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Here’s my most underwhelming bottle in a long time, from Champagne: Bouchard Lieu-dit Chardonnay, Roses de Jeanne Lieu-d...

April 12, 2026

Here’s my most underwhelming bottle in a long time, from Champagne: Bouchard Lieu-dit Chardonnay, Roses de Jeanne Lieu-d...

Emmanuel Brochet on Mont Benoit and Stella di Campalto on the southern slopes of Montalcino, two remarkable winemakers, ...

March 13, 2026

Emmanuel Brochet on Mont Benoit and Stella di Campalto on the southern slopes of Montalcino, two remarkable winemakers, ...

Bernaudeau Les Onglés 2021 and Saint-Pierre Vin Jaune 2008, what a duo, right? Nothing new. Sorry. I could spin another ...

February 6, 2026

Bernaudeau Les Onglés 2021 and Saint-Pierre Vin Jaune 2008, what a duo, right? Nothing new. Sorry. I could spin another ...

Equipo Navazos La Bota N111 de Manzanilla “Florpower” MMXVIII: single-vineyard modern fino. It’s lightly fortified but s...

January 31, 2026

Equipo Navazos La Bota N111 de Manzanilla “Florpower” MMXVIII: single-vineyard modern fino. It’s lightly fortified but s...

A feast with friends I met through wine, thanks to wine. Bottles from the cellar, bottles from the guests, wines from fo...

January 26, 2026

A feast with friends I met through wine, thanks to wine. Bottles from the cellar, bottles from the guests, wines from fo...

This Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru (deg. 2000) comes from Ambonnay’s Les Crayères, a top chalky Pinot Noir site and Bouzy, an...

January 16, 2026

This Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru (deg. 2000) comes from Ambonnay’s Les Crayères, a top chalky Pinot Noir site and Bouzy, an...

There’s something captivating about Les 7. It’s not charming or friendly, it’s challenging yet also one of the easiest C...

January 14, 2026

There’s something captivating about Les 7. It’s not charming or friendly, it’s challenging yet also one of the easiest C...

The Jura line-up of December was a ride: after another memorable Mémée Marie 2020 in Piemonte, my palate was more than r...

January 3, 2026

The Jura line-up of December was a ride: after another memorable Mémée Marie 2020 in Piemonte, my palate was more than r...

Having this bottle in the cellar, Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut (deg. 2001) freaked me out, especially after tasting very y...

December 26, 2025

Having this bottle in the cellar, Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut (deg. 2001) freaked me out, especially after tasting very y...

There’s something remarkable about this new era of Nebbiolo, how such a traditional region has embraced fresh perspectiv...

December 19, 2025

There’s something remarkable about this new era of Nebbiolo, how such a traditional region has embraced fresh perspectiv...

I faced the question about my addictive interest in wine this week and it led me to another question: could wine ever we...

December 9, 2025

I faced the question about my addictive interest in wine this week and it led me to another question: could wine ever we...

Still not sure what went wrong back in the day with Austrian tourism PR, but why did they push Grüner so hard? Forget th...

December 7, 2025

Still not sure what went wrong back in the day with Austrian tourism PR, but why did they push Grüner so hard? Forget th...

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April 12, 2026

Here’s my most underwhelming bottle in a long time, from Champagne: Bouchard Lieu-dit Chardo...

March 13, 2026

Emmanuel Brochet on Mont Benoit and Stella di Campalto on the southern slopes of Montalcino,...

February 6, 2026

Bernaudeau Les Onglés 2021 and Saint-Pierre Vin Jaune 2008, what a duo, right? Nothing new. ...

January 31, 2026

Equipo Navazos La Bota N111 de Manzanilla “Florpower” MMXVIII: single-vineyard modern fino. ...

January 26, 2026

A feast with friends I met through wine, thanks to wine. Bottles from the cellar, bottles fr...

January 16, 2026

This Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru (deg. 2000) comes from Ambonnay’s Les Crayères, a top chalky P...

January 14, 2026

There’s something captivating about Les 7. It’s not charming or friendly, it’s challenging y...

January 3, 2026

The Jura line-up of December was a ride: after another memorable Mémée Marie 2020 in Piemont...

December 26, 2025

Having this bottle in the cellar, Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut (deg. 2001) freaked me out, esp...

December 19, 2025

There’s something remarkable about this new era of Nebbiolo, how such a traditional region h...

December 9, 2025

I faced the question about my addictive interest in wine this week and it led me to another ...

December 7, 2025

Still not sure what went wrong back in the day with Austrian tourism PR, but why did they pu...

November 28, 2025

While Burgundy claims the single-vineyard crown, Clos des Goisses has been known with its ex...

November 20, 2025

I first tasted his wines a couple of years ago, the 2017s. Back then, I couldn’t fully appre...

November 10, 2025

Les Combes 2022 feels like biting into a basket of juicy apples. It’s not the polished, high...

