Last week's inaugural International Riesling Symposium at Schloss Reinhartshausen in the Rheingau seemed to be a huge success. The 200 invited participants were entertained and enriched by a series of talks, including a speech from Purple pager David Schildknecht on, inter alia, his concerns about the straitjacket of Grosses and Erstes Gewächs regulations and four great tastings on which I will report in more...
Developments in Rieslingland
Monday 15 November 2010
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 to below.
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