29
Feb
“for the love of old vines”
saving the terraces of the upper Mosel for under $25
To celebrate the final day of Felbling – a Leapbling year as it was – we wanted to get serious for a moment and offer out one of the most sacred and meaningful bottles of wine we import: Matthias Hild’s old-vine,... View Post
24
Feb
Spring Rosé Offer
(and F you tariffs but we kept sharp pricing)
Rosé offers are the wine world’s own special version of consumerism gone mad. Like holiday displays at department stores, every year the shit comes earlier and earlier and there’s nothing we can do about it. Sorry. That said, on the other... View Post
11
Feb
2nd Annual Felbling and
vom Boden Journal 008: Obermosel
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
13
Jan
Alto Swabia – Shattering the Absurd Narrative We’ve Been Sold about German Wine…
Let’s start 2020 by beginning to re-write the easy narratives that defined much of the 20th century. For most of this time, the whole of vinous Germany was reduced to one grape. A damn fine grape to be sure, but still. The... View Post
27
Dec
how to stop the tariffs
Much ink has already been spilled regarding how the tariffs came about, why there are new proposals on the table to up the tariffs from 25% to 100% while also broadening the scope of products they effect, how nonsensical they... View Post
04
Dec
The World’s Greatest Dornfelder and other Brilliant Eccentricities: Brand “Pur”
The direct translation of “Pur” is the following: “pure, neat, sheer.” None of these definitions seem even remotely appropriate for most zero-sulfur wines; yet the brothers Brand, Daniel and Jonas, created a small, yet brilliant and ethereal collection in 2018. The cool-climates did... View Post
3 Magnums and 7 Other ways to irk your family
Yes, it’s tragically cliched to offer Riesling and/or magnums for the Thanksgiving table, the narrative at this point being so tired it’s less like kicking a dead horse, and more like kicking at the spot where the horse died a decade earlier. Still,... View Post