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The alsatian "road-show" landed in Oslo on January 28th 2010. Here are som thoughts after the tasting.

On September 29th 2009 the 58th weinversteigerung for Nahe and Ahr (with Pfalz and Rheinhessen) took place in Bad Kreuznach. The tasting showed that 2008 was a very nice vintage for especially Nahe, but also Pfalz and Rheinhessen. Definitely a far better vintage than for Mosel. Read the notes here.

Here are the notes from the tasting at Martin Müllen in September-2009. We tasted wines from the 2008-vintage and ended with some older wines back to 1992.

The day after VdP we go to the Klitzekleine ring for the annual taste of the winelife in and around Traben-Trarbach. Read the notes here.

At last, here are the notes from the VdP Grosser ring-auction in Trier in September-2009. The auction displayed mostly wines from the 2008-vintage. Due to the difficulties in this vintage in Mosel, there were fewer than normal wines this year. No wines above auslese in this vintage. Read the notes here.

Amarone and Recioto della Valpolicella has now been promoted to DOCG. Read my comment here.

Ingmar Püschel is a new and small grower on the Mosel owing vines in the Kröver Steffensberg. Here are our notes from a tasting we had in Septeber-2009.

Here are the notes from our tasting of Daniel Vollenweiders 2008-vintage. Tasted at our visit in Traben-Trarbach in September-2009.

Next up was another young winemaker, this time on the Saar. The wines at Weingut Willems-Willems is today made by Carolin Hofmann. Read the notes from out visit here.

Our trip to Mosel in September 2009 first brought us to one young winemaker in Wehr on the Obermosel; Stephan Steinmetz. Read our impressions here.

On August 30th Kloster Eberbach was present in Oslo for a short tasting including the famous 1959 Steinberger TBA. Read the notes here.

On August 30th the young producer Patrick Piuze was in Oslo for a short tasting of some of his wines from the 2008-vintage. Read the notes here.

Here are the notes from a tasting of 7 wines of the 2008-vintage from F.X.Pichler. Included was their top wine Unendlich.

In August we visited the fine wine-bar Terroiristen in Jægersborggade in Copenhagen. The theme of the tasting here this evening was macerated whites. Here are our notes from the evening.

Franz Keller makes great dry Grauburgunders from Kaiserstuhl. Here are some notes from wines drunk recently this year on some aged wine from this fine producer.

At last the long awaited notes from the fourth annual Klitzekleine ring are here. The tasting was held in September-2008. Read the notes here.

Vinmonopolet's news March-09. Here are some short comments on wines that you should look out for.

On Monday 30th of September 2008 we visited Martin Müllen for a tasting of the 2007-vintage. We mostly focused on the Trarbacher Hühnerberg and the Kröver Paradies. Read the notes here.

The 57th weinversteigerung in Bad Kreuznach displayed wines from Nahe, Ahr, Pfalz and Rheinhessen. Read the notes from the auction here.

Next up is the yearly tasting at Daniel Vollenweider in Traben-Trarbach where we tasted through the 2007-vintage. Also included were a couple of wines from his frinds. Read the notes here.

So we are back again in the Mosel once more. On the first day we went with Karlheinz (Charlie) Gierling to Jos Chrisoffel Jr. to taste the wines from the '07-vintage and, as it turned out, a lot of older wines also. Here are the notes.

Last visit in Franken was in the western part. We stopped in Bürgstadt and visited Rudolf Fürst, the best producer of wines from this area that makes mostly red wines. Read the notes from the tasting here.

Castell is an old wine-producer in the Franken with a great track record of quality. We stopped be for a short tasting of some wine in September. Read the notes from the tasting here.

The next stop was in Randersacker at a small family-run company with a name well-known for almost a 100 years. The notes from Schmitt's kinder you will find here.

Second visit in our trip around Franken was to Horst Sauer in Escherndorf. Read the notes from the tasting here.

In September 2008 we also took the time for a week-long visit to the region of Franken. On the first stop in Iphofen we visited Hans Wirsching. A winemaker whose wines we admire. So it was time for an in-depth tasting of mostly the very good 2007-vintage. Read more here.

On October 6th Roberto Anselmi visited Oslo for a brief presentation of some of his wines. Here are our impressions.

The VdP Grosser ring weinversteigerung took place in Trier on September 26th 2008. Again small lots of special selected cuvees were to be sold for very high prices. We were there and here are our notes of the wines that were present at the auction.

In January Jean Sebastian Marionnet from Herny Marionnet/Domaine de la Charmoise visited Oslo for a short tasting. Here are our impressions.

