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Austria 2023
I am back from seeing my friends. It had been much too long, though pandemic-time tended to stretch certain time units and compress...

Terry Theise
May 1, 202326 min read


A BRIEF NOTE ON THE “DEFAULT TO COMBATIVENESS”
I don’t know the context and I don’t know the guy, so I apologize in advance if I’m being unfair. But: a recent article in 750-Daily...

Terry Theise
Apr 27, 20233 min read


Terry's a' tastin'
Theise will soon be reporting from Austria, where he (and his wattle) has been tasting wine, gaining appalling weight, and charming the...

Terry Theise
Apr 25, 20231 min read


BRUNDLMAYER RECENT ARRIVALS
Between their release schedule and the many vagaries of shipping in 2022, this is a de-facto hodge-podge of what was available at the...

Terry Theise
Apr 24, 20231 min read


NEW CHAMPAGNES FROM MOUSSE
Last year’s assortment was a thrilling group of wines. Several of them were drier than I prefer, but the basic material was close to...

Terry Theise
Apr 11, 20233 min read


THE DAVE DOC
There was recently a “debate” (it was more than a kerfuffle and less than a dialectical symposium) in social media about whether the...

Terry Theise
Apr 6, 202315 min read


SETZER/BERGER: ONE OF THESE THINGS IS (NOT?) LIKE THE OTHER
This didn’t turn out nearly the way I thought it would. It turned out better. “Back in the day” I arrived at what I called the Trilogy Of...

Terry Theise
Mar 28, 20234 min read


2023 VON WINNING ASSORTMENT
It’s always remarkable to spend a week with this collection, from an estate that has quickly established its consequence and its...

Terry Theise
Mar 22, 20231 min read


New Diel
I’m doing something I almost never do. I’m pulling punches. There are wines I tasted but for which I decided not to publish my notes....

Terry Theise
Mar 14, 20231 min read


WEINGUT GOLDATZEL 2023
To begin, it is necessary to tell you that I love these wines. I don’t love them indiscriminately (I don’t love any grower’s wines that...

Terry Theise
Mar 8, 20231 min read
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