With the end of 2022 and the arrival of the New Year, many people take the time to take stock of the highlights (and lowlights) of the past year and make resolutions for the year ahead. After reading Eric Asimov’s article on the New York Times on his Most Memorable Wines of 2022 , I became inspired to do something similar and come up with … Continue reading My Most Memorable Wines of 2022
From the country that gave us Mozart, Klimt, Falco, The Sound of Music, and yes… Governor Schwarzenegger; we find world-class wines that combine intense fruit purity with a distinct signature style. In the last few years, Austrian wines have increasingly gained recognition by wine lovers and sommeliers alike, and should be on the radar for any wine enthusiast. In a previous post on Germany and … Continue reading Austrian Wine: Grüner and Beyond
The third and final stop on my short Riesling tour was the Pfalz (known as Palatinate in English), Germany’s biggest and in my opinion one of its most exciting wine regions. The Pfalz is located in the southwest corner of the country, roughly about 100km south of Frankfurt, along the Haardt Mountains, which are the continuation of the Vosges on the French side of the … Continue reading 48 hours in the Pfalz and the German Weinstraße
The second stop of this summer’s German Riesling tour was the Nahe region, about 100km southwest of my base in Wiesbaden. The Nahe is named after the river that crosses the valleys of the forested Hunsrück hills as it gently flows toward Bingen on the Rhine. The 1-hour drive on the autobahn was full of gorgeous vineyard landscapes, orchards and meadows combined with spectacular cliffs … Continue reading Dönnhoff: A Riesling Icon from the Nahe
Incredibly steep vineyards overlooking the Rhine river, quaint storybook villages, medieval castles and ancient monasteries: this is the landscape that is widely believed to be the cradle of the Riesling grape. Though I’d been to Germany a few times in the past, this was the first time I truly allocated my time for an in-depth look at Riesling wine country and I made the Rheingau … Continue reading Visiting the Rheingau: The cradle of Riesling
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