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Schloss Johannisberg and the story of Riesling

Three hundred years ago this year, a far-sighted noble decided to plant a vineyard with just one grape – Riesling. It was a decision that changed wine history. Ilka Lindemann has the story.

[www.wine-business-international.com]

John

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Zie: nieuwsbrief Moezel wijnen

Anne Krebiehl MW: Why German wine has an exciting future

Last night Anne Krebiehl MW won the prestigious International Wine Book of the Year award for The Wines of Germany at the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers Awards, her definitive and much-needed book on German wine. Here we re-run an interview she did with The Buyer when the book was launched. To buy a copy there is a hot link at the end of the feature.

[www.the-buyer.net]

John

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Ulli Stein Is Future-Proofing the Mosel

In a region that’s become a cautionary tale about climate change, Stein has cut a paradoxical path between tradition and near-scandalous progress in his efforts to save it.

[punchdrink.com]

John

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Is 2019 Germany’s 100-Point Vintage?

The beautiful estate of Schloss Johannisberg produced two 100-point 2019 wines in this report, one of several wineries to do so.

[www.jamessuckling.com]

John

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Vines in Rhineland Pfalz vandalised

Owners of a Schweigen winery woke up on Wednesday to find some of their most valuable vines had been sprayed with diesel.

OLH heeft vreemde kostgangers.

[www.wine-business-international.com]

John

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Ergebnisse der Riesling Auktion 2020

There's nothing quite like the pleasure of sipping a fine Scotch whisky, for those whose tastes run to such indulgences. But how can you be sure that you're paying for the real deal and not some cheap counterfeit? Good news: physicists at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland have figured out how to test the authenticity of bottles of fine Scotch whisky using laser light, without ever having to open the bottles. They described their work in a recent paper published in the journal Analytical Methods.

[www.bernkasteler-ring.de]

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John

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Gut Hermannsberg Shows A New Face For German Rieslings

The respect for great German Rieslings has long been higher than sales of this classic varietal. Once, such wines were distinguished by their degree of sweetness, but the worldwide preference for dry wines blunted the appeal of German Rieslings, whose producers re-formulated many of their wines to be “trocken,” dry in an attempt to win back wine drinkers. Germany still makes superb sweet wines, but the future of Rieslings is in the hands of German’s young winemakers at small estates like Gut Hermannsberg in the Name region. The winery dates back to 1902 as a Royal Prussian Domaine, but today winemaker Kasten Peter makes dry Rieslings, noting, “Dogmatism isn't our thing.” I interviewed the winery’s CEO Achin Kirchner about the current state of Rieslings.

[www.forbes.com]

John

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Historic Mosel TBA acquired by collector

A bottle of wine from the first Trockenbeerenauslese ever produced in the Mosel has been acquired “for a five figure sum” by an anonymous collector.

Vloeibaar goud.

[www.thedrinksbusiness.com]

John

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Deshalb sollten Sie eine Flasche Wein immer sofort austrinken

Gerade, wenn man der einzige Weintrinker im Haushalt ist, wird die Flasche Wein, die man geöffnet hat, selten am gleich Abend noch leer. Das sollte sie aber...

[www.merkur.de]

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Meet the man introducing internationals to German wine

Jérôme Hainz is dedicated to passing on his passion for wine, in the heart of Germany's largest producing region. The Local went on tour with him to discover just how diverse the country's wine landscape is.

[www.thelocal.de]

John

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Gott wird es ihnen verzeihen

Beten und brauen: In der kontemplativen Abgeschiedenheit belgischer Trappistenklöster entstehen Biere, die zu den besten der Welt zählen.

Foto is van Westvleteren. De Petrus onder de bieren.
Links onderaan de foto is een pijltje te zien. Klik er op en je ziet de naam Westvleteren.

