The Picture above shows the “Bibliotheca Subterranea” of Schloss Johannisberg. It is the oldest wine cellar of the Rheingau region and includes one last bottle of Riesling from 1748. Visitors of Schloss Johannisberg’s recent open door event were invited to tour the estate’s cellar. Here are a few pictures of the tour Read the rest of this entry »
After a spree to the Rheingau wine region on a beautiful sunday we were looking for a place to have dinner. While we couldn’t come up with any casual restaurant that day, we had the sudden inspiration to go for Patrick Kimpel‘s fine dining restaurant within the Hotel Kronenschlößchen in Hattenheim. Read the rest of this entry »
Wow! This bottle of Riesling by Rheingau organic and biodynamic pioneer PJ Kuehn really swept me off my feet!
2005 was a strong vintage for Riesling in Germany, yielding lots of excellent dry Rieslings, but also quite a few that seemed a bit overripe.
This one first shocked me with its intense golden nearly fluorescent yellow color, which made me think it could be one of these overripe specimen. Read the rest of this entry »
Wild Thing, you make my heart sing. But this one is definitely also one for the eye. Winemaker Anthony Hammond, who is a buyer of grapes in Oestrich-Winkel, Rheingau, has always shown a weakness for original and catchy packaging. Just check his online-shop. Read the rest of this entry »
2009 war ein super Jahrgang für die Kühns - das war bei den Jahrgangsproben und diversen Besuchen im Weingut schnell klar. Nun hab ich die erste Flasche vom 2009er Jakobus, dem Einstiegs-Riesling des Guts, aufgemacht und bin wieder mal alles Andere als enttäuscht. Read the rest of this entry »
In Frankfurt gibt es ja schon eine Vielzahl an Steakhäusern. Deswegen ist es auf den ersten Blick wenig einleuchtend, warum man als Fleischliebhaber die Fahrt ins rheingauer Weinland antreten sollte, um ein Restaurant zu besuchen, dessen Spezialitäten ausgerechnet wieder vom Rindvieh stammen! Read the rest of this entry »
