NOTE : This piece originally appeared in World Of Fine Wines late in 2024. It still seems pertinent, and I’m close to being “between...

The two producers sent a total of thirteen wines, so I tasted them interchangeably, enjoying the contrasts. I won’t make a habit of this,...

Part-3 of a series beginning with “Rants In My Pants” and “Fusses In My Trusses.”   A VIP from an elite winery is visiting various U.S....

It is at best melancholy and at worst criminal that this superb estate lacks an American importer. For my stateside readers, it hurts me...

You may remember from my post from last Fall (and if you don’t then I’ll tell you here) that the Darting estate, having failed to find a...

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...