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I recently tasted a number of German wines imported by The Winery, London W9, David Motion's Maida Vale neighbourhood wine...
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Just after finishing the following article I went out to a new local (rather good) Indian restaurant in north London...
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Look out for many more 2002 German tasting notes at the end of November. See my overview of the 2002...
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A recurring theme on these pages is the schizophrenic nature of German wine at the moment, whereby in its homeland...
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I have already written about my very favourable impression of many of the 2002s I have had a chance to...
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Dr Manfred Prüm, current guardian of the Prüm family vineyard holdings in Wehlen just downriver of Bernkastel in the Mosel...
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One of the many brakes on the long-overdue rehabilitation of German wine's reputation has been the strength of feeling about...
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Patient readers of every corner of this site will have been following my horror at the new German wine classification...
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You may, like me, have been so dazzled by what was on offer from Germany's exceptional 2001 vintage that you...
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Things happen slowly in Germany. My piece on Germany's dry dictators, critical of the proposal by the VDP, the top...
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This has been an extraordinary vintage for Germany – see my story in wine news for an extended overview. Such...
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David Schildknecht has kindly compiled this useful list, never more so with the 2001s coming on to the market. See...
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The Institute of Masters of Wine publishes an annual report on the most recent vintage, with eye-witness accounts from MWs...
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An American commentator on German wines gives his thoughts on current confusions in names, categories, wine types and labelling I...
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See also David Schildknecht on developments in German wine naming and shaming.
As devoted readers may have discerned, I am...
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I wrote this while staying in the Rheingau last November. Good to know that it was such a good vintage...
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