Early September Gerhard Kracher and Heidi Schröck visited Oslo for a tasting with several of their sweet wines. Read our impressions from the tasting.

This is a little summing up the impressions we got from visiting Saale-Unstrut. Also trying to make some sense of the region as a wine-producing region. Read our impressions.

Here are some notes on wines that we tasted on different occasions on our trip to Germany in September and that did not fit into those articles already published.

Last visit in the Mosel went to Martin Müllen, who is a winemaker that makes natural wines very true to vintage and soil. Here are our impressions from tasting the difficult 2006-vintage.

After the tasting in Nahe we went back to Mosel and tasted through the 2006-vintage from Daniel Vollenweider. Here are the notes.

So to the last VdP-versteigerung of 2007. In Bad Kreuznach the best wines from Nahe, Ahr and Pfalz were up for sale. Here you can read the notes.


Latest tasting notes

Lambrusco di Sorbara Vecchio Modena Premium 2009, Cleto Chiarli

Oberemmeler Hütte riesling auslese Versteigerung 1989, von Hövel

Castel del Monte Riserva Il Falcone 1980, Rivera

Lambrusco di Sorbara del Fondatore 2008, Cleto Chiarli

Visages de Canaille brut rose NV, Cascina Baricchi

Lambrusco grasparossa di Castelvetro Centenario amabile NV, Cleto Chiarli

Valcalepio Moscato di Scanzo passito 1998, Cascina Berlandesa

Langhe Nebbiolo 1999, Cascina Baricchi

Randersackerer Pfülben silvaner Grosses Gewächs 2007, Schmitt's kinder

Bramaterra 1983, Sella

Lambrusco grasparossa di Castelvetro Mutina amabile 2009, Chiarli 1860

Freisa La Bussianella 1986, Aldo Conterno

Würzburger Stein riesling spätlese trocken 1989, Weingut Juliusspital

Rose brut de noir NV, Cleto Chiarli

Rosso del Conte 1984, Tasca d'Almerita/Regaleali

Jerzu canonau dolce riserva speciale 1972, Cooperativa vitivinicola Jerzu

Vin santo il Poggiolo 1990, Tenuta Il poggiolo

Randersackerer Marsberg silvaner kabinett 1998, Weingut Schmitt's kinder

Soave classico superiore Monte Carbonare 2000, Suavia

Lambrusco grasparossa di Castelvetro Vigneto Enrico Cialdini 2009, Cleto Chiarli

Neuweierer Mauerberg riesling kabinett 1998, Weingut Schloss Neuweier

Barbaresco vigneto Gaia Principe 1982, Cantina del Glicine

Dom Scharzhofberger auslese 1971, Hohe Domkirche

Muscadet Sevre et Maine sur lie Cuvee 1 1999, Louis Metaireau

Randersackerer Sonnenstuhl Müller-thurgau kabinett 1998, Weingut Schmitt's kinder

Otello Nero di Lambrusco 2008, Cantine Ceci

Gran rosso dei vicariato di Quistello NV, Cantina sociale di Quistello

Barbaresco Marcorino 1988, Cantina del Glicine

Dom Avelsbacher Altenberg riesling spätlese 1975, Hohe Domkirche

Lambrusco grasparossa di Castelvetro NV, Si! Naturalmente

Aglianico del Vulture 1985, d'Angelo

Iphöfer Julius-Echter-Berg silvaner kabinett trocken 1992, Weingut Johann Ruck

Lambrusco Terre verdiane NV, Cantine Ceci

Würzburger Stein bacchus kabinett trocken 1990, Weingut Juliusspital

Malvasia dolce NV, Giuseppe Tirelli

Steinberger riesling spätlese 1971, Verwaltung der staatsweingüter Eltville

Caves Sao Joao reserva 1982

Lorcher Schlossberg riesling spätlese trocken 1988, Graf von Kanitz

Eltviller Kalbspflicht riesling spätlese Cabinet 1964, Oekonomierat Jacob Fischer Erben

Goulart malbec reserva 2007, Bodegas Goulart

Escherndorfer Lump silvaner auslese trocken goldkapsel 2001, Horst Sauer

Ihringer Winkler Berg spätburgunder spätlese 1969, Rudolf Stigler

Leutesdorfer Gartenlay riesling auslese 2003, Weingut Selt

Le Verre des Poetes 2008, Domaine de Montrieux

Cumeada Garrafeira 1978, Adega da Cumeada

Iphöfer Kronsberg Silvaner kabinett trocken 2001, Hans Wirsching

Bürgstadter Mainhölle spätburgunder trocken 2000, Weingut Juliusspital