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2021s FROM JAKOB SCHNEIDER
Well some of them anyway, as they only sent nine wines, and a couple things were/are conspicuously absent, such as the (probably...

Terry Theise
Jun 5, 20231 min read


ALL MY LOEWEN
On the third day I re-tasted these, I will pause for a gratitude. This will be the last day for a while that I can have the samples at an...

Terry Theise
May 22, 20231 min read


Weingut Darting & “TYPICITY:” The Latest Skirmish
Before you hear my rant about the mis-understandings of the idea of typicality, do take a moment to romp through the new Darting...

Terry Theise
May 14, 20235 min read


NEWBIES FROM SELBACH-OSTER
There are below-ground flavors and above-ground flavors; Selbach-Oster wines helped teach me that. The below-ground flavors are similar...

Terry Theise
May 8, 20234 min read


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
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