24 Mar the 2019 collection and a cellar treat 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... View Post
22 Feb Rosé offers are the wine world’s own special version of consumerism gone insane. Like holiday displays at department stores, every year the shit comes earlier and earlier and there’s nothing we can do about it. So sorry about that. On the... View Post
02 Feb This is a pre-arrival offer for two wines that, I believe, will delight you, then maybe confuse you… and then delight you again. If you’ve bought, drank or heard about the world’s most famous desert Riesling “Heavy Water” or the evocatively... View Post
08 Jan The events of the last few days have made even more people reach out to us about this shirt. We were sold out, but here we go – ONE FINAL CALL to show your pride in the greatest, smallest growers... View Post
16 Dec THE FINAL ARRIVAL OF 2020 give the gift of very, very old age this holiday season This bottle occupies a fascinating place. While the wine has remained largely unknown to even some serious collectors, to the few who have tasted it and know... View Post
22 Oct The fires that have ripped through California’s wine country have been devastating. Yes, we focus mostly on German wine, but we are proud members of the entire wine community. We wanted to do something, even if it was just a small something. So we are... View Post
05 Oct The Vineyard Project was began in the fall of 2019 as a way of connecting soulful, yet overlooked vineyards, with soulful growers. But the larger goal, in a way, has little to do with either the vineyard or the grower:... View Post
24 Sep “amongst the very finest wines I have ever tasted from this superb Ayl estate.” The amazing photograph above is a good snapshot of the sexy life of the importer dealing with pandemic life: no travel, no big dinners, no vineyard... View Post