Clos Saint-Urbain klingt für Rieslingfreunde schon fast wie Musik in den Ohren. Fast so melodisch etwa wie zum Beispiel Clos Saint-Hune oder Clos Windsbuhl. Doch bei genauem Examinieren dieser Zind-Humbrecht Flasche fällt auf: Es handelt sich um Pinot-Gris, also Grauburgunder! Wie kann das denn sein? Sollte man nicht schon längst alle verräterischen Pinot-Gris Stöcke herausgerissen haben um sie durch den edlen Riesling zu ersetzen? Read the rest of this entry »

2003 was the year of the big heatwave all over Europe. Sadly this didn’t only influence the wine quality but had a direct impact on human lives. But of course this isn’t the topic here.

We’d rather talk about joyful things and were curious about how this 2003 Alsatian Riesling de Turckheim by famous producer Zind-Humbrecht would show. It is a bottle that was bought in a wine shop in France with the quite big price tag of about 20 Euro and we poured it shortly after for a casual dinner.
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It was time again! After some weeks without a “major” wine-event, it was the first sunrays that reminded us that a lot of time has passed since our last true blind-tasting session. Many nice ideas for tasting-setups have arisen in my head during these last weeks which made a choice difficult, but in the end it was the sun that decided whether we’ll have a red wine or a white wine theme. And this is one I wanted to do for a long time already: a tasting of only Riesling wines. Read the rest of this entry »