Products tagged with Germany

The Schmitt estate has been in the family for over 200 years, but winemakers Bianka and Daniel converted to biodynamic practices over 10 years ago. This blend sees 6 weeks on it’s skins, and is aged for 14 months in old oak. Floral notes gives way to tea

“Ohne” means without – which applies to the winemaking (no sulfur, fining, filtering, etc), not to the wine… which would have to be then “Mit” – or with – as in with tons of depth, complexity and character. This wine is made only in top vintages and is th

The vines of the Pyramide vineyard are closely planted, forcing the roots to dive deep for nutrients. Rita and Rudolf broke with German wine tradition and began practicing biodynamics in their vineyards all the way back in 1978, putting them among the ran

Wines coming from the Pfalz are consistently more and more exciting, and now represent serious value in German wine. The Brand estate has been around for 5 generations, and they’re committed to hands off, organic practices in the vineyard. This liter is b

Crafted from old, ungrafted vines grown on the signature blue slate soils of the Mosel’s impossibly steep vineyards. The mineral is the star here: chiseled and stony, and augmented with high acid levels. The fruit, while hard to find, is in the lemon zest

Clean and refreshing, with vibrant lemon zest, minerality, and a touch of exotic florality thanks to the rare Scheurebe grape. This estate was founded in 1846 and is in its 6th generation of family winemakers.

Rit and Rudolf’s vineyards feature a lot of slate, which is phylloxera resistant. The vines are therefore ungrafted. Fermentation lasts up to 7 months thanks to the cool Mosel climate, which is purposefully unregulated in the cellar.

The label-art was inspired by a vineyard cat, who was supposedly riding on a tractor, fell off and was run over (but survived!). The wine is just as fun as the label. A pleasant, off-dry sweetness with the great mineral and acidic zip of classic mid-Mosel

A classically styled Riesling through and through: petrol notes, and a range of white fruits from citrus to tropical. The acidity is still soaring despite some age. The Schneider estate is following in the footsteps of Nahe greats Donnhoff and Schafer-Fro

The Brand brothers are doing exciting things in the quiet north of the Pfalz. They began with their irresistible liter offerings and have begun to experiment with the ”Pur” line; as the name suggests, these are hands-off production bottlings. “Wilder Satz

Lean, fresh and sektzy. Sekt is the term used for sparkling wines in Germany. This is a project of 3 separate wineries contributing grapes: Weingut Rapp – Dornfelder, Schlossmuhlenhof – Portugieser & Weingut Mohr – Pinot Noir. Red fruit and floral notes w

Sven Enderle & Florian Moll have become natural wine cult icons from the unlikely location of Swabia, on the outskirts of the Black Forest in southern Germany. Easy to see why – the wines are amazing, but produced in miniscule quantities. Stony, golden, f