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2024 NEWBIES FROM CHRISTIAN DAUTEL
Dautel is the story of today’s Württemberg in microcosm. It’s also the story of the contemporary wine drinker, who are fewer in number...

Terry Theise
Nov 11, 20242 min read


A BOOK, AN EMBLEM OF ALSACE WINE, AND A SUPERB RHEINGAU GROWER
The book is truly the best thing I’ve read in the last few years. It is Steve Hoffman’s A Season For That, and it has already been...

Terry Theise
Oct 7, 20245 min read


2022s From Dönnhoff
I am painfully aware that Dönnhoff’s 2023s are busy entering the market, and yet here I am reporting on the ‘22s . Blame it on the...

Terry Theise
Sep 11, 20242 min read


GATHER THEE THY WINNINGS
The heat finally broke yesterday, so we took the best of the GGs – Pechstein and Kirchenstück – outside to sip on the deck, with our...

Terry Theise
Aug 21, 20242 min read


GREAT NEWS ON THE LALLEMENT FRONT
The wines will be available on a DTC basis by heading over to VinConnect . This is a limited time offer, so please don’t delay if you...

Terry Theise
Aug 20, 20241 min read


WHAT’S BREWING AT BRUNDLMAYER
It is always a pleasure to observe a winery that’s firing on all cylinders. Bründlmayer is cruising comfortably, and at lofty altitudes....

Terry Theise
Jul 31, 20241 min read


2024 ARRIVALS FROM MUELLER-CATOIR
It happens my tasting schedule is all torn up this coming week, so I decided to seize a couple open days and start by tasting the three...

Terry Theise
Jul 16, 20242 min read


THE WINES OF GUNTER KUENSTLER, AND THE VALUE OF INTERESTING FRIENDS
(A LION OF THE RHEINGAU, AND HIS LATEST SAMPLES); WEINGUT KUENSTLER, HOCHHEIM Everyone should have interesting friends. Of course we love...

Terry Theise
Jul 2, 202419 min read
WILD AND RADICAL, AND A TEENY PREVIEW OF 2023
Before starting in on the samples, I had a quick look at a few 2023’s last week, not enough to offer a judgment but enough to offer a...

Terry Theise
Jun 24, 202412 min read


NEW ARRIVALS FROM CARL LOEWEN
For some reason I always seem to be tasting these when our crabapple tree is blossoming. When I visited the estate there was always a...

Terry Theise
Jun 13, 20241 min read
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