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
27 Jun For any serious German buyer, whether collector or Riesling dork, the wines of Emrich-Schönleber belong in the cellar directly next to Keller or Schäfer-Fröhlich or Lauer. There is a balance, a center to the best of their wines that is... View Post
26 May Dear wine friends, We greet you all warmly from Flörsheim-Dalsheim. As is tradition, we spent the first days of the new year tasting the 2021 vintage out of barrel with the whole family and we have good news: 2021 brings... View Post
12 May So far as I can tell Hans Josef Becker anticipated the dry wine movement in the Rheingau (and in much of Germany in a way) a few decades before anyone else. Working in the cellars of the famous Schloss Eltz in the... View Post
18 Apr Enderle & Moll are making the most soulful Pinot Noirs in Germany—for us, they are among the greatest. This small Baden estate was one of the first in the region—if not truly the first—to focus on old vines and a... View Post