26 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
12 May So far as I can tell Hans Josef Becker anticipated the dry wine movement in the Rheingau (and in much of Germany in a way) a few decades before anyone else. Working in the cellars of the famous Schloss Eltz in the... View Post
26 Apr Join vom Boden’s Stephen Bitterolf Wednesday, May 4th at 7pm EST for a FREE, in-depth Weiser-Künstler / Middle Mosel Masterclass exploring one of the most cerebral growers in the Mosel. To sign up, email us at orders@vomboden.com and we’ll add you... View Post
18 Apr Enderle & Moll are making the most soulful Pinot Noirs in Germany—for us, they are among the greatest. This small Baden estate was one of the first in the region—if not truly the first—to focus on old vines and a... View Post
06 Apr It might seem outlandish to present a wine you’ve likely never heard of, Emrich-Schönleber’s 1er Cru Niederberg, as a qualitative equal to the legendary Grand Crus Halenberg and Frühlingsplätzchen. I honestly and truly do not think this comparison is outlandish,... View Post
31 Mar the California Avant-Garde, I N T H E C A N 2021 Companion Wine Co. As the canned wine-thing is now old enough to no longer have that “new car” shine, what matters, once again (and forever), is quality. What’s in the damn can man?... View Post
28 Feb At this point, in the late winter, early spring of 2022, it does seem like the rosé fad is slowing down and the category is entering a more healthy, sustainable phase. Which is great, as far as we’re concerned. For... View Post
02 Feb Honestly, since starting vom Boden, I don’t know that I’ve spent more time or energy on something of such dubious relevance, financial or otherwise. We are speaking, after all, of a microscopic amount of not-inexpensive wine, from a region whose... View Post