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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See also our tasting notes on 81...
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Germany's VDP association of top wine growers recently published this list of superior vineyard sites and they are currently working...
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The 36 wines described below, 20 of them 2015s, are wines Julia and I have tasted recently in London –...
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Below is a list of all the articles we have published so far on the excellent 2016 vintage in Germany...
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For full details of our coverage of the excellent 2016 vintage in Germany, see this guide. Julia writes As Michael...
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For full details of our coverage of the excellent 2016 vintage in Germany, see this guide. Founded in 1899, the...
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From €8.50, £12.50, 129 Swedish Krone, 18.50 Swiss francs, $21.98 Find this wine At this time of year as temperatures...
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Early budding followed by very cold nights – set to continue this week – has left many European vines susceptible...
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Our German specialist Michael Schmidt is a notable fan of German Pinot Noir, or Spätburgunder, so I thought I owed...
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Thanks to fortuitous timing, last month I had the opportunity to taste wines from two German wine specialists: importer Iris...
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See also part 1 and part 2 of Michael's Franken trilogy. First mention of the hamlet of Castell can be...
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See also part 1 of Michael's trilogy, 700 years of the Bürgerspital. There is no doubt that the Würzburger Stein...
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See also part 2 of Michael's Franken trilogy. The Hospice de Beaune, founded in 1443 by the then Chancellor of...
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From £6.98, €7.85, 19.50 Swiss francs Find the Bauer Sauvignon Find the Kalkstein Sauvignon Find the Wageck Sauvignon Yesterday, in...
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I don't know about you but Sauvignon Blanc is not a grape variety I readily associate with Germany. It's not...
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See also Michael's 2016 German vintage report, published yesterday. In the aftermath of our comprehensive and unmatched coverage of Germany's...
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