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Protests in France, Domaine Sigalas acquisition, Vinarchy to cull wine brands
Plus an early harvest for ice wine in Germany, and the oldest vine in the world. Above, Domaine Sigalas vineyard (image courtesy of the domaine). As you can see [if...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 28 November 2025
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New GG releases in 2025 – reds
Paula Redes Sidore
Monday 20 October 2025
• 7 min read
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New GG releases in 2025 – Chardonnay, Silvaner and Weissburgunder
Paula Redes Sidore
Tuesday 14 October 2025
• 5 min read
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Our spring collections of geographically themed tasting notes continue. See those already published on Spain and the United States, and...
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We report on the 42 wines served at our second Riesling Night, this time devoted to Kabinetts young and old...
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Tim Jackson MW (left) and Richard Hemming MW did the heavy lifting at Riesling Night 2. Michael's and Jancis's tasting...
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An under-the-radar Saar estate restored to its former glory. Once upon a time the estate of Reverchon at Konz-Filzen near...
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Lucky Michael wallows in another vertical of a German icon. He plans to be at our second Riesling Night in...
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Julia recommends an exemplary dry German Riesling.
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Eva Fricke may not...
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From €14.50, £16.60 (per bottle if you buy a case of 6), $29.99 Find this wine As I mentioned in...
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See also A foretaste of this year's German auction wines. The VDP auctions on 21 and 23 September in Trier...
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The air was buzzing with esters, polyphenols, flavonoids, amino acids, sugars and acids at The Royal Society of Chemistry a...
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19 September 2018 We have begun to publish Michael's reports on this year's presentation of GGs in Wiesbaden, and I...
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As Tam noted when she recently attended a presentation of new German wines to the customers of traditional London wine...
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As Michael's many tasting notes on this year's crop of 2017 Grosse Gewächs are prepared for publication, we publish this...
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This is the first of three detailed reports based on Michael's recent tastings of Mosels, mainly from the 2017 vintage...
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Even when I take a break from German wine, I can’t quite leave it alone, and when I recently spent...
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Those with long memories may remember our dismay at plans to build a bridge over the Mosel near the famed...
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We have recently been discussing in this thread on our forum the contentious subject of when tasting notes on Grosse...
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