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Visit to Domaine Henry Pelle Early September-2011 I was invited to Sancerre by Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins du Centre (BIVC) for an indepth presentation of the wines of this part of the Loire-valley. Besides visits in the well-known zones of Sancerre and Pouilly-fume we did one visit in Menetou-Salon upon my request. This was to Domaine Henry Pelle. Notes and pictures from the visit here. Visit to Claude Riffault Early September-2011 I was invited to Sancerre by Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins du Centre (BIVC) for an indepth presentation of the wines of this part of the Loire-valley. On the second day we focused on the area of Sancerre. The second visit went up north in the AOC-zone to Sury-en-Vaux and Domaine Claude Riffault, today run by the son Stephane Riffault (picture). Notes and pictures from the visit here. Visit to Pascal et Nicolas Reverdy Early September-2011 I was invited to Sancerre by Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins du Centre (BIVC) for an indepth presentation of the wines of this part of the Loire-valley. On the second day we focused on the area of Sancerre. The first visit was to one of many producers named Reverdy. This time Pascal et Nicolas Reverdy. Notes and pictures from the visit here. Tasting of Martin Müllens 2010-vintage In the end of September we visited Martin Müllen for an extensive tasting of his 2010-vintage. Martin Müllen always makes uncompromising wines that each year reflects the vintage and soil. 2010 was a vintage with high ripeness and very high acids. A year that gave the winemakers a tough job in making the selecions for the right cuvee. Even in a vintage like this Martin Müllens philosophy is very present in the wines. The result are uncompromising wines and in a year like 2010 that means tough wines full of acidity. They are great examples of the vintage and indeed some excellent wines have been made. Read the notes from our tasting here. Tasting of Weingut Vollenweiders 2010-vintage 2010 was a difficult vintage in Mosel. For Daniel Vollenweider the year gave only 1/3 the yield of a normal year. The grapes that were used in production was full of sugars and full of acidity. Daniel Vollenweider decided not to adjust the acids in any of his wines in 2010. So the drier selections are tough wines. But again Daniel Vollenweider shows that in difficult years he makes some of the very best wines on the Mosel. Some of these truly unique wines reflects the freakish 2010-vintage in outstanding cuvees. Read the notes from our tasting here. The 60th VdP wine-auction Nahe and Ahr with Rheinhessen and Pfalz took place in the Museum Römerhalle in Bad Kreuznach on Spetember 25th-2011. Red wines from ’09 and whites from ’10 was presented for pre-tasting and auction. Here are our notes on the wines we tasted and the resulting prices they fetched in the auction. The 7th Klitzekleine ring-tafelrunde was held in Traben-Trarbach on September 24th-2011. Present was the eleven vintners of the ring and as a gues Weingut Immich-Batterieberg presenting the wines of the 2010-vintage. Read the notes here. On September 23d 2011 the 124th Grosser ring-auction of Mosels finest wines took place in the Europahalle in Trier. Read the notes on all the wines that were auctioned here. On September 22nd-2011 the second Meisterwerke der Mosel-tasting was held in Kurfürstliches palais in Trier. The members of the VdP presented their wines of the 2010-vintage. Read the notes on the wines we tasted. Last visit in the Pouilly-fume went to the estate of Bouchie-Chatellier, who ownes 23 hectares of vines situated around the La renardiere in Saint Andelain. Read the notes from our visit here. The third visit on a day of touring in Pouilly-sur-Loire went to Domaine Tinel-Blondelet who ownes 15 hectares of vines in Pouilly and Sancerre. Here are the impressions from our visit. Next estate on our visit to the Central Loire was to the you estate of Domaine Francis Blanchet run by Francis and his wife. Here are the impressions from our visit. September-sale 2011 at red & white. Hurry up and make your orders. Here is the list. PS! Update September 12th: Most bottles are now available at Røa vinmonopol. In the start of Sep-2011 vinduet.org was invited to the Central Loire by the Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins du Centre. The first estate-visit went to Domaine Serge Dagueneau et filles. Here are the impressions from our visit. Cesanese del Piglio is Lazios first DOCG. Being an unknown wine-area we were given the chance to taste through the wines of eight producers on August 30th-2011. It gave us a good chance to get to know this area. Read our thoughts here. On August 23d Arianna Occhipinti and her uncle Giusto Occhipinti of COS was in Oslo presenting their wines. Both are part of a new generation of wine-makers on Sicily doing things differently than the norm with aging in anforas, longer macerations and less sulfur. Read the notes on their exciting wines here. Bertold and Gertrud Salomon of Salomon-Undhof was in Norway in May for a tasting of their wines. They decided to bring vintages that showed contradictions in the wines. Read the notes here. Leithaberg DAC is a new appelation in Austria for reds from Blaufränkisch and whites from a number of grapes. The small area has interesting soil and great vineyards. Here is a first impression of the first vintage of the red wines under the Leithaberg DAC-name. Read the comment here. Last stop in Mosel is the tasting of the wines of the friendly Olaf Schneider - or Weingut O. as his winery is better known. Read the notes from his 2009-vintage here. Next producer we visited was Weingut Martin Müllen on the Trabener-side of the river. Read the notes from his 2009-vintage here. In the end of September we were back in Mosel and tasted the wines of vintage 2009 together with old friends. First up is the visit to Daniel Vollenweider. Read the notes here. Last visit in Kaiserstuhl went to Oberrotweil and the well-known Weingut Salwey for a long and comprehensive tasting of some very fine wines from the many fine vineyards of the town and from Glottertal north of Freiburg. Read the notes from our tasting here. On September 18th-2010 we went to Endingen to visit the towns best producer Reinhold & Cornelia Schneider. The Schneiders served us some the finest weissburgunders we have ever tasted. And a spätburgunder of real elegance and purity. Read the notes from our tasting here.

