Rare, sweet German Rieslings

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See also this recent coverage of fine, dry German whites:

A final fling with Sylvaner
Great Sylvaner
Do German dry whites last?
Great dry Rieslings 2002-2007

The following wines were supplied by the Düsseldorf wine merchant www.lust4wine.de, which specialises in fine and rare German wines. I was asked to present this tasting of sweet 'Riesling rarities' at Prowein on 29 Mar 2009. As you can see from the website, they have, for example, 1,500 bottles of J J Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr, with vintages back to 1949. Owner Michael Spreckelmeyer told me that he acquired the great bulk of his...