Germany

Get The Sun Cream Out To Germany, The Grape Pickers Will Need It

The date of picking the first grapes of the season is one of the most important decisions to make in wine.  Pick too early and you’ll have mouth stripping acidity and no flavour, too late and you’ll have a mouth full of syrup and be gasping for a glass of water. Generations of winemakers, through a …

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NEW WAY TO VISIT GERMANY – I CAN’T PRONOUNCE IT, BUT IT LOOKS AMAZING

Ah those beautiful compound words.  Loads of people give the German language quite a bit of grief, but I think it sounds great.  They have this thing where they compound smaller words together to make one massive word that sounds delicious when you nail it. At the recent Wines of Germany tasting I learnt a …

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Can The Germans Knock Pinot Grigio Off Its Perch?

Bog standard Pinot Grigio. It’s cheap, refreshing, inoffensive, and…did I mention cheap? It’s boring for UK wine drinkers and it’s bad for proper Pinot Grigio producers. Infact it’s only really good for the organized crime who produce it in bulk and ship it over. Not sure I’m meant to say that out loud?! Well, I …

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German Reds – Don’t Worry About Pronouncing Them, Just Drink Them!

After a quick break for lunch it was onto the second master class of the day down at the ABS Wines tasting day. Anne Krebiehl, Master of Wine, chaired the panel of winemakers made up of the great and the good of German red wine production. This was all about why German reds deserve their …

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Coming Up This Week On Please Bring Me My Wine

Last week marked my first full week back in Blighty after the summer shenanigans across France and Italy. For those who follow me on Instagram, you’ll have seen that the week was chock full of admin and accounting. Being the complete geek that I am, I love to get stuff done like that. As much …

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