Free for all Riesling Night 2 – buy tickets now 25 March 2019 See our tasting notes from this event. 18 February... 8 Feb 2019 Jancis Robinson
Free for all VDP Grosse Lagen unveiled Germany's VDP association of top wine growers recently published this list of... 29 Aug 2017 Team JR
Tasting articles Rheinhessen Ortswein 2016s – new challengers See also The picture tells the tale – Rheinhessen 2016. For full... 24 May 2017 Michael Schmidt
Free for all RIP Fritz Hasselbach Annegret Reh-Gartner is not the only prominent German vintner we have lost... 10 Oct 2016 Michael Schmidt
Free for all Shock resignations in the Mosel 27 August On Thursday 25 August Dr Carl von Schubert from the... 27 Aug 2016 Michael Schmidt
Tasting articles An Alsace answer to the VDP? Last month I had the pleasure of a trip to Alsace to... 20 Jul 2016 Jancis Robinson
Free for all Rheinhessen Kabinett gains ground On Tuesday evening the VDP Rheinhessen passed a resolution which now allows... 4 May 2016 Michael Schmidt
Inside information What's new in Germany As reported on this site yesterday, on Sunday 24 April the Vereinigung... 27 Apr 2016 Michael Schmidt
Tasting articles Grosses Gewächs 2014 – Mosel and Nahe Rieslings The annual VDP vintage preview took place in Wiesbaden in late August... 11 Sep 2015 Richard Hemming MW
Don't quote me The annual GG tasting – no empty seats now See also Richard's report on the Rieslings of Mosel and Nahe. Michael... 11 Sep 2015 Michael Schmidt
Don't quote me Wild night in Wiesbaden 30 July 2015 Tam's account of her nocturnal adventures while attending the... 30 Jul 2015 Tamlyn Currin
Free for all VDP tightens up its rules Members of the VDP (influential association of some of the finest German... 29 Jul 2015 Michael Schmidt
Inside information VDP – minus four, plus three Late last month media agent Louis Eschenauer announced that the famous Pfalz... 12 Nov 2014 Michael Schmidt
Tasting articles German 2012 white Pinots and Silvaners – take note! There may always be doubters who will argue that the white Pinot... 10 Mar 2014 Michael Schmidt
Inside information Sad news and good news from Germany Sad newsSad news for lovers of fine German Pinot Noir comes from... 24 Jan 2013 Michael Schmidt
Tasting articles Peter Lauer – VDP's new member As noted in this 1,000-post thread on our forum, the wine estate... 18 Jan 2013 Michael Schmidt