10 Sep We have worked with Daniel and Jonas Daniel Brand (pictured above, left to right) for about a decade. In this short time period, they have essentially reinvented the family estate, converting to organic viticulture, bringing the cellar to only natural ferments and completely... View Post
09 Sep I first met Emily, I think, when she was the sous chef opening Racines in New York, though I don’t think we really became friends until she moved back to Montreal and became the wine director for restaurant Candide? Maybe... View Post
04 Sep Chapter 1: Introduction I first tasted Lukas’ wines in the summer of 2020, during the height of the pandemic lockdown. While I had heard about him – and thus kindly asked for samples as European travel was not really feasible... View Post
24 Aug I first met Justin when he worked at Uva in Brooklyn just about 20 years ago; Uva at the time being essentially a closet-sized space in Williamsburg’s Bedford Avenue mini-mall. We both fell into wine accidentally, almost surprised where we... View Post
13 Aug I think it’s impossible to understand the stress, the pressure, the emotional rollercoaster of the last few years for Moritz Hoffmann. Daniel Vollenweider was his friend, his mentor, and then his partner in the estate before he died in the... View Post
05 Aug Let’s begin at the beginning. The husband-and-wife team of Konstantin Weiser and Alexandra Künstler are perhaps the ultimate winemaker’s winemakers. I have never come across any estate, famous or not, that has expressed anything but awe for what these two... View Post
21 Jul Einleitung | introduction Consistent with our philosophy to overinvest in the absurd (and at a time when the market is, well, “unenthused” let’s say, because of inflation and wars, and I suppose partly because of politics and the decline of... View Post
02 Jul Maybe we should preface the good news regarding the arrival of Lauer’s 2023ers (arriving any moment!) with a bit of bad news, not to sour the mood but to set expectations and explain what will be a quirky release schedule. In... View Post