Charlotte Blofeld of London writes: Happy summer holidays. We've just got back from a hot rose-soaked week in Sicily.  Could you be kind and offer some guidance through the long list of German...

Rather worryingly, at the generic tasting of German wines held recently in London I was introduced to someone who seemed to know everyone there, the director of the International Sugar...

For an overview of the 2004 vintage in Germany, see fine wine news . See also my suggestions for what to buy , divided by wine style. About 250 tasting notes appear below, all 2004s except...

Nancy Long, Denver: I am anxiously awaiting your tasting notes for 2004 German wines.  Could you give us a sneak peak?  Especially those you consider to be best buys and early drinkers? ...

I have already published notes on hundreds of 2004 Germans but here are some later releases from the two most garlanded young producers of that unfashionable but truly exciting region the...

You may well think I have gone barking mad with this week’s choice. Rheinhessen Silvaner? Has she finally lost it? It’s true that I am well aware that the great wide world is not exactly agog...

Steve Dutton, Germany: I read with great interest David [Schildknecht]'s really enjoyable  comments on the German wine scene (I too had wondered where he had been). I think he is being ...

Pieter Rosenthal, Glasgow: I'm in the process of organising a wine-week away at the start of October and consider visiting Germany (any/all regions) and Alsace. Can you advise of a few...

It’s not often that you turn up for a tasting in a tiny wine shop well outside central London at 5.30 on a Thursday evening to find it heaving with appreciative customers. It’s not often,...

find this wine I’m having great fun at the moment tasting lots of German 2004s, on which I will be reporting in detail at the beginning of July. It’s a lovely vintage, much more attuned to...