Latest tasting notes Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr riesling spätlese 1990, Fritz Haag Verduzzo superiore 1938, Tenuta di Villanova Kirrweiler Mandelberg weissburgunder spätlese trocken 2001, Weingut Bergdolt Embarcador vino liquoroso NV, Cantina enologica - A.B.M. Rosso del Bepi 1994, Giuseppe Quintarelli Trarbacher Hühnerberg riesling spätlese trocken 2004, Martin Müllen Saarburger Rausch riesling spätlese 1988, Forstmeister Geltz erben Zilliken Caves Sao Joao reserva particular 1961 Merler Königslay-terrassen feine auslese naturrein 1960, Michel Schneider Nachf. Lessona 1964, Sella Pol Roger Champagne brut 1988 Monica 1966, Sella & Mosca Brigante pinot nero 2001, Cascina Baricchi Randersackerer Pfülben silvaner Grosses Gewächs 2007, Weingut Schmitt's kinder Gattinara 1952, Giancarlo Travaglini Tokaji Harslevelu Kiraly 2007, Szepsy Contratto metodo classico brut 2007, Contratto Barbaresco Vigneto Basarin 1978, Cantina del Parroco di Neive Vernaccia di Oristano Sardinian emerald 1968, Giuseppe Cossu Oberdollendorfer Laurentiusberg riesling spätlese 2007, Weingut Blöser Valtellina superiore Grumello riserva Sassorosso 1964, Cantina A.Pelizzatti Grüner veltliner Achleiten spätlese 1976, Freie weingärtner Wachau Pinot nero 1956, Kupelwieser Valtellina superiore riserva Grumello Buon Consiglio 1999, Cantina AR.PE.PE. Kröver Paradies Jippi riesling spätlese** 2003, Martin Müllen Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2007, Emidio Pepe Fontanasanta Nosiola 2009, Foradori Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru La Richemone 2002, Domaine Alain Michelot Brunello di Montalcino 1986, Tenuta Caparzo Mülheimer Sonnenlay riesling spätlese 1990, Weingut Max Ferd.Richter Barbaresco Podere del Pajore 1970, Enrico Giovannini Moresco Iphöfer Julius-Echter-Berg riesling spätlese trocken -S.- 1999, Hans Wirsching Cotes de Provence Cuvee Comtes de Provence 1983, Chateau de Selle/Domaines Ott Malvasia di Sitges reserva aneja NV, Bodegas J.Robert Chateau Vignelaure 1985 Trarbacher Hühnerberg riesling spätlese* 2010, Martin Müllen Leutesdorfer goldschiefer riesling auslese 2009, Weingut Selt Marsala Vecchioflorio dolce 1936, Florio & C. Barolo 1958, Marchesi di Barolo Meursault 1er cru Poruzots reserve personelle 2006, Jean-Luc & Paul Aegerter Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr riesling kabinett 1992, Fritz Haag Philipponnat Champagne grand cru Cuvee "1522" brut millesime 2000 Trabener Kräuterhaus riesling beerenauslese 2005, Weingut O. Piesporter Goldtröpfchen riesling auslese goldkapsel #11 1989, Reinhold Haart Kaseler Nies'chen riesling spätlese Bernkastler ring-Versteigerung 1998, von Beulwitz Valtellina Sforzato 1969, Arturo Pelizzatti Cesanese del Piglio superiore 2008, Casale della Ioria