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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 Redes Sidore
Thursday 3 July 2025
• 8 min read
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Southern strength – Germany's 2024 VDP wines
Paula Redes Sidore
Thursday 19 June 2025
• 5 min read
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The final part of Michael’s report from three days of valiant tasting at the end of August, plus three complaints...
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Fresh(?) from tasting myriad GGs in Wiesbaden, Michael tells us what everyone in German wine is talking about.
Is it...
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The first of Michael's two reports on this year's Mainzer Weinbörse massive showing of the latest vintage from VDP producers...
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About 50 more tasting notes on 2018 Rieslings tasted at this year's Mainzer Weinbörse. This follows on from part 1...
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Following my reports on 2017s from Rheinhessen and Nahe plus Württemberg, this is the final report on the three-day Weinbörse...
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For full details of our coverage of the excellent 2016 vintage in Germany, see this guide. The Weinbörse in Mainz...
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From £6.98, €7.85, 19.50 Swiss francs Find the Bauer Sauvignon Find the Kalkstein Sauvignon Find the Wageck Sauvignon Yesterday, in...
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I did not get to taste as many wines from the Pfalz at the late-April Weinbörse in Mainz as I...
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As reported on this site yesterday, on Sunday 24 April the Vereinigung Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (VDP, the association of most of...
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National stereotypes exist for good reason. They apply as much to wine as to sporting prowess, cuisine, personality traits, weather...
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These 85 tasting notes were taken in August 2015 during a visit to the Pfalz and Rheinhessen regions. Together, they...
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See also Grosses Gewächs 2014 – Mosel and Nahe Rieslings and this general introduction to the Grosses Gewächs tastings. The...
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More tasting notes, information, news and opinion can be found via Germany 2014 and more – the guide. Tamlyn writes...
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As titillation while we await Michael's report on all the Grosse Gewä chse he tasted recently on their release in...
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See this guide to our extensive coverage of Germany's 2012s. And see below to discover which Rheinhessen vineyard, whose soil...
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Entrepreneur, investor and visionary Achim Niederberger died unexpectedly last Thursday, 25 July, at the age of 56. A successful businessman...
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