18 Mar “For the sake of the cultural, social, environmental, and economic vitality of the entire region, Ulli Stein is calling for a concerted, widespread effort to save the remaining vines of the Mosel. He urges winemakers to pay above-market prices for the grapes purchased from... View Post
17 Mar We probably first heard Max Kilburg’s name when he worked with Julian Haart a few years ago. They live only a few minutes from each other, in neighboring villages, and are both among the more consequential owners of the top... View Post
06 Mar Yesterday The New York Times printed a beautiful piece regarding the new wave of German Chardonnay by Eric Asimov. The article was largely (though not totally) based on a dinner organized by the collector (and friend) Robert Dentice. The event included over twenty... View Post
26 Feb Rosé has interestingly become some sort of strange, commercial non-entity. These days, rosé offers come and we all look the other way. Welcome to the flip-side of the rosé-mania that consumed us over the past decade? That sad, regardless of... View Post
11 Feb “Peter’s wines touch my heart.” – Klaus Peter Keller The full quote is probably worth including, because it’s so deeply heartfelt. I read it and the emotion feels nearly palpable: “For me, Peter Leipold is on the way to becoming... View Post
13 Jan With Rieslingfeier less than a week away (and the main tasting and gala events totally sold out), we figured we’d send out a quick summary regarding all the Rieslingfeier-adjacent events with our growers in New York City this week and... View Post
06 Jan Note to reader: Not that we have ever been shy with word-counts, but with the new year we are going to resist every impulse to dumb things down, to economize, to summarize, to make things slick or easy. The world... View Post
06 Jan Both Lauer and Schönleber will be coming to Rieslingfeier, January 18th in New York! While the Gala Dinner is sold out, there are some tickets available to the Grand Tasting; for only $75 you can taste roughly 60 wines from... View Post