There are some things that I like more the older I get. I tweeted yesterday about how much I a growing to like white Rhone varieties such as Marsanne, Grenache…
Van Volxem Saar Riesling 2011
I really like this. It’s a Mosel Riesling (actually, from the Saar, which now falls under the Mosel banner), and as with all Van Volxem wines it is not in…
A delicious, cheap German Riesling
Most £6 wines are distinctly dull. Some are nasty. But a few are really delicious, and this is one of them. I’ll be going back to buy some more. Just…
Some nice wine at the cricket
Great day out at the Oval yesterday, to watch the one day international between South Africa and England. I was with Justin Howard Sneyd of Laithwaites, and we were sitting…
Two lovely German Rieslings
Like most members of the wine trade I have a fondness for Riesling. It rocks. And especially from Germany: nowhere else makes Rieslings that are quite the same. Here are…
Just the weather for German Riesling
We really should be drinking more German Riesling. It’s fantastic. Nowhere else quite does Riesling like Germany, even though I am partial to expressions of this variety from Austria, Alsace,…
A couple of affordable Rieslings: Germany and Alsace
It’s Riesling weather. Warm and spring-like. Here are two that I’ve recently enjoyed. Fritz’s Riesling 2009 Rheinhessen, Germany 11% alcohol. This is what Riesling needs to do to revive its…
Another superb Riesling – Van Volxem Alte Reben
Isn’t Riesling wonderful? And Germany’s top properties seem to be able to achieve things almost effortlessly with this grape, and at reasonable prices, when compared with most other regions worldwide….
A great value, fairly serious Riesling
This is a strong contender for one of the best value whites of the year, at the discounted price of £7.99. It’s from a producer I reviewed a short while…