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
19 Jun The first critical piece of information I have to give you is the following: Hans Josef Becker, for the first time in his life, swam in the Rhein River every day this winter, from November, through December, January, February, etc.... View Post
04 Jun There are perhaps no wines in our book quite as exacting, quite as specific, quite as perplexing as the wines of Stefan Vetter. They are simultaneously cornerstones of a new German aesthetic (it is absolutely no exaggeration to say that... View Post
02 Apr Lauer’s 2022 single-vineyard Grand Cru Rieslings – the GGs – have finally arrived in the U.S. Because of their intense structure, the density and cut of the wines… the razor-sharp acids – we have decided to release the wines as... View Post