottle direct from the producer and get a lot of flack for this from winelovers, many of whom tell … Continue reading
Wine of the Month: December 2010
2008 Lemberger ** Weingut Kusterer € 9,50 This red is one of the great German wine underdogs. First, it comes from Württemberg, a region which still suffers from a lousy image, mainly because so few people outside of it have … Continue reading
Wine of the Month November 2010
2009 Riesling trocken Weingut Christian Klein € 7,50 This dry Riesling is super-juicy, but effusive fruit aromas of this kind, traditionaly regarded as one of the remarkable aspects of German white wines, are currently mega-out in the German wine scene. … Continue reading
Wine of the Month: October 2010
2009 Riesling „Weißes Rauschen“ Weingut Tesch für Die Toten Hosen € 66,- for 6 bottles (incl. shipping and handling) „Weißes Rauschen“ is German for white noise; the screen is blank but still pumps out raw, undifferentiated sound and vision. „Die … Continue reading