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Wein Goutte, Super Goutte Newstalgia 2023 Landwein Main
Übergangs wine – a wine to bridge warm afternoons and cool evenings, spring and summer, red and white, past and present. From €15, $29, £27.50. On a warm spring evening...
Paula Redes Sidore
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Franken's future – unapproved and provocative
A growing network of low-intervention winemakers is redefining Franken’s historic terroir. Above, shrouded in fog, one of the steep, terraced vineyards farmed by Stefan and Katja Vetter (© Weingut Stefan...
Paula Redes Sidore
• 2 min read
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Reviews of even more of the 2023s shown at this year's Mainzer Weinbörse. Above, Daniel Wagner is pictured at harvest...
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Newly released Riesling Grosse Gewächse from the Mosel, Mittelrhein, Nahe, Franken and Rheingau, tasted in Wiesbaden and in London. See...
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The WineBarn's annual portfolio tasting throws up some some real gems, extremely good value from newcomers and reliable brilliance from...
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After a day wallowing in red wines (see The return of the Weinbörse, part 1), Paula examined what the cool...
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27 February 2022 Eva Fricke's more serious 2020s have at last been added.
3 October 2021 Eva Fricke's five screwcapped...
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Entrant Ulrich Hagenmeyer writes in, ' The article is named "Creutz -- Buried, Denied, Risen again" and describes the last-minute...
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This may be Michael's last collection of tasting notes on 2020's GG releases, this time great German wines that aren't...
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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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Introducing his entry to our 2020 writing competition, Londoner David Frail writes, ‘I retired from International Telecoms in December and...
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The last of this mammoth series based on Michael's pandemic-inspired tastings at home in the Ahr Valley. See this guide...
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See also yesterday's part 1 with its tasting notes on 100 wines from Mosel-Saar-Ruwer.
As I explained yesterday, these two...
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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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From €14.50, £16.60 (per bottle if you buy a case of 6), $29.99 Find this wine As I mentioned in...
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As Michael's many tasting notes on this year's crop of 2017 Grosse Gewächs are prepared for publication, we publish this...
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From €6.80, $13.99, £12.75 Find this wine The other weekend we opened a bottle of Hans Wirsching Iphöfer Julius-Echter-Berg Silvaner...
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For full details of our coverage of the excellent 2016 vintage in Germany, see this guide. Jancis writes Michael's introduction...
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