Lars Carlberg of Mosel Wine Merchant is delighted to report in his blog that Mosel producer Ulli Stein of Wein-Erbhof Stein has at last won his legal battle with the German authorities to produce Strohwein, or vin de paille, in the Mosel Valley.
The German Wine Law of 1971 had banned this tradition along the Mosel. As with the local custom in the Jura to make vin de paille, the Mosel also had a specialty for making straw wine from ripe grapes that were dried on straw and became dehydrated, hence producing rich and concentrated wines.
Ulli...