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In the second part of his immersion in the latest releases from the great Mosel estate Selbach-Oster Terry Theise switches to Riesling (and Gewürztraminer) moving up the sugar gears from dry to Kabinett. Click here for Theise’s notes on Selbach-Oster’s Spätburgunder and Pinot Blanc. Selbach’s marked success with dry Rieslings First a small note that,… View Article
For a number of years, now, The World of Fine Wine has published a wide-ranging end-of-year essay by Terry Theise, in which the inimitable US merchant-turned-author reflects on his past year with wine. This year’s contribution, available to subscribers in its full glory in the just-published Issue 74 of The World of Fine Wine, addresses… View Article
The second part of Terry Theise’s virtual pilgrimage to the Mosel’s Schloss Lieser includes a brush with perfection and some miraculous Auslesen. 2018 Niederberg Helden Riesling GG (Full name, Lieserer Niederberg Helden Riesling Trocken) Weinstein! (Tartrates.) You don’t see that much any more, especially in dry wines. Forcefully fragrant. Too much so? We’ll see as… View Article
Terry Theise goes on a virtual pilgrimage to Schloss Lieser, delving deep into the Mosel estate’s latest entrancing releases. The estate came to us—“us” because I was still with Skurnik—in the waning days of Rudi Wiest’s business, and because the estate has such a stellar reputation we broke protocol and began to represent them before… View Article
No longer an insider secret, Carl Loewen has become one of the Mosel’s flagship producers, with a precise and sensitive take on the traditional “sponti-Fuder” style, says Terry Theise in the first of a two-part report on the family’s latest releases. Reflecting back on my merchant years it strikes me that you never really know… View Article
Terry Theise concludes his close tasting of the latest releases from Kamptal’s Bründlmayer with an exploration of the estate’s Riesling, and a coda of enchanting Muscat and sweet wines. 2020 Kamptal Riesling “Terassen” Starts out smelling like nettles and woodruff. Then boxwood and white iris. Lupins have this smell too; almost but not quite wisteria…. View Article
