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HARALD AND PETRA HEXAMER, Meddersheim, Nahe
The ‘22’ vintage wasn’t always kind to Riesling growers, among whom there were variations, not precisely in “quality” but rather in...

Terry Theise
Feb 26, 20241 min read


NIKOLAIHOF: THE CURRENT COLLECTION
This will be the first time I’ve gotten to taste these wines at home, as a previous shipment was lost. Thus a little intro may be in...

Terry Theise
Feb 19, 20245 min read


THE 2023 SAMPLES FROM ZIEREISEN
After the first run-through, an organizing theory offers itself. I may revise or update it, but as a vivid initial impression I think it...

Terry Theise
Feb 12, 20241 min read


2022S FROM WILLI SCHAEFER
It’s a much more typical Schaefer vintage than 2021 was, though it’s fair to say that ’21 was atypical for most Mosel growers in various...

Terry Theise
Jan 31, 20243 min read


VALERIE VARNIER’S LATEST COLLECTION
There were two issues with which to contend. One was the very fresh disgorgements, which distorts their shape and suppresses their fruit,...

Terry Theise
Jan 29, 20242 min read


STRAGGLERS FROM MERKELBACH’S 2022 VINTAGE
But first there is sad news. After a long illness that had him bedridden, Rolf Merkelbach left us a few weeks ago. Rolf had been ill for...

Terry Theise
Jan 11, 20244 min read


Year-Ends Bits & Pieces
A shout-out to Jeff Tweedy’s World Within A Song, although I never heard of him and never heard his band, Wilco. But the man can write,...

Terry Theise
Jan 3, 202413 min read


THE NEW COLLECTION FROM DAUTEL
(In the sequence I tasted them the first time through…) Once again I return to the unknowable, and what (if any) place it has in a...

Terry Theise
Dec 14, 20232 min read


The Jon Bonné interview - Part Three
TERRY: Moving away from big-picture theory, what kinds of wines are the nucleus of your appreciation? That is, you have decided they are...

Terry Theise
Dec 6, 202311 min read


The Jon Bonné interview - Part Two
TERRY: You appear to be drawn towards innovation as a categorical value, but would you consider the existence of wine cultures that are...

Terry Theise
Dec 4, 20237 min read
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