I sometimes wonder if Gimonnet is really “understood,” notwithstanding their market success. I suspect the estate’s essence, the...

The last group of red wines I tasted was a trio of Spätburgunders from Künstler, which I described as polished and “spiffy,” which I...

“Curious” only in the selection of wines, not in their quality. It appears to be a somewhat random group of wines I didn’t taste...

Sporting a truly lovely new label to boot. And it is a rare thing when I find a label change improves the appearance of a German wine...

One must take care not to extrapolate grand generalities and lofty principles about a wine estate based on a single vintage, especially...

In a few months it will have been 45 years since I first visited Bürklin-Wolf. Little wine-pilgrim me was duly drawn to their tasting...

(Note: to go directly to the tasting report, please follow the Champagne bottle on the right.) APPRECIATIONS: I thought to close out this...

For the first wine among the Spätburgunders, my impressions diverged markedly according to the glass I used. One glass rendered the wine...

Here’s a quick report on the early-bottled ‘21s fro m Nigl. I don’t know if or when I’ll receive the top wines, but tasting these was a...

There’s a lot of talk about “balance” in these notes, which is because many of the wines were awkwardly balanced. This is different from...