Articles, Wines
Cellar Work
by Lars Carlberg
During my apprenticeship at Hofgut Falkenstein, I’ve learned that the key to their light-bodied Saar Rieslings—besides good grapes from low Read more…
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The Unbearable Lightness of Riesling
by Paula Sidore
Berlin is far away from the steep and stony soils that produce the world’s best Rieslings, but is very much Read more…
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Terry Theise’s ‘Dry German Riesling’
by Lars Carlberg
Terry Theise recently published an article titled “Dry German Riesling” on the website of Michael Skurnik Wines, which imports his Read more…
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Riesling feinherb from the Mosel, Saar, and Ruwer—an Enigma?
by Stephan Bauer
If there is one category of German Riesling that I don’t fully grasp, it’s feinherb. Why is that? Is it Read more…
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Stein’s Wine Letter: 2014 Vintage Report
by Ulrich Stein
Editor’s note: Dr. Ulrich (“Ulli”) Stein of Weingut Stein writes each spring a wine letter to his clients, with a vintage Read more…
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What’s Wrong with the VDP Classification Model?
by Lars Carlberg
The Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (VDP)—which was founded in 1910, and whose members have an eagle bearing a grape bunch on Read more…
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The Health Benefits of Mosel Wine
by Lars Carlberg
Back in the mid-nineties, Eberhard von Kunow, the former owner of Weingut von Hövel, once told me on a visit Read more…
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Riesling and Cask—Back to Basics
by Roman Niewodniczanski
As part of our return to traditional craftsmanship, we at Van Volxem will begin to vinify our Saar wines from Read more…
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Weiser-Künstler 2013 Steffensberg
by Lars Carlberg
On a recent visit to Traben-Trarbach, Alexandra Künstler of Weiser-Künstler poured us a bottle of 2013 Enkircher Steffensberg Riesling. I Read more…
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VOLS 2014 Saar-Riesling Feinherb
by Lars Carlberg
A friend and I, on Friday afternoon, visited Helmut Plunien of VOLS in Ayl. At the end of our visit, Read more…
