09 Sep This is not a 2020 German vintage report. But I’ve tasted a lot of the damn wines, from grower samples beginning way back in March to the normal releases coming as they come, and I wanted to share some thoughts.... View Post
26 May I’ve known Klaus Peter and Julia Keller for, gulp, nearly 15 years. In 2006 or so, KP emailed me out of the blue, encouragingly reacting to some writing on German wine I had done. And this is, in short, is... View Post
15 Sep “If a man dies young, the people will say he drank himself to death. But an old man who lives a long life, the people will say he is preserved by the alcohol.” -Ewald I left New York City in... View Post
11 Feb For this most magical time of the year, our annual celebration of February and Elbling – “Felbling” – we are proud to release the first vom Boden journal in four years – click here or the cover image above to be magically transported to this... View Post
15 Dec The 2015 vintage in Germany represents one of the most complete vintages of the last few decades. The wines have it all. But how? Read all about it and see a bunch of photographs of Stephen in his ridiculous winter... View Post
This is one of the greatest recent essays on the history of winemaking in the Mosel. It was written by Joachim Krieger, a scholar living Germany who we know by reputation only. The article was commissioned by the now-defunct Mosel Wine Merchant... View Post