28
Nov
After having loved, truly loved, the Moselle for well over twenty years, I taste through this 2022 Ludes collection and it hits me once again, just how exceptional, how utterly unique, how irreproducible the Moselle is. I wrote this silly... View Post
11
Oct
Emrich-Schönleber’s premier cru and grand cru dry Rieslings – the Niederberg 1G, Frühlingsplätzchen GG, and Halenberg GG – have just arrived. These wines represent, without question, the highest echelon of German dry Riesling. They are also the deals of the contemporary GG landscape.... View Post
01
Sep
For well over five years now, vom Boden has been offering an unparalleled deep-dive into one of the most magical and curious facets of German wine culture: the German wine auctions. This year, to be honest, we’ve gone a bit... View Post
17
Aug
The early trip to Germany in March or April is a necessary evil, in a way. As an importer you feel like you have to know how the vintage is sizing up. Yet what you taste (really) in these early months is the... View Post
02
Jun
This is our third allocation from Markus Sonntag, or at least from the group of people who help Markus bottle the pristine Grüner Veltliner that is aging in his cold cellar not terribly far from the Czech border. You see,... View Post
04
May
We have worked with Jonas and Daniel Brand for nearly a decade and it’s honestly a bit shocking to consider what they have accomplished over this relatively short span of time. They have essentially reinvented the family estate, converting the... View Post
16
Jan
At this point, with nearly all of Florian’s Grand Crus, it’s more a matter of allocating fairly than it is of selling, per se. Florian deserves the attention and we’re grateful to all of you for the passion. But we’re... View Post
02
Jan
“For me, Peter Leipold is on the way to becoming a young genius… He worked for two years here at our winery before leaving for Liger-Belair… What Peter does with Pinot and Silvaner in Franconia reminds me of what Julian Haart is... View Post