We have been following with some horror the failure so far of the campaign against the new motorway and bridge across the Mosel at Ürzig, flanking and almost certainly affecting some of Germany's...

Bad news. Work on the ugly, unnecessary and extremely expensive motorway bridge across the Mosel at Ürzig has been resumed. Below is the view from the south/east bank of the river as taken by...

The following is the exasperated blog written late last night by Sarah Washington, who has led the vigorous and vociferous worldwide campaign against the proposed building of an ugly, expensive...

Sarah Washington, chief campaigner against the proposed Mosel bridge sketched here, sends this message about the current situation: There is now a building freeze in place for the duration...

The energetic chief co-ordinator of the campaign against the proposed Mosel bridge Sarah Washington has just sent the following encouraging news from Germany. We have been agitating against the...

I have just received the following worrying news from Sarah Washington in the Mosel Valley, who has co-ordinated the campaign of protest against the proposed ugly and unnecessary bridge across...

23 May - See this report in the New York Times that summarises the current precarious state of play. I'm delighted to report that our press briefing at Hot Spot in Berlin on...

Last night in Berlin the Hot Spot Chinese restaurant, a favourite haunt of the city's off-duty chefs, was even hotter than usual. From before 5 pm when Hugh Johnson, Nick and I arrived, it...

27 Apr - See latest news from Sarah Washington below. You may remember that the likes of Erni Loosen, Katharina Prüm, Hugh Johnson and Stuart Pigott, organiser Sarah Washington and I did...

Later that same day - Just in from Sarah Washington:  On Easter Monday more than 80 members of 40 wineries gathered to answer a spontaneous photo call at Wehlen on the Mosel, to...

Last September I was invited to the centenary celebrations of the VDP, the German top growers' association, in Berlin, I was asked to give a short address at their formal evening in the...

22 Dec - There is  news of a ceasefire in the war between the Wachau growers' association and Gritsch, the grower who precipitated the case over usage of the terms Smaragd etc referred...

Erni Loosen was in London yesterday presenting his particularly bright, precise 2009s.  Michael Schmidt has already published a significant tranche of tasting notes on Germany's 2009 vintage...

Remember that planned monster bridge over some of the most valuable vineyards in the Mosel?  A Last Chance Wine Forum has been called as an 11th-hour emergency meeting of top...

12 May - See 'superb' (Sarah Washington) organic wine producer Rudolf Trossen's cartoon below. Your help is needed to fight a worrying threat to some of the world's finest Riesling...