Very lucky to have the opportunity to drink this wine, a single vineyard wine based on 2003 but containing 60% of wines from vintages back to 1994 from something of a mini-solera. This is what we drank with the pasta and artichokes in the previous post, and it was a shockingly good pairing with the pungent dish. And perfect with weisswurst. MORE >>

The current release was lovely, with a good balance of fruit and mineral character, but the 1994 Sekt Reserve was for me, one of the wines of the night. Lars Carlberg and Dan Melia, the two fine gentlemen of Mosel Wine Merchant , are in town this week with a few of the growers they represent. And they are very delicious. MORE >>

Martin Tesch. Today in NYC two of the biggest wine shows came to town, both located at the same time at different ends of the city. Now knowing that Riesling is a white, lower alcohol wine, you may prefer to visit Riesling producers first and leave the more alcoholic, more red varietal Spanish wine for last. was a gorgeous color. javiar Banales. MORE >>

drank a 1994 last year that was fantastic. I try not to do laundry list posts that sound like "here's what I drank recently." But I've had some interesting wines lately, some of them great, others a bit lackluster. So this will, in fact, be a laundry list post. Feel free to change channels now if you refuse to participate. Sigh of relief. MORE >>

In 1994, she found Chateau Roubine, an expansive collection of vineyards and an enormous Chateau and bought it. “You must have some fresh Truffles on toast!” says attractive blond Valérie Rousselle-Riboud, looking very glamorous and jet-set in a chic white dress. Or at least that party scene in The Great Gatsby. Well, this is that scene. MORE >>