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
27 Nov These are very limited wines; we email once a year about them. They tend to sell-through quickly so please do take note. Erik Longabardi and Benford Lepley are doing something just utterly soulful and inspiring and it registers, quite obviously,... View Post
11 Oct Emrich-Schönleber’s premier cru and grand cru dry Rieslings – the Niederberg 1G, Frühlingsplätzchen GG, and Halenberg GG – have just arrived. These wines represent, without question, the highest echelon of German dry Riesling. They are also the deals of the contemporary GG landscape.... View Post
01 Sep 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. This year, to be honest, we’ve gone a bit... View Post
17 Aug The early trip to Germany in March or April is a necessary evil, in a way. As an importer you feel like you have to know how the vintage is sizing up. Yet what you taste (really) in these early months is the... View Post
02 Jun This is our third allocation from Markus Sonntag, or at least from the group of people who help Markus bottle the pristine Grüner Veltliner that is aging in his cold cellar not terribly far from the Czech border. You see,... View Post
04 May We have worked with Jonas and Daniel Brand for nearly a decade and it’s honestly a bit shocking to consider what they have accomplished over this relatively short span of time. They have essentially reinvented the family estate, converting the... View Post
17 Apr If you think you know what to expect from us, maybe you should reconsider this. Or, maybe you should know that if something is soulful and honest and great, if we can, we will try and support. Also, as it... View Post