Of course, for our New Year’s Day magnum bottle extravaganza, we also had to have Riesling. And since that grape is such a big topic on this blog and also a personal favorite, we directly included 2 bottles. One from the Saar region, and one from the Mosel, both from the same, fresh, 2008 vintage. Read the rest of this entry »
Von Othegraven war schon vor dem Kauf durch TV-Ikone Günther Jauch ein sehr bekanntes und anerkanntes Weingut, dessen Geschichte wohl bis vor das 16 Jahrhundert reicht. Auch die Eigentümerwechsel haben schon lange Tradition im Kanzemer Weingut: Mönche, die Familie Von der Leyen und eine ganze Reihe Kaufmänner: alle durften sie ein paar Jahrzente lang die Trauben lesen. Read the rest of this entry »
Last weekend was awesome! Together with some friends I was lucky to be welcomed by Didier from Vimpressionistes in a cosy holiday appartment in the beautiful village of Château Chalon in the Jura region of Eastern France. First of all, to finally meet his beautiful baby-daughter but of course also to indulge a memorable blindtasting.
But don’t expect a Vin Jaune or Savagnin tasting here. That evening was entirely devoted to Read the rest of this entry »
Very nice Riesling fruit and dirty slate tones (dirty in a good way of course) in the nose. Still lots of yeasty aromatics as well. On the palate off-dry of course, classic Kabinett-like with nice Riesling peach fruit, and again the dirty slate tones. Nice minerality and Read the rest of this entry »
Dito Berlinkitchen. Zu dem Preis von ca 12 Euro ein guter Wert. Kann man sich ruhig ein paar mehr in den Keller legen.
Christmas view of Kuala Lumpur from my brother’s appartment. Great setting for dinner! Read the rest of this entry »
