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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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On a cold but sunny weekend in March, I found myself in the tranquil seclusion of the historic chambers of...
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Iris Ellmann of The WineBarn is one of modern German wine’s most insistent importers. (I say this as the recipient...
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All these wines made from Pinot Noir grown in Germany were tasted at the VDP Grosses Gewächs preview at the...
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It is always thrilling to come across an exciting new producer and Germany seems particularly well-endowed in this respect. Alexandra...
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You may remember my account of a brief visit to Toronto last December where everyone I met seemed to be...
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I am indebted to purple pager Sigi Hiss for bringing these spectacular wines to my attention. See also Green light...
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Jancis previewed Iris Ellman’s WineBarn annual London tasting because it was open to private customers in the evening session as...
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The following fills in the gaps in my coverage of Johannes’ Leitz’s wines, dry(ish) ones first and then listed in...
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These are the possible ways to access my nearly 430 2005 German tasting notes. i Complete alphabetical list of all...
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Purple pager Trevor Johnston asked for recommendations, and here are a few, from a friendly source in Munich: There are...
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I finally met Terry Theise, gifted specialist importer of German and Austrian wines and growers' champagnes, in May. He had...
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I’ve spent much of this week and last tasting German wine and am very excited about the 2005s and increasingly...
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By coincidence, I happened to go to an excellent Circle of Wine Writers tasting yesterday centred on five young mould-breaking...
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As many of you may know, the nether parts of the Rheinhessen in Germany, far from the Rhine with its...
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Attentive visitors to this site will know that Egon Müller, producer of truly great Saar wine from the Scharzhofberger vineyard...
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Here are some late arrivals to add to my list of German 2003s. REICHSGRAF VON KESSELSTATT, MOSEL-SAAR-RUWER Josephsh öfer Riesling...
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