This is first part of Michael's review of the current VDP Grosse Gewächse releases and covers the 2010 whites apart from Franken. The second part, on Spätburgunder 2009 and Franken Riesling...

From £22, £49.98, €31.95. Find this wine Persuading readers of this site to drink Riesling shouldn’t be a problem. Especially in Riesling week , no less. We are surely...

For those who didn’t already know, Riesling Week starts tomorrow! Wines of Germany are, quite rightly, on a mission to change the perception of German wine. Jancis has, in her words, been...

The following is the text of a paper given by Brian Croser at the symposium in Canberra described earlier this week here . References are listed at the end of the paper. It's an honour...

From 19.90 euros, 34 Swiss francs, 298 Norwegian krone, Aus$79.95 a bottle and £185 a dozen in bond. [For an importer's comments on the issue of tax on wine in Australia, see here on the...

Here is the second of our German tasting articles, to get those planning to attend Prowein in Düsseldorf this weekend in the mood. See also Tasting beyond the VDP published yesterday. I...

Of all the varieties, Pinot Noir and Riesling seem to inspire particular fervour. Two recent London tastings, both blind, emphasised exactly that: the Stonier International Pinot Noir Tasting and...

From €12.80, £17.99 Find this wine Here’s an interesting story, or at least interesting to anyone who has been following the fortunes of German wine over the past few...

As we enter a new year, it seems appropriate to consider wine and time, and Riesling is one of the grape varieties that can benefit most from seriously long ageing - much longer than most...

This tasting of sweet Rieslings, mainly but by no means exclusively German with Alsace* and Canadian wines too, was part of the first International Riesling Symposium held in the Rheingau last...

The second of the four tastings at last month's International Riesling Symposium focused on Rieslings with perceptible residual sugar - while still leaving room for the final tasting of...

The highlights of the recent inaugural International Riesling Symposium in the Rheingau were the four tastings which were a marvel of efficiency and organisation on the part of the serving staff...

Purple pager, and reporter on all things Germanic for Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, David Schildknecht asked the team at Robert Weil in the Rheingau to organise a vertical of both dry wines and...

Wendy Stuckey won’t say so herself, but I will: The Rieslings being made at Washington state’s Chateau Ste Michelle (CSM) – the largest producer of Riesling in the world, at more than one...

In the recent Members' forum discussion on Purple pages about the drinking window of Riesling, we were once again drawn to the issue of styles of Riesling that are produced in Germany today. The...