Unbottled – Hainbusch Riesling Thal
This article includes a lot of ‘firsts’: The first Riesling in this series. It is also the first time I tried a wine from the Mittelrhine region and the first vintage of the Hainbusch vineyard.
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A Wild Orange Wine Tasting
For this wine regular’s table, I chose different orange wines. To be fair, there only eight were orange wines and the first one was a Pet Nat. Yet, it was very interesting to see the different effects skin contact can have on white wines.
Unbottled – Griesel & Compagnie Grand Cuvée
The series lost a bit momentum, but now I am back at it. On top of that, I changed the focus a bit more towards natural wines. The next region in this little series is the Hessian Bergstrasse. There was really only one option here, to go with the Griesel Grand Cuvée. After all, this […]
Unbottled – Landbau Kraemer 3* Solera Silvaner
On with our series on German wine regions! In this article, we take a closer look at a wine from Franconia – my home-winegrowing region. In this case, I went with a “wild” choice of wine, but believe me this bottle is worth every penny.
Unbottled – Ziereisen Gestaad Syrah
The next region I am presenting in my series on German wine is Baden. Luckily, I had a bottle of a renown vineyards in my cellar for a few years now. So, I went with the syrah from Hanspeter Ziereisen and paired it with club steak.
Unbottled – Bertram-Baltes Forstberg
To get more structure into my wine posts, I am starting a new series where I write about German wine regions in alphabetical order. For each region, I am presenting a wine with an additional food-pairing. There is no pattern to which I chose the wines, but I will try to have something exemplary or […]
Unbottled – Pranzegg Caroline
Our visit to South Tyrol really spiked my interest in the natural wine scene there. One of the vineyards, if not the most renown natural wine vineyard there is Pranzegg. In this case, I tried their Caroline bottling
Unbottled – Riehen Le Petite Sauvignon Blanc
To be honest, this was the first Swiss wine I tried. Yet, it is an excellent starting point. We had this at Christmas with Raclette and it was a perfect match.
A Sparkling Wine Tasting
It took me more than a month to find the time to write about the latest tasting by our wine regular’s table. We chose the topic of German sparkling wines and of course I mixed in a little surprise.
Unbottled – Ayala Brut Majeur Champagne
I always wanted to try this champagne, because I was curious to see how Bollinger’s influence plays out here. Luckily, my wife gave me a bottle of the Brut Majeur as a Christmas present.