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Also news on Germany’s Henkell group buying out legendary Cava company Freixenet (pictured above) and lawsuits on France’s copper fungicide bans. Before I get to global news, I would like...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 7 March 2026
• 1 min read
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Wine discoveries – February 2026
A flurry of wines to chase the winter blues away. Above, Ina and Heiko Bamberger, makers of one such wine, a terrific German sparkler reviewed below (credit: Lucie Greiner). February...
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By coincidence, I happened to go to an excellent Circle of Wine Writers tasting yesterday centred on five young mould-breaking...
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As many of you may know, the nether parts of the Rheinhessen in Germany, far from the Rhine with its...
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Attentive visitors to this site will know that Egon Müller, producer of truly great Saar wine from the Scharzhofberger vineyard...
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Here are some late arrivals to add to my list of German 2003s. REICHSGRAF VON KESSELSTATT, MOSEL-SAAR-RUWER Josephsh öfer Riesling...
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US importers may not make their German 2003 offers for some months but you can already get your hands on...
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In the interests of fairness, since I published Sebastian Taylor at Howard Ripley's offer and vintage notes, here is the...
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US importer of fine German wines, David Schildknecht, a frequent contributor to purple pages, files this report on how German...
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See also German 2003s in full: A-M GUTSVERWALTUNG NIEDERHAUSEN-SCHLOSSBOECKELHEIM, NAHE Schlossböckelheimer Kupfergrube Riesling Qualitätswein trocken 2003 Gutsverwaltung Niederhausen-Schlossböckelheim 16.5 Drink...
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22 aug A wide range of von Kesselstatt wines has just been added and the break between the two tranches...
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This is the third and final alphabetical instalment of my tasting notes on Germany’s extremely varied 2003s – though I...
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One recurring theme during my recent visit to Germany was vineyard labour. Just who nowadays is prepared to work those...
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Tasting notes on all 2003 Germans of any significance that I have tasted so far appear below and in Part...
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As a foretaste before I publish tasting notes on nearly 300 German wines from the exceptionally ripe 2003 vintage later...
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Here's a late addition to the many tasting notes on Germany's delicious, buxom 2002s that are available in the 2003...
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2003 purple pagers may remember my rave early last month about Wittmann's Scheurebe trocken 2002. Here are some Scheus that...
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I have just received the following rapturous report of this year's grape harvest in German from the VDP association of...
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