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Germany, Mosel: Christoffel-Berres Retrospective – 25 to 30 Years Is a Perfect Age for a Mosel Riesling

I have often postulated that fine Riesling should be aged for at least seven to 10 years. However, hardly anyone likes to wait that long....

Stephan Reinhardt • 09 Jun 2021

Mosel Germany Riesling

Germany: An Allerlei of (Almost) Everything but Pinot Noir

This report includes a 100-pointer from the 2019 vintage, but there are also lots of other exciting wines, mainly Rieslings, from old and new names....

Stephan Reinhardt • 08 Apr 2021

Germany Riesling

Germany: All Along the Rhine, Main and Neckar Rivers – The 2017s and 2018s (Part 2)

As COVID-19 ended my travels prematurely, this report includes releases from Rheinhessen, Pfalz, Franken and Württemberg that I tasted from November to mid-March....

Stephan Reinhardt • 06 May 2020

Germany Riesling pinot noir

Austria: All Along the Danube River – The 2018s From the North of Vienna to the Wachau

Practically all of the better single-vineyard wines from the Austrian Danube region have been on the market since fall 2019, including in the US, where unlike Germany and France, Austria...

Stephan Reinhardt • 31 Mar 2020

Riesling Grüner Veltliner Austria

Austria, Wachau: The Old Wachau?

During the biannual VieVinum, the great international wine fair in Vienna's Hofburg, the Vinea Wachau gives a great annotated tasting for dozens if not a hundred professionals in the Metternich...

Stephan Reinhardt • 01 Aug 2018

Austria Riesling Wachau

Germany, Mosel: Markus Molitor’s Outstanding 2016 Rieslings, 2014 Pinot Noirs & Much More

Entering the huge tasting room of Haus Klosterberg in Bernkastel-Wehlen, with the enormously long (and chic) tasting table, is always a challenge. Markus Molitor lines up more than 70 wines...

Stephan Reinhardt • 28 Mar 2018

Riesling Germany

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