From Blackpool to Basel

This is my last-ever blog entry on From Blackpool to Basel. It's hard to know where to begin, but the long and short of it is that, afte...

Schwarzer Herrgott and Am Schwarzen Herrgott are a strange anomaly - two vineyards that go by virtually the same name and sit cheek by jowl,...

The German social media wine scene recently imploded with talk about "natural wine" and what the term means. A mud-slinging match ...

Apart from the quality of the wine (or otherwise), the personality of the wine-grower can be a big turn-on or turn-off for me when it comes ...

One of the things I love about the current German wine scene are the numerous hard-working families who still grow beautiful handcrafted win...

"Jay-Jay" Prüm are a hallowed address on the Mosel. This is their entry-level wine. Weingut Joh. Jos. Prüm, Riesling Kabinett 20...

A villages -level Pinot Noir from Bodensee (Lake Constance), produced by a local member of the German nobility no less. Markgraf von Baden...