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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.

Someone once said to me that three years in a row makes a happening annual. So the third annual klitzekleine ring took place in the Julius Kayser-cellar in Traben-Trarbach on saturday 23d of September. Here you can read the notes.


Latest tasting notes

Valtellina superiore Sassella riserva Stella retica 2004, AR.PE.PE.

Domaine de Fondreche Nature 2008

Erbaluna rosso 2008, Erbaluna

Barolo Le mie vigne 2004, Lorenzo Accomasso

Arbois Poulsard vieilles vignes sans soufre 2007, Stephane Tissot

Trarbacher Hühnerberg riesling kabinett trocken 2008, Martin Müllen

Dorn-Dürkheimer Kalossenberg sylvaner spätlese natur 1959, Weingut Biegler

Trittenheimer Apotheke auslese 1971, Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium

Fixin 2006, Vincent et Denis Berthaut

Pierre Peters Champagne grand cru brut Cuvee speciale 1995

Chateau Chalon 1961, Marcel Poux

Rüdesheimer Berg Bronnen riesling Cabinet Versteigerung 1969, Staatsweingüter Eltville

Escherndorfer Lump Silvaner 1964, Winzergenossenschaft Escherndorf

Egly-Ouriet Champagne Brut Rose Grand cru NV

Riesling spätlese 1990, Martin Müllen

Chateau Bonnet reserve 1988

Achkarrer Schlossberg riesling kabinett 1989, Winzergenossenschaft Achkarren

Pierre Peters Champagne grand cru brut Cuvee speciale 1996

Teroldego Rotaliano 1999, Foradori

Serriger Schloss Saarfelser Schlossberg 1962, Vereinigte hospitien

Hattenheimer Wisselbrunnen riesling spätlese 1985, Schloss Schönborn

Bramaterra 2005, Odilio Antoniotti

Ürziger Würzgarten riesling auslese 1976, Franz Joseph Selbach

Piesporter Goldtröpfchen riesling auslese*** 1993, Weingut Bollig-Lehnert

Durkheimer Feuerberg ehrenfelser aulese 1975, Vereinigte weingutsbesitzer

Saarburger Rausch riesling kabinett 2008, Forstmeister Geltz Zilliken

Chateau Cissac 1985

Volkacher Ratsherr Müller-Thurgau spätlese 1979, Josef Pfaff II

Ürziger Würzgarten riesling spätlese 1975, Franz Joseph Selbach

Dhroner Hofberger riesling auslese*** 2001, Weingut Bollig-Lehnert

Chateau Chalon reserve aux de Nesles 1961, Henri Maire

Grüner veltliner Kellerberg eiswein 1979, Freie Weingärtner Wachau

Erbacher Marcobrunn riesling kabinett Versteigerung 1969, Verwaltung der Staatsweingüter Eltville

Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg riesling QbA 1998, C. von Schubert'schen schlosskellerei Grünhaus

Assmannshäuser Höllenberg spätburgunder Naturrein Fass No.6 Cabinet Versteigerung 1964, Staatsweingüter Eltville

Assmannshäuser Höllenberg spätburgunder spätlese Versteigerung 1971 , Staatsweingüter Eltville

Deidesheimer Kieselberg riesling grosses gewächs 2008, Weingut von Winning

Scharzhofberger Pergentknopp riesling feinherb 2002, Weingut van Volxem

Bopparder Hamm Feuerlay riesling beerenauslese 2004, Weingut Heilig grab

Mazy-Chambertin 1997, Armelle et Jean-Michel Molin

Barbaresco riserva Rio Sordo 1978, Produttori del Barbaresco

Barolo 1964, Francesco Rinaldi

Vipavska dolina Chardonnay 2000, Sutor

Kröver Paradies riesling kabinett 2002, Martin Müllen

Goriska Brda Pinot noir Selekcija 2005, Simcic

Barolo 1967, Francesco Rinaldi

Chateau La Tour Carnet 1985