[www.faz.net]

John

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Germany's changing vineyards

In a recent post, I discussed Australia's changing vineyards, as an example of a New World wine-producing area that has changed considerably since 1960, in terms of both vineyard area and grape varietal composition. [Note: one late part of that post has since been modified, due to an error in calculations.] In this second part of the series, I look at Germany, as an example of an old-established vineyard area.

[winegourd.blogspot.com]

John

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Zie: nieuwsbrief Moezel wijnen

2019 is een geweldig jaar. De GG-s worden massaal tegen schappelijke prijzen in de markt gezet.
De wijnboeren en boerinnen hebben het moeilijk.
De consumenten drinken nu in coronatijd ca 8% meer wijn maar dat maakt het verlies van het wegvallen van de horeca niet goed.



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THE NEW MAGNETISM OF ALT MOSEL

They’re untethered. Free to make wine any way, anywhere they want.

They chose the Mosel. A region defined by staggering slopes and daunting hand work, a reputation for conventional farming, a signature grape famous for being a tough sell, and a surfeit of villages and vineyards whose lifeblood had seemed to be ebbing away.

[trinkmag.com]

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Weingut Knipser: Burgunder der Superlative

Mit seinen Burgunderweinen zählt das Pfälzer VDP-Weingut zur Spitze Deutschlands und darüber hinaus.

[www.weinkenner.de]

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Wines from German-speaking lands find a new champion

Two Americans are rolling up their sleeves and diving into wines from German-speaking countries, on a mission to tell the world about them. Felicity Carter speaks to Paula Sidore, the co-founder of TRINK magazine.

[www.wine-business-international.com]

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MÜLLER-THURGAU: A SHOULDER FOR GERMANY TO CRY ON

“Nothing very good has ever been made of Müller-Thurgau,” said the German wine webinar moderator, armed with the same parade of stale clichés and tired narratives. Perhaps it was the irritating circumstances of quarantine coupled with my then standard cranky mood or maybe it was simply the ridiculousness of the statement. But that outright lie was one I could no longer let stand.

[trinkmag.com]

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This high-tech, Bavarian bunker is secretly storing the world’s finest wines

For aficionados with serious investment bottles, Unger Weine’s cellar has room for thousands upon thousands of the rarest vintages – all stored in perfect conditions

[www.wired.co.uk]

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Ortenauer TOP TEN Spätburgunder Rotweine 2020 im Weinparadies Ortenau: Weingut Schloss Ortenberg erfolgreich als bester Betrieb und mit dem besten Wein mit holzbetonter Stilistik!

Das Weinparadies Ortenau hat trotz der besonderen aktuellen Situation seinen alljährlichen internen Wettbewerb durchgeführt. Unter Beachtung aller vorgeschriebenen Regeln trafen sich vier Prüferinnen und Prüfer zu einer verdeckten Verkostung in den Räumen des Badischen Weinbauverbandes, in denen auch die Qualitätsweinprüfung stattfindet. Die Beteiligung mit 78 Weinen aus 25 Betrieben war dabei eine der höchsten seit Bestehen des Wettbewerbs.

[www.weinparadies-ortenau.de]

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Cold comfort farming: German ice wine maker hails crucial big chill

‘You might get one chance in a decade,’ says Ralf Petgen, who has adapted his Mosel vineyard owing to global heating

[www.theguardian.com]

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Manley Wine Estate announces new German ownership

Manley Wine Estate boasts with the brand new owner, Markus Ehehalt, a long-term former Bosch engineer from Stuttgart in Germany. The estate was purchased from the previous owner, David Ovenden, a London-based South African, by Markus in August 2020

[news.wine.co.za]

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Acham-Magin Forster Stift Riesling 2017 (Pfalz)

Forst zouden jullie moeten kennen: het kleine dorpje in de Mittelhaardt (Pfalz) verzamelt rond de kerktoren een fabuleuze concentratie van Erste Lagen en Grosse Lagen (grand cru wijngaarden) waar enkele van de duurste wijnen uit Duitsland van afkomstig zijn.

[vriendenvanderiesling.wordpress.com]

John

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