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Wine Capital Mainz 2025
Highlights from the Sekt show, VinVin and the Biodynamic Wine Fair in Rheinhessen’s central city. In the image above we are instructed to 'Always follow the bubbles' into the Sektbörse...

Paula Sidore
Thursday 3 July 2025
• 8 min read

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Southern strength – Germany's 2024 VDP wines
The second half of this report focuses on Baden, Pfalz, Rheinhessen, Rheingau and Württemberg. See also part one, Beyond the frost line. Few would dispute that this is a particularly...

Paula Sidore
Thursday 19 June 2025
• 5 min read

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Wine discoveries – January 2025
A round-up of some of the best wines we tasted in January. Every week, our team tastes dozens or even hundreds of wines, many of which we tell you about...

Team JR
Monday 17 February 2025
• 3 min read
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The last of Michael's three collections of tasting notes on (mostly) 2019 Grosse Gewächse. See his notes on GGs from...
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WWC20 – Dr Wehrheim, Pfalz
Today's (unedited) entry in our sustainability heroes writing competition is by Anna Chilton, who has just left her job as...
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German 2020 releases – Pfalz and Rheinhessen
See this guide to our growing coverage of the exceptional 2019 vintage in Germany and see also Julia's article on...
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Howard Ripley 2019 Germans part 2
See also yesterday's part 1 with its tasting notes on 100 wines from Mosel-Saar-Ruwer.
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