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German wine guide – summer 2021

Tuesday 7 September 2021 • 1 min read
Uhlen Blaufüsser Lay vineyard in Winningen photo credit VDP

We have been publishing so many tasting notes on German wines recently (thank you, Michael) that a guide to them seems appropriate. Please note that there will be many more tasting articles to come on the Grosses Gewächs wines released this month. As usual, articles are listed in date order, most recently published at the top.

When you see pictures like the VDP one above of the Uhlen Blaufüsser Lay Grosse Lage in Winningen, you do wonder how on earth anyone manages to work Mosel vineyards. But Heymann-Löwenstein have produced some stunning 2020s from slopes like this, demonstrating that it's not just the most famous locations that can yield magic.

Tasting articles

Latest GGs – Spätburgunders by Michael Schmidt & Paula Sidore 11 October 2021

Latest GGs – whites not Riesling by Paula Sidore 30 September 2021

Latest Riesling GGs – Nahe, Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Pfalz by Michael Schmidt 29 September 2021

Latest Riesling GGs – Mosel, Baden, Franken by Michael Schmidt & Paula Sidore 28 September 2021

More current Germans, part 2 by Jancis Robinson 24 September 2021

Jancis's 2020 GGs by Jancis Robinson 20 September 2021

VDP 2019 whites and 2018 reds – a review by Julia Harding and Tim Jackson 17 September 2021

More current Germans by Jancis Robinson and Michael Schmidt 7 September 2021

A Rieslingfest by Team JR 19 August 2021

Mosel 2020s, part 4 – Berkasteler Ring from R to Z by Michael Schmidt 2 August 2021

Mosel 2020s, part 3 – Berkasteler Ring from B to P by Michael Schmidt 19 July 2021

Mosel 2020s, part 2 – VDP from P to Z by Michael Schmidt 29 June 2021

Mosel 2020s, part 1 – VDP from B to O by Michael Schmidt 28 June 2021

General article

Germany's 2020 vintage (Free for all) by Michael Schmidt 29 June 2021

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