THE 2021 MERKELBACH COLLECTION (with a couple ‘22s in the box
The most poignant thing about a Merkelbach wine is the innocence with which it arrives. It has no agenda, it doesn’t care to impress you;...
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Terry Theise
Sep 12, 20233 min read
PAY HEED TO HIEDLER
I confess I’m on a Hiedler jag the past few years. The wines have always been singular among the “names” of the Kamptal – though these...
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Terry Theise
Aug 28, 202313 min read
THE ROBERT KACHER INTERVIEW
He shall henceforth be referred to as he refers to himself – Bobby. As far as I know, “Robert” was solely a feature of his importer’s...
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Terry Theise
Aug 14, 20231 min read
SINEW AND BRIGHTNESS; THE 2021 VINTAGE AT CANTZHEIM
This is the order in which I tasted them, flying blind to some degree, as proprietor Anna Reimann seems to be one of the enlightened...
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Terry Theise
Aug 8, 20232 min read
THE OVERLORDS OF OBERHAUSEN: 21s from Dönnhoff
I’d always try to climb the Lemberg hill before I arrived at the winery. It’s a good stiff walk, about thirty minutes, steep but not...
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Terry Theise
Jul 31, 20232 min read
2021s FROM SCHLOSS LIESER, (THE MOUTH THAT ROARED)
It would not have been easy, running my usual schedule along the Mosel tasting the young ‘21s. Even with the mere fifteen bottles here,...
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Terry Theise
Jul 24, 20231 min read
A VERY QUICK AND VERY DIRTY IMPRESSION OF A FEW GERMAN 2022s & Harald Hexamer, the New Collection.
I zipped through a bunch of wines at the Boston pre-arrival tasting recently. It was odd and somewhat distressing to taste that way,...
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Terry Theise
Jul 5, 20231 min read
THE RADICAL CLASSICIST: new(ish) releases from Champagne Gaston Chiquet
I confess, even I am sometimes (and incoherently) tempted to think of Nicolas Chiquet’s Champagnes as middle of the road – at least until...
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Terry Theise
Jun 26, 20233 min read
THE MAESTRO OF GRAACH: 2021s From Willi Schaefer
When I went around Germany in May 2022, people asked me how I liked the baby ‘21s and I was happy to say “I like them!” As indeed I did....
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Terry Theise
Jun 19, 20231 min read
THE SUPERLATIVE MARC HEBRART: The 2022 collection
This is to say, the wines he sent me some time in the middle of last year, which reached me around All Saints Day, and to which I’m...
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