Germany 2023 – Mittelrhein, Mosel and Nahe
German growers celebrate vintage 2023 while courting concerns for 2024. See also 2024 Mainzer Weinbörse – a celebration of German wine, and come back tomorrow for reviews of many 2023s from the Rheingau, Rheinhessen, the Pfalz and Franken. Piesporter Goldtröpfchen vineyards are pictured above.
Thursday, 23 May 2024

Paula writes There’s something distinctly Dickensian about the spring wine-fair season, an exercise in the ghosts of vintages future and past. The ritual of tasting the freshly bottled vintage (2023) is compounded by the trepidation and thrill of new growth in the vineyards (2024). Lessons learned from past failures are carefully applied to future challenges...
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