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NEWS: Vinduet_blog has opened. In norwegian only. 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. Someone once said to me that three years in a row makes a happening annual. So the third annual klitzekleinen ring took place in the Julius Kayser-cellar in Traben-Trarbach on saturday 23d of September. Here you can read the notes. So again we went to the VdP-auction in Trier. The best cuvees of the 2006-vintage was a mixed case and a disappointment after the fine 2005-vintage. The wines did not have as clean botrytis as last year and there was a lot of fat and sweet wines. Tasting notes here. Last winemaker-visit in Saale-Unstrut went to Winzerhof Gussek. Together with Bernhard Pawis and Lützkendorf, Gussek is the last of the three top producer of the region. Here are the notes from the tasting at Gussek. Next visit was to the other VdP-member in Saale-Unstrut - Weingut Bernhard Pawis. Here are the notes. In September we once again went to Germany for tastings. First we spent three days in the Saale-Unstrut. First we visited Uwe Lützkendorf for the second year in a row. Here are the notes from the tasting of mostly the 2006-vintage. DEFEND CORNAS: Important, please read this link. Here you find the petition you can sign. E-mail your name, surname, adress, profession and e-mail-adress and I will put your name on the list that signs this petition. The petition will then be sent to the mayor of Cornas. On May 14th Frank Cornelissen visited Oslo and spoke of his philosophy behind his wine-making which is very special in the world of wine today. Read the notes here. On March 19th Stepahne Tissot visited Oslo for a broad tasting of his wines from the Jura. This was a interesting tasting which showed a winemaker that likes to experiment. Here are the notes. Notes from a tasting of several young nebbiolos. Included is a complete vertical of the 2001 Riservas from Produttori del Barbaresco. Here are the notes. Notes from a private wine-tasting with wines chosen to match with game. Read the notes here. The second Klitzekleinen Ring was held in the Alte rittersaal in Trarbach on the 23d of September-2006. There are now 12 winemakers that are part of this ring of young winemakers in and around Traben-Trarbach. A couple of newcomers showed some great wines this years. Read the tasting notes here. Young Andreas Adam is a rising star in the Mosel, making wines from the Dhroner Hofberg-einzellage that deserves a better reputation. Under the family's AJ Adam-label he makes wines that made lead the way for more people to learn to know this vineyard. Here are the notes from our visit. Finally I have come around to write out the notes from this years VdP-auction in Trier. The best cuvees of the 2005-vintage proved to be an excellent tasting. Tasting notes here. Next up was a visit at a producer we have not visited in 4 years; Reinhold Haart. We had heard good things about the new vintage and were looking forward to tasting them. Here are our impressions. The second tasting in the Mosel is also at an old friend in Traben-Trarbach; this time at Martin Müllen, who had already started harvesting his rivaner by the time we did the tasting. Still they took the time and we were very satisfied with the results. Here you can read the notes. So we drive from Wachau to Mosel. The first visit is at an old friend; Daniel Vollenweider. Mosel was busy these days in September as harvest was very early this year. But we got an appointment for a morning-tasting of the new vintage. The last day in Wachau, we decided to go to Kremstal and visit an old favourite producer of the roter veltliner; Mantlerhof. Here you can read the notes from our visit and the tasting. The next stop in Wachau was a visit at a long time favourite of mine; Weingut Prager, where we tasted the 2005-vintage of the wines. Here you can read the notes. During our trip to Wachau we visited Nikolaihof for a tasting of the new vintage. Also we ate twice at their very fine restaurant. Here you can read the notes. The Czech republic is more known for beer than wine. But In Moravia in the south there is plenty of wines made. So we took a short stop in Mikulov, one of the most important wine-towns, to take a look at what we found. Read the notes here. First stop on our wine-tour in september-06 was at Weingut Lützkendorf in Saale-Unstrut. Here are the notes from this interesting tasting. Weingut Lützkendorf; Tasting-2006 Blind tasting with a group of friends. The theme was simply whites. Here are the notes. Notes from a tasting on August 31st 2006 held by norwegian importers Red & White and Grapevine.Read the notes here. Notes from a recent dinner with good friends, good bottles and good fresh norwegian seafood. Read the notes here. |
Latest tasting notes Merret Bloomsbury brut 2005, Ridgeview Vitovska 2004, Vodopivec Ahn Göllebour auxerrois 2006, Bernard-Massard Bardolino 2007, Cavalchina Valpolicella classico superiore 2007, Allegrini Alsace Gewurztraminer Cuvee des Comtes d'Eguisheim 1990, Leon Beyer Chateau Gruaud-Larose 1972 Naumburger Steinmeister riesling*** spätlese Bin 60 2006, Winzerhof Gussek San Giorgio 1978, Lungarotti Chateau Gruaud-Larose 1973 Proprieta Sperino rosa del rosa 2007, Vigneti De Marchi Riesling Bioland 2006, Gunderloch Grüner Veltliner eiswein 2005, Mantlerhof Clos de la Roche 1983, Domaine Joseph Drouhin Weissburgunder Deutscher tafelwein 1988, Franz Keller/Schwarzer Adler Chateau Gruaud-Larose 1974 Chateau Gruaud-Larose 1975 Freyburger Mühlberg riesling spätlese 2006, Bernhard Pawis TE Garrafeira 1985, Jose Maria da Fonseca Merret Cavendish brut 2005, Ridgeview Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese Bricco Mondalino 2001, Bricco Mondalino Il Mimo 2007, Cantalupo Chateau Gruaud-Larose 1976 Chateau Gruaud-Larose 1977 Piesporter Goldtröpfchen riesling kabinett 1998, Reinhold Haart Cour-Cheverny Les Acacias 2005, Domaine du Moulin (Herbe Villemade) Chateau Gruaud-Larose 1978 Chateau Gruaud-Larose 1979 Chateau Chalon Vin Jaune Les Parelles 1998, Juravinum Freisa La Selva di Moirano 1993, Scarpa Kirrweiler Mandelberg weissburgunder spätlese trocken 2001, Weingut Bergdolt Alsace Riesling grand cru Pfersigberg 2004, Paul Ginglinger Fiano di Avellino Vigna Congregazione 2005, Villa Diamante Trittenheimer Felsenkopf riesling spätlese halbtrocken 1988, Weingut Milz-Laurentiushof Barbera d'Alba 1998, Monti Aglianico Rose Serena 2006, Villa Diamante Barbera d'Alba Casot 1997, Pelissero Vernaccia di Oristano 1990, Attilio Contini Barbaresco Montestefano 2004, Luigi Giordano Munjebel rosso 3 2005, Frank Cornelissen Veldenzer Grafschafter Sonnenberg riesling hochgewächs 2001, Weingut Veldenzer Hof Barbaresco Bricco Rio Sordo 2004, Walter Musso Chateau Rahoul 1990 Alsace Riesling grand cru Muenchberg 1992, Ostertag Chassagne-Montrachet 1er cru Clos de la Boudriotte 1986, Domaine Bachelet-Ramonet Spanna Cantina Castello di Montalbano Riserva 1964, Antonio Vallana |