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Guide to our old-vines coverage
4 June 2026 In advance of the 2026 Old Vine Conference on 8 June, we’re republishing this overview of our old-vines coverage, newly updated. 28 June 2023 The Old Vine...
Julian Leidy
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Walking Germany's Mosel
To understand Mosel Riesling, stop reading about it – walk it. Above, the River Mosel and the village of Treis-Karden from a picnic bench with a view. Grey, skeletal branches...
Paula Redes Sidore
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We report on the 42 wines served at our second Riesling Night, this time devoted to Kabinetts young and old...
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Tim Jackson MW (left) and Richard Hemming MW did the heavy lifting at Riesling Night 2. Michael's and Jancis's tasting...
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An under-the-radar Saar estate restored to its former glory. Once upon a time the estate of Reverchon at Konz-Filzen near...
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Lucky Michael wallows in another vertical of a German icon. He plans to be at our second Riesling Night in...
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Julia recommends an exemplary dry German Riesling.
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See also A foretaste of this year's German auction wines. The VDP auctions on 21 and 23 September in Trier...
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The air was buzzing with esters, polyphenols, flavonoids, amino acids, sugars and acids at The Royal Society of Chemistry a...
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19 September 2018 We have begun to publish Michael's reports on this year's presentation of GGs in Wiesbaden, and I...
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As Tam noted when she recently attended a presentation of new German wines to the customers of traditional London wine...
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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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This is the first of three detailed reports based on Michael's recent tastings of Mosels, mainly from the 2017 vintage...
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Even when I take a break from German wine, I can’t quite leave it alone, and when I recently spent...
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Those with long memories may remember our dismay at plans to build a bridge over the Mosel near the famed...
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We have recently been discussing in this thread on our forum the contentious subject of when tasting notes on Grosse...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See tasting notes in A British assault on...
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