Free for all WWC20 – 2Naturkinder, Franken Introducing his entry to our 2020 writing competition, Londoner David Frail writes... 26 Aug 2020
Tasting articles German 2020 releases – Franken The last of this mammoth series based on Michael's pandemic-inspired tastings at... 18 Aug 2020 Michael Schmidt
Tasting articles Howard Ripley 2019 Germans part 2 See also yesterday's part 1 with its tasting notes on 100 wines... 8 Jul 2020 Jancis Robinson
Tasting articles GGs in Wiesbaden 2019 part 3 – Franken, Pfalz and Rheinhessen The final part of Michael’s report from three days of valiant tasting... 8 Oct 2019 Michael Schmidt
Wines of the week Benedikt Baltes, Buntsandstein Spätburgunder 2015 Franken From €14.50, £16.60 (per bottle if you buy a case of 6)... 28 Sep 2018 Tamlyn Currin
Tasting articles Ludwig Knoll – a most unusual Franken estate As Michael's many tasting notes on this year's crop of 2017 Grosse... 11 Sep 2018 Michael Schmidt
Wines of the week Wirsching Silvaner trocken 2016 Franken From €6.80, $13.99, £12.75 Find this wine The other weekend we opened... 30 Mar 2018 Tamlyn Currin
Tasting articles VDP 2016s part 2 – Nahe and Franken For full details of our coverage of the excellent 2016 vintage in... 21 Jun 2017 Michael Schmidt
Tasting articles Franken trilogy 3 – Fürstlich Castell'sches Domänenamt See also part 1 and part 2 of Michael's Franken trilogy. First... 20 Feb 2017 Michael Schmidt
Tasting articles Franken trilogy 2 – Escherndorfer Lump See also part 1 of Michael's trilogy, 700 years of the Bürgerspital... 13 Feb 2017 Michael Schmidt
Tasting articles Franken trilogy 1 – 700 years of the Bürgerspital See also part 2 of Michael's Franken trilogy. The Hospice de Beaune... 6 Feb 2017 Michael Schmidt
Don't quote me Silvaner – the Franken Rumpelstiltskin See also Great Silvaner – no oxymoron and related articles about the... 18 Dec 2015 Michael Schmidt
Tasting articles Germany 2014 and more – Franken Check Germany 2014 and more – the guide for links to all... 17 Jun 2015 Julia Harding MW Tamlyn Currin
Tasting articles Rudolf May Pinot vertical You'll remember from this comparative tasting of German Spätburgunder and top Pinot... 26 Dec 2013 Jancis Robinson
Tasting articles VDP 2011s – Pfalz & Franken Michael Schmidt gives us an overview of this stunning vintage in Germany's... 21 Jun 2012 Michael Schmidt
Tasting articles Tasting beyond the VDP In the week leading up to the increasingly important Prowein wine fair... 22 Mar 2011 Jancis Robinson
