Germany – The Wine Demystifier

In a Nutshell: German Wine Classification – deciphering the label

Post author:Sam
Post published:February 2, 2018
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I really do want to encourage more people to consume German wines and in particular German Riesling as they truly are well worth the effort but I understand how confusing and non-user friendly many labels can be. As I referenced in my last post on Riesling, the German classification system is a tricky beast and one that I don’t want to go into too much detail on as I suspect it will confuse more than assist. So there is…

Wine Reviews: Scheurebe and Spätburgunder

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Post published:January 17, 2018
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I attended the recent Wine Barn German wine tasting principally as a bit of research for my next blog on Riesling but wanted to flag up a couple of wines that I thought were really intriguing and absolutely lovely that may be new to some readers. First up from the Franken region: Wirsching 2016 Iphöfer Kronsberg Scheurebe Alte Reben Dry Scheurebe is a variety not seen much outside of Germany and Austria which is a shame as this cross…