WHAT’S BREWING AT BRUNDLMAYER
It is always a pleasure to observe a winery that’s firing on all cylinders. Bründlmayer is cruising comfortably, and at lofty altitudes....
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Terry Theise
Jul 162 min read
2024 ARRIVALS FROM MUELLER-CATOIR
It happens my tasting schedule is all torn up this coming week, so I decided to seize a couple open days and start by tasting the three...
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Terry Theise
Jul 219 min read
THE WINES OF GUNTER KUENSTLER, AND THE VALUE OF INTERESTING FRIENDS
(A LION OF THE RHEINGAU, AND HIS LATEST SAMPLES); WEINGUT KUENSTLER, HOCHHEIM Everyone should have interesting friends. Of course we love...
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Terry Theise
Jun 2412 min read
WILD AND RADICAL, AND A TEENY PREVIEW OF 2023
Before starting in on the samples, I had a quick look at a few 2023’s last week, not enough to offer a judgment but enough to offer a...
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Terry Theise
Jun 131 min read
NEW ARRIVALS FROM CARL LOEWEN
For some reason I always seem to be tasting these when our crabapple tree is blossoming. When I visited the estate there was always a...
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Terry Theise
Jun 31 min read
BIGLY RANGE OF ‘22S FROM SCHLOSS LIESER
Note: I’m listing these in sequence from dry to sweet, but I actually tasted them in three flights, one per day, with each flight...
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Terry Theise
May 201 min read
May Double Header: Diel and Baum-Barth
A double-header here, partly because I’m getting backed up on tasting reports, and partly because I like the implied contrast between a...
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Terry Theise
May 825 min read
TASTING IN CHAMPAGNE, 2024
Sheesh! Did you know there are now 480 RM Champagne growers exporting to the Unites States? That’s a gain of 69 in just the last year....
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Terry Theise
May 11 min read
THE LATEST FROM SCHLOSS GOBELSBURG
Before reading my thoughts on Gobelsburg's wines, a brief reminder how I deploy my “plusses.” Because they can be misconstrued if you...
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Terry Theise
Apr 158 min read
ODDS AND PIECES, BITS AND ENDS
ANOTHER SHOE DROPS, ANOTHER HERO FALLS R.I.P Alfred Merkelbach Alfred died the morning of the 14th, in a hospital in Bernkastel. He’d...
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