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Tag Archives: Klevener de Heiligenstein
Far Flung Grapes – A Different Kind of Wine Travel
“ The Whale that wanders round the Pole is not a table fish. You cannot bake or boil him whole, nor serve him in a dish…” Hilaire Belloc I’ve always loved this poem and I remember writing this first verse in … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, German Wine, Grape Varieties, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Amigne, Blauer Wildbacher, Completer, Cornalin, Dornfelder, Frühroter Veltliner, Fruhburgunder, Humagne, Kerner, Klevener de Heiligenstein, Lagrein, Lemberger, Neuburger, Off-Piste Grape Varieties, Petite Arvine, Plant Robert, Rare Grapes, Rauschling, Rèze, Roter Veltliner, Rotgipfler, Schiava, Schilcher, Trollinger, Vicarious Wine Travel, Zierfandler
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Maybe it’s Time to (Re)Visit Alsace?
I was supposed to be going to Alsace in July, part of a visit taking in Arbois as well. I won’t be able to go now, but I can tell you about what I’d planned. I adore Alsace. I mean, … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Alsace Sylvaner, Alsace Travel, Alsace Wine, Andlau, André Durrmann, Antoine Kreydenweiss, Back in Alsace Blog, Catherine Riss, David Neilson, Domaine André Kleinknecht, Domaine Durrmann, Domaine Lucas Rieffel, Domaine Marc Kreydenweiss, Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Klevener de Heiligenstein, Mittelbergheim, Mittelbergheim School, Vosges Walks, Yann Durrmann, Zotzenberg Grand Cru
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Recent Wines (September 2018) #theglouthatbindsus
September saw Southern England’s summer continue (as it has done up until this weekend, but though I type in glorious sunshine the wind has turned and the Nebbiolo season may be about to start). The wines here are therefore still … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged Andrew Nielsen, Artego, Auvergne Gamay, Auvergne Wine, Berthet-Bondet, Bourgogne Aligoté Skin Du Grappin, Cascina Zerbetta, Chardonnay Balanoz 2015, Clément Klur Alsace, Deviner Slobodne 2015, English Artisan Wine, English Ortega, Gentil de Katz, J-P Rietsch, Jean Maupertuis Pink Bulles XVII, Jura Chardonnay, Kinheim Mosel Wine, Klevener de Heiligenstein, Philippe Bornard Chardonnay, Pupillin Chardonnay, Rudolf & Rita Trossen, Schieferstern Purus 2016, Shan Pan Colfondo Sauvignon Blanc, Slovakian Wine, Tillingham Artego
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Eastern France Part 2 – Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Mittelbergheim
Sometimes a visit to a producer can be quite a revelation, and this usually happens when you don’t know their wines all that well. Of course, like many of my readers, I’ve drunk a few of Jean-Pierre Rietsch‘s gems, but this … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Heroes, Wine Travel
Tagged Alsace Wine, Demoiselle Gewurztraminer 2016, Eastern France Trip 2017, Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Klevener de Heiligenstein, Mittelbergheim, Murmure Cuvée, Pas a Pas Savagnin Rose, Rietsch Réserve Perpetuelle, Savagnin Rose Grape Variety, Stierkopf, Sylvaner, Sylvaner Zotzenberg Grand Cru
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 