27 Nov These are very limited wines; we email once a year about them. They tend to sell-through quickly so please do take note. Erik Longabardi and Benford Lepley are doing something just utterly soulful and inspiring and it registers, quite obviously,... View Post
11 Oct Emrich-Schönleber’s premier cru and grand cru dry Rieslings – the Niederberg 1G, Frühlingsplätzchen GG, and Halenberg GG – have just arrived. These wines represent, without question, the highest echelon of German dry Riesling. They are also the deals of the contemporary GG landscape.... View Post
18 Sep Below we present the results from select lots in the three major auctions of the September German auction season. Mosel VDP Auction Lot 5: 2022 Lauer Lambertskirch GG – 180 euro Lot 6: 2022 Lauer Lambertskirch GG Magnum – 320... View Post
01 Sep For well over five years now, vom Boden has been offering an unparalleled deep-dive into one of the most magical and curious facets of German wine culture: the German wine auctions. This year, to be honest, we’ve gone a bit... View Post
18 Aug This morning, after about three to four weeks of feeling like I misjudged the 2022 vintage a bit, an essential truth popped into my head. A truth so obvious and easy to grasp, that I felt more than a bit... View Post
17 Aug The early trip to Germany in March or April is a necessary evil, in a way. As an importer you feel like you have to know how the vintage is sizing up. Yet what you taste (really) in these early months is the... View Post
23 Jun introduction | Einleitung Vintage 2021, no matter how you look at it, was serious. Vintage 2022 is something different. Vintage 2022 feels to me like joy, in liquid form. The best wines of 2022 almost force you to smile, as... View Post
02 Jun This is our third allocation from Markus Sonntag, or at least from the group of people who help Markus bottle the pristine Grüner Veltliner that is aging in his cold cellar not terribly far from the Czech border. You see,... View Post