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Jul
On Friday, July 22nd, my friend, the Mosel grower Daniel Vollenweider, passed away. Daniel was diagnosed with late-stage prostate cancer in July of 2019. He was an intensely private person. While most of Daniel’s close friends and colleagues knew that... View Post
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May
Dear wine friends, We greet you all warmly from Flörsheim-Dalsheim. As is tradition, we spent the first days of the new year tasting the 2021 vintage out of barrel with the whole family and we have good news: 2021 brings... View Post
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Sep
On Tuesday, September 21, 2021 – exactly 50 years after the 1971 German wine law created “the Kabinett” as the lowest category level on the Prädikat ladder (ascending from Kabinett to Spätlese, Auslese and beyond) – Julian Haart’s 2020... View Post
09
Sep
This is not a 2020 German vintage report. But I’ve tasted a lot of the damn wines, from grower samples beginning way back in March to the normal releases coming as they come, and I wanted to share some thoughts.... View Post
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May
I’ve known Klaus Peter and Julia Keller for, gulp, nearly 15 years. In 2006 or so, KP emailed me out of the blue, encouragingly reacting to some writing on German wine I had done. And this is, in short, is... View Post
15
Sep
“If a man dies young, the people will say he drank himself to death. But an old man who lives a long life, the people will say he is preserved by the alcohol.” -Ewald I left New York City in... View Post
11
Feb
For this most magical time of the year, our annual celebration of February and Elbling – “Felbling” – we are proud to release the first vom Boden journal in four years – click here or the cover image above to be magically transported to this... View Post
15
Dec
The 2015 vintage in Germany represents one of the most complete vintages of the last few decades. The wines have it all. But how? Read all about it and see a bunch of photographs of Stephen in his ridiculous winter... View Post