November 5, 2025

No funky labels, no endless-barnyard-noses, but still minimal intervention in the cellar. No...

October 27, 2025

For anyone who thinks wine tasting is easy fun, send them into an aged Châteauneuf marathon:...

October 25, 2025

3 Burgundians, may be you think it’s oxymoron. Well… The soil and soul of Baden and Burgundy...

October 21, 2025

We all agree Furmint deserves more love, right? So, I did my part, voluntarily, in Vienna. 2...

October 2, 2025

For both of these wines, I had been waiting an entire year to finally taste them. Even tho, ...

September 7, 2025

I keep going back to Gatinois bottles from Äy, especailly after an intense aged champagne st...

September 5, 2025

If you’re curious about just how far Grillo can go… Grappoli Del Grillo. Ageworthy, Sicilian...

September 4, 2025

Aged Champagne that seems ageless, an unbelievable experience for me. It wasn’t about drinki...

September 3, 2025

First things first: chapeau to @wine.sake.suzuki, for the dedication and vision to bring thi...

August 31, 2025

Another underrated vintage from Tuscany, 2018, masterfully crafted by Colleoni. I like „the ...

August 26, 2025

After enjoying her 2015 Cuvée Goulté (Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut) and Rosés a lot, ...

August 22, 2025

We don’t really know what kind of message the artist wanted to convey through this extreme l...

August 21, 2025

Calsac’s Champagne, especially “Les Rocheforts,” is one of the most exciting Champagnes of t...

August 17, 2025

Les Gardins de Babylon, 2015 from Didier Dagueneau. Profound Jurançon. Beyond description. #...

August 13, 2025

A white wine from Greece’s Rapsani makes you believe that natty wines can be truly multi-lay...

August 10, 2025

2022 Bürgel from @jan.raumland is even more present than its premiere vintage. Enough intell...

August 9, 2025

2012, Grand Teppes Vielles Vignes, Ganevat I still remember the so‑called Ganevat crisis (cr...

August 4, 2025

Pinot-Land is more exciting than ever. Montaigne de Reims means diversity: Meunier from sand...

July 27, 2025

Not just one single bottle but the entire winery was something I didn’t understand 1.5 years...

July 16, 2025

Montalcino — where your worst visit is Biondi Santi, your day starts with tasting wines and ...

July 14, 2025

Lurquin’s Champagnes are among the rarest bottles on the Champagne market. The secondary mar...

June 29, 2025

where the somms and the customers get their groove on and everyone wins.

June 27, 2025

48 Hours, Bologna 🪂

June 8, 2025

Now, arrived. Barbaresco Riserva 2016, Baricchi Excellent condition. Very elegant and focuse...

June 4, 2025

@nanclaresyprieto makes Albariños that are truly exceptional. The wines defined not just by ...

May 31, 2025

Two Dreamy Silvaners from 2021 The Luckert Maustal Silvaner performs so well with its lush f...

May 18, 2025

High and Low - Getting into Blanc de Blancs in Reims #champagnestudy #champagner #reims

April 22, 2025

Pyritis (2022), @artemis_karamolegos_winery , Santorini. To be honest, I haven’t really paid...

April 15, 2025

Chamery is fast becoming a hotspot for biodynamic winemaking. According to Bonnet-Ponson’s w...

April 4, 2025

With my tiny lapdog in Champagne-Land

March 13, 2025

Morstein 2012, Wittmann On the nose, we initially thought it was a Mosel GG, but on the pala...

March 5, 2025

Birthday bottles 🍬 I was sharing bottles from the producers I do enjoy a lot, like the ones...

February 28, 2025

Which year is not a challenging year in Burgundy? 2018, a hot-hot vintage. The new normal? A...

February 21, 2025

I do miss my village.

February 14, 2025

Agrapart, Terroirs, deg 2024. After the quite disappointing Laherte Ultradition. deg. 2023, ...

February 13, 2025

Laherte Freres, Les 7, deg. 2013 From 2 Plots, 7 grapes. Monumental. #champagne #agedchampag...

February 10, 2025

Sunday apero. Gatinois Brut Vintage 2004: Gatinois, one of my favourite Champagne houses, is...

January 27, 2025

Great wine list, but horrible food choices? Here are three exciting, high-energy wines that ...

December 21, 2024

The Good, the Bad, and the Wet? Didier Grappe’s Savagnin 2020 is anything but shy. Bursting ...

November 10, 2024

Piemonte 👑 Another wine region in Italy where you can find incredible wine lists. #champagn...

October 27, 2024

Paris, only French wines. FRM, Beaumont Chardonnay 2020 Bereche & Fils, Le Cran Extra Brut 2...

October 10, 2024

Domaine Belluard, Gringet, 2020 Rare drops from Savoyen. So light fooded yet offers a large ...

