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THEO MINGES: A SURVEY OF CURRENT OFFERINGS
It’s an especially cruel irony that just as Minges is really reaching cruising altitude across their (ample) range, they’re without a...

Terry Theise
Apr 24, 20253 min read


LOEWEN – THE 2023s
I missed receiving the excellent Pinot Blanc, assuming the “other” Kabinett was sent in its place . To set the stage, a careful reader...

Terry Theise
Apr 7, 20251 min read


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

Terry Theise
Apr 1, 20251 min read


RACY WINES IN A RACY VINTAGE; NEW RELEASES FROM HEXAMER
These “showed” quite well when I speed-tasted them at the winery last October, much to my delight and somewhat to my surprise. Why...

Terry Theise
Mar 31, 20251 min read


2025 MOSEL MARATHON, SELBACH, ETC.
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...

Terry Theise
Mar 25, 20254 min read


AN OVERDUE CHALLENGE TO ORGANIC/BIODYNAMIC PRODUCERS
Any farmer or vintner will tell you; the transition from conventional growing to organic/biodynamic is labor-intensive, expensive, and...

Terry Theise
Mar 12, 20254 min read


A NEW HODGE-PODGE FROM KUENSTLER
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...

Terry Theise
Mar 10, 20252 min read


AT LAST! NEW SAMPLES FROM NIGL
One case was sent to Texas by mistake and I never did receive it. The next case had just six bottles. I did taste at the winery in 2023 –...

Terry Theise
Feb 24, 20253 min read


THE LATEST COLLECTION FROM ZIEREISEN
Boy, have I lived with these wines. It’s 13 days since I started tasting them, and in that time we have drunk almost nothing else (other...

Terry Theise
Feb 4, 20251 min read


WEINGUT PRIELER 2025
One of my favorite growers (and people) whom I have watched, happily, as he emerged from his tentative beginnings and arrived at a place...

Terry Theise
Jan 21, 20253 min read
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