Heidi Schröck has always been regarded with affection by anyone who had the pleasure of meeting her. She’s one of those folks who have...

I literally couldn’t wait to taste these. But then I had to wait. First, there wasn’t enough time to do them justice before leaving on...

Sigrid Selbach died recently, a beautiful woman who lived a beautiful life. Sigrid was one of those very rare people who assumed a...

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;...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It would not have been easy, running my usual schedule along the Mosel tasting the young ‘21s. Even with the mere fifteen bottles here,...

I zipped through a bunch of wines at the Boston pre-arrival tasting recently. It was odd and somewhat distressing to taste that way,...