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Terroir Throws A Party
A new tasting report on the fine Kamptal estate Hiedler is up now, and it will herald an accelerated sequence of reports, as I have...

Terry Theise
Oct 25, 20212 min read


Avalanche Of Tasting Notes
Lots of tasting to report on today. My report on Schloss Lieser is up and running on World Of Fine Wines, with part-2 appearing today,...

Terry Theise
Oct 12, 20212 min read


WEINGUT LOEWEN & 2021 SECOND FLUSH DARJEELINGS
A BRIEF WRAPUP ON THE 2021 SECOND FLUSH DARJEELINGS Readers interested in the basic background information on this topic – and readers...

Terry Theise
Sep 30, 20215 min read


THEISE FLAYS HIMSELF: TWO REPORTS, ONE AN ADD-ON AND THE OTHER SORT-OF NEW
Christian Dautel sent me the missing links from his first shipment, the wines that weren’t ready or not yet bottled or just ones he...

Terry Theise
Sep 27, 20212 min read


INTRO TO CHAMPAGNE DEHOURS
I delayed this report a few days so I could hear back from Jerome Dehours – who is currently in harvest – about some concerns I had with...

Terry Theise
Sep 20, 20215 min read


NEW TASTING REPORT, COOL MUSHROOMS
Andi Spreizter reminded me we’d known each other (and worked together) for twenty years. A pity we can’t get together to celebrate…....

Terry Theise
Sep 8, 20212 min read


DADDY’S EXISTENTIAL TEMPEST-IN-A-TEACUP, REDUX
As a wine professional in the mercantile sense, my relationships to the wines I worked with were quite particular. A few months after the...

Terry Theise
Sep 1, 20213 min read


INTRODUCTION TO WEINGART
David Schildknecht and I heard the buzz about Weingart at the same time, but David got there first. Some time later I sat with David on...

Terry Theise
Sep 1, 20214 min read


JUST WHAT IS IT WE DO HERE?
BITS AND PIECES Geezers like me might possibly remember, if we ever developed film, watching the print materialize in the liquid. I think...

Terry Theise
Aug 23, 20217 min read


Intro to Meulenhof
Just a short report as the estate sent just six wines to taste, based (presumably) on what they usually exported to The States. The long...

Terry Theise
Aug 11, 20211 min read
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