Category: Germany
Australia
Well, we’ll be eating steak tartare, and drinking all that is listed below. Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru Clavoillon 2001, Domaine Leflaive This smells really toasty, with round, buxom lemony fruit …
Germany
Heavy petrol action here. Riesling Spatlese Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr 1999, Fritz Haag Lots of petrol on the nose, also one hell of a lot of lemon/citrus fruit. This is lovely, …
Burgundy
It is so nice to have a drink after being locked up for a week that I will have several. Nice to see a friend and the partner, too. …
Germany
Apricots*. And that is what this wine smells like. Riesling Spatlese Graacher Domprobst 2006, Willi Schaefer A very floral, fruity nose, lots of apricots, with peach and lime hints. …
Germany
Obviously nowhere near as good as the last one, but things that good cannot be drank all of the time. Riesling Spatlese Graacher Domprobst 2006, Willi Schaefer A lovely, …
Germany
Oh I am sorry for that terrible pun. The wine is not as worrying as the winemaker’s name suggests. This comes from the Franken region so is bottled in …
Germany
Wilhelm Haag is a wonderful winemaker, and he makes great wine too. You cannot go wrong with his Kabinett and Spatlese wines, they are normally very ripe, delicious, will …
Alsace
The drugs that have improved my mood and made me perky enough to enjoy wine again have also made me violently sick. I am afraid these tasting notes comes …
Germany
I used to love von Kesselstatt wines when I was at university, but I have learnt to my cost that they just do not age. I felt reasonably safe …
Burgundy
I am out of the bin so, as promised, here are my brief notes from the aborted trip to France. On our first day we had: Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru …
