02 Jan “For me, Peter Leipold is on the way to becoming a young genius… He worked for two years here at our winery before leaving for Liger-Belair… What Peter does with Pinot and Silvaner in Franconia reminds me of what Julian Haart is... View Post
11 Nov THIS IS NOT YOUR GRANDMOTHER’S MIXED CASE (unless your grandmother is very strange) The idea is easy enough: the mixed case. In fact, it’s such a compelling, simple and obvious idea that even after nearly a decade, we’ve only ever done... View Post
06 Oct Erik Longabardi (pictured above, center with the glasses) and Benford Lepley (on the left) are doing something just utterly soulful and inspiring out of Erik’s tiny garage in Roslyn and it registers, quite obviously, if you’re paying any attention at... View Post
04 Oct (If you already know everything about Lukas Hammelmann, and just want to know everything (and more?) about the current releases, click here.) Lukas Hammelmann is from Zeiskam and Zeiskam is only good for… OK, so you got that part already.... View Post
31 Aug This week the trumpeter and bandleader Jaimie Branch passed away. I never met her, but the words spoken in tribute this week by her loved ones and through her music it is clear that she was a person with an... View Post
22 Aug We are excited to announce our entire Austrian portfolio has just landed. We have, perhaps never(?), had this much Austrian wine in stock at one time; it is a veritable smorgasbord. It also only consists of eight unique bottlings from... View Post
18 Aug 2021 Lauer Collection and Vineyard Tour Tasting through Lauer’s collection I was startled, once again, by how singular Florian’s style is. The wines have texture and (apparent) weight, yet, somehow the second they make contact with your palate they... View Post
08 Aug Cheap and cheerful, yes… but also soulful and honest. I loathe this sort of thing, but the truth is (thank you broken world logistics) a bunch of wines just arrived and a few of them truly are perfect for this... View Post