Alsace

This is grand cru quality with amazing aromas of sliced lemon, apple and mineral character. Full-bodied, round and delicious. I love the contrast of minerality and richness. Great new wine to wat...(read more)

Bright, gold-tinged yellow. Smoky and floral nuances enhance the tangerine and papaya aromas. Enters the mouth rich and viscous, but the luscious tropical fruit flavors turn a little simple. Fini...(read more)

The Deiss 2011 Langenberg features ripe peach and muskmelon accompanied by piquancy of peach kernel and phenolic bite of citrus rind and chewy fruit skins, as befits a wine dominated by Pinots an...(read more)

Bright straw-green. Precise aromas of white flowers, nutmeg and crushed stone. Dense but juicy, with strong acidity lifting the minty lemon and grapefruit flavors, complicated by a bright herbal...(read more)

Pungent marjoram and black pepper, bacon fat and rose petal in the nose really project the Gewurz- and red Traminer elements in Deiss’s 2009 Grasberg. But after the cool refinement and seductive...(read more)

The white-golden 2012 Schoffweg -- from a complantation of Riesling and Pinots with some Muscat and Chasselas on powdery/marly limestone soil in Bergheim, next to the Altenberg Grand Cru-- is a q...(read more)