Growing grapes and making wine is always hard work and always unpredictable, especially so in a climate where even a short spell of extreme or unseasonal weather (if that term is still valid) can...

  Find the Becker wine   This wine actually says Spätburgunder on the label rather than Pinot Noir because of course it is German (just – see below) but I thought I...

  For my general introduction to the vintage, see Germany 2006 – vintage overview .   The 200 tasting notes below are mainly for 2006 dry German wines,...

My notes on the German 2006s I have tasted so far are arranged alphabetically below by the producer’s (sur)name, ignoring words such as Schloss, Weingut, von, etc. Within the listing for...