Tasting articles GGs 2019 part 4 – Rheingau Riesling Michael selflessly fills in a gap in his coverage of 2018 VDP... 16 Dec 2019 Michael Schmidt
Tasting articles GGs in Wiesbaden 2019 part 2 – Mosel and Nahe Rieslings Michael, extreme left in our picture behind the scenes at the 2019... 7 Oct 2019 Michael Schmidt
Tasting articles GGs in Wiesbaden 2019 part 1 – Weiss- and Spätburgunders Michael submits his first report on the Grosse Gewächse 2018s, distinguishing the... 1 Oct 2019 Michael Schmidt
Tasting articles Michael's 2019 Mainz report – part 2 See also part 1 of Michael's tasting notes from this year's giant... 18 Jun 2019 Michael Schmidt
Free for all Riesling Night 2 in pictures Tim Jackson MW (left) and Richard Hemming MW did the heavy lifting... 12 Mar 2019 Team JR
Free for all Riesling Night 2 – buy tickets now 25 March 2019 See our tasting notes from this event. 18 February... 8 Feb 2019 Jancis Robinson
Free for all VDP Grosse Lagen unveiled Germany's VDP association of top wine growers recently published this list of... 29 Aug 2017 Team JR
Tasting articles Rheinhessen Ortswein 2016s – new challengers See also The picture tells the tale – Rheinhessen 2016. For full... 24 May 2017 Michael Schmidt
Free for all RIP Fritz Hasselbach Annegret Reh-Gartner is not the only prominent German vintner we have lost... 10 Oct 2016 Michael Schmidt
Free for all Shock resignations in the Mosel 27 August On Thursday 25 August Dr Carl von Schubert from the... 27 Aug 2016 Michael Schmidt
Tasting articles An Alsace answer to the VDP? Last month I had the pleasure of a trip to Alsace to... 20 Jul 2016 Jancis Robinson
Free for all Rheinhessen Kabinett gains ground On Tuesday evening the VDP Rheinhessen passed a resolution which now allows... 4 May 2016 Michael Schmidt
Inside information What's new in Germany As reported on this site yesterday, on Sunday 24 April the Vereinigung... 27 Apr 2016 Michael Schmidt
Tasting articles Grosses Gewächs 2014 – Mosel and Nahe Rieslings The annual VDP vintage preview took place in Wiesbaden in late August... 11 Sep 2015 Richard Hemming MW
Don't quote me The annual GG tasting – no empty seats now See also Richard's report on the Rieslings of Mosel and Nahe. Michael... 11 Sep 2015 Michael Schmidt
Don't quote me Wild night in Wiesbaden 30 July 2015 Tam's account of her nocturnal adventures while attending the... 30 Jul 2015 Tamlyn Currin