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THE RADICAL CLASSICIST: new(ish) releases from Champagne Gaston Chiquet
I confess, even I am sometimes (and incoherently) tempted to think of Nicolas Chiquet’s Champagnes as middle of the road – at least until...

Terry Theise
Jul 5, 20231 min read


THE MAESTRO OF GRAACH: 2021s From Willi Schaefer
When I went around Germany in May 2022, people asked me how I liked the baby ‘21s and I was happy to say “I like them!” As indeed I did....

Terry Theise
Jun 26, 20233 min read


THE SUPERLATIVE MARC HEBRART: The 2022 collection
This is to say, the wines he sent me some time in the middle of last year, which reached me around All Saints Day, and to which I’m...

Terry Theise
Jun 19, 20231 min read


BERND PHILIPPI – RECOLLECTIONS
I first met Bernd in 1982, in Munich, where I was living at the time. A wine pal of mine was his agent for that market, and I was invited...

Terry Theise
Jun 12, 20233 min read


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
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