Speculation on Germany’s 2022 GGs coming into this year’s VDP premiere skewed toward congratulatory: the heat of 2018, the power of 2003. Some naysayers muttered under their breath: or 2011 or 2014. In the end, however, comparing vintages is a fool’s errand. Not only because the weather is, well, the weather, but also because the...
Grosses Gewächs releases 2023, part 1 – Riesling
Tuesday 19 September 2023
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Riesling, Riesling everywhere … but especially in Wiesbaden at last month’s annual VDP GG premiere. Come back tomorrow to read about Pinots and other non-Riesling wines, too. And see also Jancis's account of GGs shown in London this month. Photo above by Franzi Stegemann.
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