29 Jun 2016 Lauer: the ringing purity of the saar Lauer has gone from cult to established blue-chip estate. That’s good. Yet every year we get more orders and (note this) roughly the same amount of wine. That’s not... View Post
20 Jun the cool-climate, mountain finesse of the Mosel, in a rosé This rosé is singular. Literally. In an ocean of rosés from the warmest wine making regions on earth (Italy, Spain, CA, Provence), the Mosel’s joyful... View Post
14 Jun the FINAL 2015 Offer – J.B. Becker HaJo (Hans Josef) Becker doesn’t mince words, so we won’t either.2015 was a historic vintage across all of Germany, and it was simply monumental at Becker. Sitting there, tasting these wines in the... View Post
12 Apr Keller: the paradigm beyond “GG” or “TBA” 2016 Pettenthal Kabi /2016 Abtserde Spät (please note that these wines have sold out) If you want to make a “great” wine in the current German-wine hierarchy, you have two options. If you want to... View Post
05 Apr picture above right copyright Andreas Durst petnat ultra-light introducing the brothers Brand Pet Nat from Germany that tastes exactly like you’d hope it would. It’s like those you already know and love from France, but racier, leaner and more bracing…fresher.... View Post
25 Jan “for the love of old vines” part 1 of a 2-part miniseries saving the terraces of the upper Mosel for about $20 For the 2015 vintage, I received 37 cases of Hild’s Elbling “Zehnkommanull.” To me, these are... View Post
28 Dec Please note the wines featured in this offer are sold out. I took one of my best friends to Becker’s – an artist/videographer whom I’ve known forever – and he put together what I think is simply a beautiful movie,... View Post
23 Dec Please note the wines featured in this offer are sold out. Twenty four years ago, in 1992, Camelot collapsed: Prince Charles and Princess Diana separated. On the other hand, the FDA put its profound might behind stopping the use of silicone... View Post