22 Nov Making sense of the wines of Markus Sonntag, giving them their proper context, is no easy task. Markus is not really a winemaker, at least in any traditional way. He has, as it turns out, a day job in Vienna... View Post
25 Oct We probably first heard Max Kilburg’s name when he worked with Julian Haart a few years ago. They live only a few minutes from each other, in neighboring villages, and are both among the most consequential owners of the top... View Post
29 Sep Can you say “Versteigerung”? We knew you could For over five years, vom Boden has been offering complete services for the German Versteigerungen – the VDP and the Bernkasteler Ring auctions – including bidding, consolidation and importation for private collectors and... 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
10 Sep We have worked with Daniel and Jonas Daniel Brand (pictured above, left to right) for about a decade. In this short time period, they have essentially reinvented the family estate, converting to organic viticulture, bringing the cellar to only natural ferments and completely... View Post
09 Sep I first met Emily, I think, when she was the sous chef opening Racines in New York, though I don’t think we really became friends until she moved back to Montreal and became the wine director for restaurant Candide? Maybe... View Post
13 Aug I think it’s impossible to understand the stress, the pressure, the emotional rollercoaster of the last few years for Moritz Hoffmann. Daniel Vollenweider was his friend, his mentor, and then his partner in the estate before he died in the... View Post
05 Aug Let’s begin at the beginning. The husband-and-wife team of Konstantin Weiser and Alexandra Künstler are perhaps the ultimate winemaker’s winemakers. I have never come across any estate, famous or not, that has expressed anything but awe for what these two... View Post