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The return of the Weinbörse, part 1
Last month, for the first time since 2019, the VDP showed off its members' recent releases in Mainz. Some fine German Pinots are rated below. Part 2 (mainly Riesling) tomorrow...
Paula Redes Sidore
Tuesday 31 May 2022
• 10 min read
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This may be Michael's last collection of tasting notes on 2020's GG releases, this time great German wines that aren't...
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The headline may suggest these are also-rans but that would be quite wrong. There are some completely gorgeous wines here...
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We aim to provide unrivalled coverage of the whites from 2019, a vintage that Michael suggests may be Germany's vintage...
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The final part of Michael’s report from three days of valiant tasting at the end of August, plus three complaints...
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Michael, extreme left in our picture behind the scenes at the 2019 Wiesbaden tasting, explains his position on the 2018...
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Michael submits his first report on the Grosse Gewächse 2018s, distinguishing the hype from the truth. See this guide for...
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The importance of being Keller, or what happened at this year's Bad Kreuznach auction.
Everybody would agree that Julian Haart...
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Rieslings from the great 2018 vintage from three of our favourite producers. See Michael's vintage report and our guide to...
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See also Michael’s earlier report on the Mosel wines of the members of the Bernkasteler Ring.
The concept of Mythos...
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A uniquely comprehensive report on a great vintage in a great wine region.
The Bernkasteler Ring is the oldest association...
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The 2018 vintage provides the perfect excuse... A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See...
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The final tasting article in our series on German wines. See this guide to our extensive coverage of the 2018...
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Some additional tasting notes on 2018 Rheinhessen dry Rieslings, and some from Louis Guntrum. See this guide to our extensive...
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See also part 1 of Michael's tasting notes from this year's giant showing of the latest vintage at the VDP...
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The first of Michael's two reports on this year's Mainzer Weinbörse massive showing of the latest vintage from VDP producers...
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About 50 more tasting notes on 2018 Rieslings tasted at this year's Mainzer Weinbörse. This follows on from part 1...
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