Went to Austria to see my friends. My friends make wine, as it happens, so I speed-tasted wines I’ll taste in greater depth when the...

These were assembled and shipped in November ’24, so they ought to be current in the U.S. market, and I’d suppose even any subsequent...

And I hasten to add, from one of the very best of the young lions of Rheinhessen , an ambitious and serious grower who hasn’t lost sight...

It’s an especially cruel irony that just as Minges is really reaching cruising altitude across their (ample) range, they’re without a...

I missed receiving the excellent Pinot Blanc, assuming the “other” Kabinett was sent in its place .   To set the stage, a careful reader...

“Current” at least as best I can obtain them given the highly inefficient system whereby they reach me. But…. <sigh>…. at least they do,...

These “showed” quite well when I speed-tasted them at the winery last October, much to my delight and somewhat to my surprise.   Why...

Between Selbach-Oster and Merkelbach, it’s thirty seven wines . I’ma be busy for a while….   One thing is important to note. Selbachs are...

Any farmer or vintner will tell you; the transition from conventional growing to organic/biodynamic is labor-intensive, expensive, and...

Once again, tasting these (especially the whites) I was impaled on the sharp edge of an issue I can’t seem to escape, and that is the...