19 Jun The first critical piece of information I have to give you is the following: Hans Josef Becker, for the first time in his life, swam in the Rhein River every day this winter, from November, through December, January, February, etc.... View Post
04 Jun There are perhaps no wines in our book quite as exacting, quite as specific, quite as perplexing as the wines of Stefan Vetter. They are simultaneously cornerstones of a new German aesthetic (it is absolutely no exaggeration to say that... View Post
02 Apr Lauer’s 2022 single-vineyard Grand Cru Rieslings – the GGs – have finally arrived in the U.S. Because of their intense structure, the density and cut of the wines… the razor-sharp acids – we have decided to release the wines as... 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
22 Feb At this point, in the late winter of 2024, thankfully the rosé fad is slowing down and the category is entering a more healthy, sustainable phase. That’s great. Let’s just give this category of wine its due. It is a... View Post
17 Jan Vom Boden: Ten Years of Hocks & Moselles is exactly 190 pages and includes stories from the beginning of vom Boden, including our fears, philosophies and why it’s easier to get a colonoscopy than to sell wine in all fifty... View Post
28 Nov After having loved, truly loved, the Moselle for well over twenty years, I taste through this 2022 Ludes collection and it hits me once again, just how exceptional, how utterly unique, how irreproducible the Moselle is. I wrote this silly... View Post