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Reinhold Haart, Piesporter Goldtröpfchen, Riesling Spätlese, 2009
Over the past few years I have reviewed quite a few Haart Rieslings, and for this reason I had considered scaling down for a while (with the writing, not the drinking of course) in order not to bore...
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Weingut Seehof, Westhofener Morstein, Scheurebe Beerenauslese Goldkapsel, 2007
In the early 20th century the Germans embarked on a mission to create a genetically modified race of - no, not über-soldiers, but grape varieties. They were also not so much genetically modified as...
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Reinhold Haart, Piesporter Goldtröpfchen, Riesling Spätlese Goldkapsel, 2006
Piesport is a lovely village in the German Mosel Valley. Because of the peculiarities of the German wine law, the name can show up on the labels of very cheap wines from somewhere in the area...
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Weingut Darting, Huxelrebe Beerenauslese, Forster Schnepfenflug, 2003
It may sound otherwise, but Huxelrebe is neither a reason to shout "Gesundheit" nor an infectious disease. Instead, it is one of the grape cross-breeds created in Germany in the 1920s, and like many of...
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Markus Molitor, Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, Riesling Spätlese, 2006
"Gold, gold, gold - molten gold flowing into our glasses." That was the impression Markus Molitor's late harvest Riesling had left when I first tried it in the summer of 2008. Now, opening my last...
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Reinhold Haart, Piesporter Goldtröpfchen, Riesling Auslese 1999
Even Wine Ramblers do have a birthday. Just recently, it was the birthday of THE Wine Rambler and also of my co-Rambler Julian. My birthday is already a few months past, but there is still something to...
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Schloss Lieser, Brauneberger Juffer, Riesling Kabinett, 2005
The Schloss Lieser estate, dear readers, is the one winery that has had more of their bottles consumed chez Mr. Munich Wine Rambler than any other I've never told you about (except very briefly here)....
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Gerhard Klein, Silvaner Eiswein, 2004
It is still Silvaner season at the Wine Rambler. Actually, for us it is Silvaner season throughout most of the year, but over the past few months we have been even more busy exploring this often...
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St. Urbans-Hof, Ockfener Bockstein, Riesling Auslese, 2007
I concluded my recent exploration of the ageing potential of cheap German plonk with a reference to what is a, well, reference point for white wine that often has to age before being at its most...
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Dr. Hermann, Erdener Treppchen, Riesling Kabinett, 2009
After all the excitement of wines dug out of the garbage and superbly aged supermarket plonk (whatever next?), dare we even bother you with a simple Kabinett from the Mosel, a sweet young thing from...
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Schlossgut Diel, Dorsheimer Burgberg, Riesling Spätlese, 1999
This is a story of failure. Not a failure of the wine in question, quite the opposite of it. The wine was great. Instead it was me who failed the wine, in a way at least. Having said that, perhaps...
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Emrich-Schönleber, Monzinger Halenberg, Riesling Spätlese, 2007
Quoting Shakespeare is fine. In fact, it is recommended to do it at least occasionally when you write in English. For some reason though the Germans are less likely these days to quote their national...
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Reuscher-Haart, Piesporter Goldtröpfchen, Riesling Spätlese, 2006
Of all the longer and shorter wine tours and winery visits I have undertaken the 2008 trip to the Mosel is the one I have the fondest memories of. Not only was it part of a longer holiday and involved...
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Müller-Catoir, Haardter Herrenletten, Spätburgunder Weißherbst Auslese, 1994
If you want to test the German wine savvy of your knowledgeable friends, here's a little experiment you can conduct in the safety of your own living room. Tell them you want them to taste a German...
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Weingut Keller, Monsheimer Silberberg, Rieslaner Auslese, 2009
It's not a typo (my auto-correct feature suggests "Riesling" instead), I haven't had too much to drink (sadly), it's not a new marketing term (as you probably are not sure how to pronounce the full...
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Reinhold Haart, Piesporter Goldtröpfchen, Riesling Auslese, 2007
Following Julian's recent debacle with a Württemberg Riesling I felt our shocked and terrified readership is in need of comfort and reassurance. Will the Wine Rambler now drink Liebfraumilch only? Has...
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Mainzer St. Alban, Spätlese 2009
Supermarkets are fascinating. They are evil, they are convenient, they are uniform, they are where we shop. Not all of us, not all of the time, but still often enough that the big chains have a...
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Weingut Darting, Dürkheimer Hochbenn, Muskateller Eiswein, 1999
"Torsten and Julian have this wine blog, and they mostly review sweet wines." This is how a friend introduced the Wine Rambler at a dinner party - much to my surprise as sweet wines make up only a...
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Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben, Erdener Treppchen, Riesling Auslese 1971
When the topic of really expensive wine comes up, my dad has a story to tell. Years ago, when he was working in a Michelin-decorated restaurant, one of the guests told him that he had made a good deal...
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Karthäuserhof, Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg, Riesling Spätlese, 2007
Drinking wine is expectation management. It is many other things too, and I would hope on most occasions the expectation management is invisible, but sometimes it can become centre stage when writing a...
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