The journal Mosel Fine Wines has written, 2019 “looks to be one of the finest vintages ever in the Mosel.” Klaus Peter Keller has called it “one of the best vintages of the last 20 years.” Having missed our spring tasting visit due to the pandemic, we weigh in from the safety of quarantine.

“Here we have the oldest cultivated grape in Germany; the wine the Romans drank! Yet we have one big problem: No one knows Elbling or the Obermosel.” – Matthias Hild

The 2015 vintage in Germany represents one of the most complete vintages of the last few decades. The wines have it all. But how? Read all about it.

Random Photoshop fun, giving small growers their due.

One of the most decisive vintages of the last decade. It was a difficult year, yet for small growers with steep sites and old vines, the top wines are time machines: they are penetrating, electric wines of a most feather-weight dimension.

Simply put, this is the greatest essay we know on the history of winemaking in the Mosel.