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Frost on the Saar
by Lars Carlberg
Last weekend, frost hit the Saar region. Many of the top sites—including the famous Scharzhofberg and Bockstein—had frost damage. The Read more…
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g.U.s & EU-IOUs
by David Schildknecht
Until now, Germany’s efforts at conforming to a framework for EU-wide Wine Law ratified in 2008 have been merely pro Read more…
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Longuicher Maximiner Herrenberg
by Lars Carlberg
On August 11, Christopher Loewen of Weingut Carl Loewen, in Leiwen, gave us a tour of a few vineyard sites Read more…
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Spring and Early Summer Vineyard Work
by Lars Carlberg
Over the last couple of months, I’ve been busy working in the vineyards at Hofgut Falkenstein. We do all the Read more…
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The Remodeling of the Thiergarten
by Lars Carlberg
On March 4, I took a Sunday stroll from my flat in Trier-Süd to the Thiergarten. I hadn’t been in Read more…
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VDP.Klassifixation
by David Schildknecht
Editor’s note: The initially published version of this piece required two small but significant alterations, about which two additional footnotes Read more…
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The Case of Silberberg
by Lars Carlberg
Editor’s note: Max von Kunow, the owner of Weingut von Hövel, kindly explained that the VDP made an error in Read more…
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Another Acquisition of Property by a Former Monk: The Case of Cantzheim
by Per Linder
From the articles on the Scharzhof saga, we have been reminded that Wiltingen and Kanzem once formed a Luxembourgish exclave Read more…
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Organic Compost?
by Lars Carlberg
Last year, a large, well-known VDP estate replanted one of its core Riesling blocks in the Niedermenniger Herrenberg. The old Read more…
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Scharzhof Revisited—the Failed Attempt to Sue Jacques Koch
by Per Linder
Editor’s note: Per Linder has studied the files from the archives in Koblenz and unearthed some documents at Luxembourg’s National Read more…
