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Tasting articles WineBarn Germans 2022 The WineBarn's annual portfolio tasting throws up some some real gems, extremely good value from newcomers and reliable brilliance from... Read more
Pouring white wines at the Mainzer Weinbörse 2022
Tasting articles The return of the Weinbörse, part 2 After a day wallowing in red wines (see The return of the Weinbörse, part 1), Paula examined what the cool... Read more
Weingut May harvest lunch
Tasting articles More current Germans, part 2 27 February 2022 Eva Fricke's more serious 2020s have at last been added. 3 October 2021 Eva Fricke's five screwcapped... Read more
WWC21 Hagenmeyer U - Creutz_Andreas Durst
Free for all WWC21 – Creutz, Franken Entrant Ulrich Hagenmeyer writes in, ' The article is named "Creutz -- Buried, Denied, Risen again" and describes the last-minute... Read more
Marienthal vineyards in late October in the Ahr valley, Germany
Tasting articles Franken Silvaner and Ahr Spätburgunder This may be Michael's last collection of tasting notes on 2020's GG releases, this time great German wines that aren't... Read more
GG booklet Wiesbaden August 2020
Tasting articles Michael's 2019 GGs – Pfalz, Württemberg and Franken The last of Michael's three collections of tasting notes on (mostly) 2019 Grosse Gewächse. See his notes on GGs from... Read more
2Naturkinder vineyard
Free for all WWC20 – 2Naturkinder, Franken Introducing his entry to our 2020 writing competition, Londoner David Frail writes, ‘I retired from International Telecoms in December and... Read more
The traditional Bocksbeutels of Franken, Bürgerspital's range in this case
Tasting articles German 2020 releases – Franken The last of this mammoth series based on Michael's pandemic-inspired tastings at home in the Ahr Valley. See this guide... Read more
Cornelius and Helmut Dönnhoff, Nahe winemakers in Germany
Tasting articles Howard Ripley 2019 Germans part 2 See also yesterday's part 1 with its tasting notes on 100 wines from Mosel-Saar-Ruwer. As I explained yesterday, these two... Read more
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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 at the end of August, plus three complaints... Read more
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Wines of the week Benedikt Baltes, Buntsandstein Spätburgunder 2015 Franken From €14.50, £16.60 (per bottle if you buy a case of 6), $29.99 Find this wine As I mentioned in... Read more
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Tasting articles Ludwig Knoll – a most unusual Franken estate As Michael's many tasting notes on this year's crop of 2017 Grosse Gewächs are prepared for publication, we publish this... Read more
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Wines of the week Wirsching Silvaner trocken 2016 Franken From €6.80, $13.99, £12.75 Find this wine The other weekend we opened a bottle of Hans Wirsching Iphöfer Julius-Echter-Berg Silvaner... Read more
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Tasting articles VDP 2016s part 2 – Nahe and Franken For full details of our coverage of the excellent 2016 vintage in Germany, see this guide. Jancis writes Michael's introduction... Read more
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Tasting articles Franken trilogy 3 – Fürstlich Castell'sches Domänenamt See also part 1 and part 2 of Michael's Franken trilogy. First mention of the hamlet of Castell can be... Read more
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Tasting articles Franken trilogy 2 – Escherndorfer Lump See also part 1 of Michael's trilogy, 700 years of the Bürgerspital. There is no doubt that the Würzburger Stein... Read more