23 Oct For well over five years now, vom Boden has been offering an unparalleled deep-dive into one of the most magical and curious facets of German wine culture: the German wine auctions. The 2024 German wine auctions will unfurl, back-to-back,... View Post
15 Sep Vom Boden has partnered with Rieslingfeier to design and publish a new map of the Mosel based on the famous 19th-century German tax maps. The original art was drawn by Stephen Bitterolf and this new map combines, with reckless abandon,... View Post
04 Sep Chapter 1: Introduction I first tasted Lukas’ wines in the summer of 2020, during the height of the pandemic lockdown. While I had heard about him – and thus kindly asked for samples as European travel was not really feasible... View Post
24 Aug I first met Justin when he worked at Uva in Brooklyn just about 20 years ago; Uva at the time being essentially a closet-sized space in Williamsburg’s Bedford Avenue mini-mall. We both fell into wine accidentally, almost surprised where we... View Post
21 Jul Einleitung | introduction Consistent with our philosophy to overinvest in the absurd (and at a time when the market is, well, “unenthused” let’s say, because of inflation and wars, and I suppose partly because of politics and the decline of... View Post
10 Mar The wines of Enderle & Moll were nothing short of a revelation when I first tasted them in 2008 or 2009 in New York. For me, having extensively tasted nearly all of “the best” Pinot Noirs that Germany was making,... View Post
04 Mar “…as Stein says, it’s worth [trying to save the terraces of the Mosel], if not for lovers of Mosel Riesling, then at least to honor the old Riesling vines themselves, which have earned a chance to be protected from thorns.”... View Post
04 Mar “For the sake of the cultural, social, environmental, and economic vitality of the entire region, Ulli Stein is calling for a concerted, widespread effort to save the remaining vines of the Mosel. He urges winemakers to pay above-market prices for the grapes purchased from... View Post