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A bicycle with a cart attached to the front is parked at the top of a steep, verant vineyard.

Germany · Mosel

Mythos Mosel: 10 Things to Know Before You Go

ByValerie Kathawala May 20, 2024May 20, 2024

Learn more about the most dynamic way to interact with 120 producers in just one weekend.

Riesling grapes on the vine at harvest in the Mosel

Journey to the Center of the Mosel: a Nordic Perspective

ByHåvard Flatland May 13, 2024July 27, 2024

How a former chef’s trip from the Norwegian Fjords to Germany’s Mosel valley took wine appreciation to the next level.

A bird's eye view of the Karthäuserhof in the Ruwer

Germany · Mosel

Rethinking Karthäuserhof

ByValerie Kathawala May 7, 2024October 15, 2024

A new direction is taking shape at an ancient estate in the Ruwer.

Steffensberg Pinot vineyard in the Mosel encased in fog

Germany · Mosel

Modern Mosel Pinot Noir: Riesling Dressed in Red

ByChristoph Raffelt May 2, 2024December 2, 2024

Winemakers in the Mosel are tending an old tradition that is budding anew. These modern Pinots reach for elegance and complexity, edginess and vitality. and the world is finally taking notice.

Germany

Frost Bites Vintage 2024

BySteven Sidore April 27, 2024May 2, 2024

April arrived like a lamb and went out like a lion, leaving a swath of massive frost damage in its wake for the 2024 vintage.

Paula Sidore and Stuart Pigott on stage of Prowein Forum Trend Talks

Germany · Interview · Trends

ProWein Pro Tips

ByThe Editors March 4, 2024March 5, 2024

A ProWein primer on how to survive and thrive at the world’s largest wine and spirits trade fair.

Caroline and Sylvain Diel lean into each other holding two wine glasses in the garden of their Nahe winegrowing estate

Germany · Nahe

A Sweetheart Diel That’s Better Than Chocolate

ByPaula Redes Sidore February 14, 2024May 2, 2024

For Valentine’s Day, how a chocolate and wine pairing made for a meet-cute that is now writing a new wine narrative in the Nahe.

Bottle of Aldinger Burgundersekt before disgorgement in cellar

Germany · Tasting Article

How Burgundersekt Is Usurping Riesling’s Sparkling Crown

ByChristoph Raffelt January 23, 2024January 27, 2024

10 sparkling secrets of the sekt generation.

Blue triangle marking organic spraying among Pinot (aka spätburgunder) vines in Germany's Ahr valley

Ahr · Essay · Germany

Better Spät than Never in the Ahr

BySimon J. Woolf January 23, 2024January 25, 2024

How catastrophe proved a catalyst for change, and helped Germany’s Pinot paradise find a new way to farm.

Silas Weiss and Hanspeter Zieresien in the cellar

Germany · Switzerland

Ziereisen Crosses a New Line

ByBart De Vries January 23, 2024February 8, 2024

A Swiss winery benefits from the touch of the master of Markgräflerland.

Germany · Alto Adige · Italy · Württemberg

What You’re Still Getting Wrong About Trollinger

ByRainer Schäfer January 23, 2024January 25, 2024

Trollinger was long decried as a poor excuse of a wine. Increasingly, growers and drinkers beg to differ.

A stack of German wine books with Vom Boden: Ten Years of Hocks & Moselles on top

Germany · Book Review

A New Book Probes the Heart of German Wine

ByValerie Kathawala January 23, 2024January 27, 2024

Stephen Bitterolf’s new book “Vom Boden: Ten Years of Hocks & Moselles” in review.

Germany

Mythos Mosel: 10 Things to Know Before You Go

Journey to the Center of the Mosel: a Nordic Perspective

Rethinking Karthäuserhof

Modern Mosel Pinot Noir: Riesling Dressed in Red

Frost Bites Vintage 2024

ProWein Pro Tips

A Sweetheart Diel That’s Better Than Chocolate

How Burgundersekt Is Usurping Riesling’s Sparkling Crown

Better Spät than Never in the Ahr

Ziereisen Crosses a New Line

What You’re Still Getting Wrong About Trollinger

A New Book Probes the Heart of German Wine

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