Articles tagged with the word "Germany":

Ernst Loosen – barrel-aged, dry riesling

Published on May 5, 2016

Barrel ageing dry riesling sounds like a quirky new thing to try to broaden the appeal of one of the wine industry’s (but not consumers’) best-loved grape varieties. In fact, Ernst Loosen, of Dr. Loosen in Germany’s Mosel valley, has been revitalising riesling in the fashion that was the norm for his grandfather.


The Finest Wines of Germany, by Stephan Reinhardt

Published on December 10, 2012

For a lover of cool climate wines I’m already pre-disposed to want to like this book.


Germany’s Burgundian links

Published on January 5, 2012

Riesling may be Germany’s signature grape variety, covering 20% of the country’s vineyard area, but another 10% is covered with the increasingly trendy grauburgunder (pinot gris/grigio) and weissburgunder (pinot blanc).


German pinot noir reveals itself

Published on November 18, 2011

Germany has long kept secret its world class pinot noirs, or spätburgunder, though over the past few years has been slowly letting in the rest of the world on these wonderful wines.


A sextet of historic Rheingau rieslings

Published on March 23, 2011

The Rheingau VDP (Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter) rocked into London in early March to promote riesling in their small Rheingau region of Germany, and brought along an historic sextet of riesling to illustrate the point.


Germany 2009 – Weingut Leitz

Published on July 25, 2010

Vintage 2009 is a startlingly super riesling vintage, if a recent tasting of wines in Germany is anything to go by.


Germany 2009 – Dr. Loosen

Published on July 21, 2010

Vintage 2009 is a startlingly super riesling vintage, if a recent tasting of wines in Germany is anything to go by.


Germany 2009 Weingut Gunderloch

Published on July 13, 2010

Vintage 2009 is a startlingly super riesling vintage, if a recent tasting of wines in Germany is anything to go by.


Germany 2009 – JL Wolf

Published on July 9, 2010

Vintage 2009 is a startlingly super riesling vintage, if a recent tasting of wines in Germany is anything to go by.


Germany 2009 – Weingut Hermann Dönnhoff

Published on July 5, 2010

Vintage 2009 is a startlingly super riesling vintage, if a recent tasting of wines in Germany is anything to go by.

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