September 25, 2024

Gevrey Chambertin Aux Corvées 2018, Henri Richard I love this one from Henri Richard. It was...

September 24, 2024

Rheinromantik with Stellas. 2016 Rosso di Montalcino from @stelladicampalto is an extremely ...

September 21, 2024

Yes she judges.

September 11, 2024

Champagne as a gastronomical wine. Les Petites Vignes Chardonnay from Aurore Deg. in 2023 Ve...

September 10, 2024

As Stella said, Sangiovese for Pinot lovers. Unusually fresh aromatic, fresh cherries, fresh...

September 8, 2024

Studying Sangiovese When in Radda! Le Pergole Torte from Montevertine is the cult wine from ...

September 6, 2024

Little wonders of Montalcino. Small osteria with an excellent wine list. And this fantastic ...

August 8, 2024

Während die Valentine unterwegs ist, bleibt die @barrix.cologne geöffnet! Vertretung 🙋🏻‍♀️...

August 5, 2024

Instabottle Champagne 0 - Montepulciano 1 This is not a race. Egly GC (mostly based on 16, 5...

July 30, 2024

Rheinhessen Pinot and Saar Riesling. Both delicate, both exhibit a delicate balance of fruit...

July 14, 2024

“Rheinromantik” , I truely see you now. JJPrüm Wehlener Kabinett (2020) is so delicate, almo...

July 1, 2024

Drinking, eating, wearing colorful 🪅 Friday: Ribbe Rose, Clos Culombu, 2022 Feeling of deli...

June 14, 2024

Köln- Paris -Zeltingen in a week. Some bottles I was forced to share at the time. However, I...

June 9, 2024

Dozens and dozens of wines -if not Sangiovese- dream of being this. As a class, Brunello di ...

June 3, 2024

Eric Rodez, is this an invitation on the label? I think, it definitely is. #champagne #champ...

May 27, 2024

I don’t get people who don’t have a shower at their backyard and who don’t drink chilled Bar...

May 20, 2024

Yes and yes. Lessona, a tiny DOC in Piemonte. Overlooked at least here in Germany. Alpine wi...

May 14, 2024

Badischer Landwein, alone as a sign of quality? Estate-Wine, Vorgrimmler, 2018, Spätburgunde...

May 11, 2024

Ascension Day Service from Andreas 2021 Sylvaner AAA, as a channel of blessing and blessings...

May 7, 2024

Best bubbles of the last days. Bastien Pointillart, 2015 Chardonnay- Premier Cru, Focused, c...

April 25, 2024

Between Peroni and Pierre, there are worlds.

April 25, 2024

Dinner for one, two and eight. This time, Roma had more a better share of the possession. Do...

April 24, 2024

Wine Study 4 grapes, 8 bottles, Piemont, cult and dynamic. Piemont Tasting at @barrix.cologn...

April 10, 2024

Das wilde Spanien - 23.04 19:00 Barrix Die galizische Küste unterscheidet sich stark von uns...

April 3, 2024

Identifying and characterising the origin of wines still matters? Recognisably Jura, recogni...

March 27, 2024

Team Ankara dances, eats and drinks? well? Between a nap on a train and a nap in a kneipe.

February 26, 2024

Monday talk. This is you. But also very me.

February 13, 2024

Another bottle for the German Pinot/Spätburgunder Tasting in Amsterdam: A. Durst, Pinot Noir...

February 12, 2024

Fancy for a Primitivo? 🥷🏼

February 5, 2024

Mosel-precision to study: from the best part of Brauneberg Juffer Sonnenuhr vlneyard, this i...

January 31, 2024

To all the Pinot Noir lovers out there! we have collaborated with @gizemnihasre on a very sp...

January 16, 2024

Poulsard actually is harmless. I do start liking it. PM can actually be harmful. Lessons to ...

January 11, 2024

Rom, between hotel bed and „late breakfasts“ Powered by Aspirin and coffee. And wine. And @t...

December 18, 2023

It‘s beginning to look like christmas or it’s three bottles per person?

December 11, 2023

2017, Fino (Palomino Fino) from a project from Mario Rovira and Bodega Zuleta. Even though I...

December 8, 2023

wine 101 for fam. Between the glasses -one Kölsch to appreciate the wines again. #winestagra...

December 3, 2023

24 Stunde in Berlin 🦄 Schnee und Unicorns #rarewine #unicornwine #winediary #jurawine #piem...

November 29, 2023

One of the best couples: Radda & Stella Chianti Classico Riserva (2016), Val Delle Corti, Ra...

November 26, 2023

Butchering my own fingers here! 🔪🔪

November 22, 2023

@ristorantelamartinatica , last stop before living on Baguettes. I may be considered one of ...

November 4, 2023

Zu wenig Zeit, zu viele „Aufgaben“ 🍷 #piemonte #winesofitaly

October 14, 2023

Finding good reds for the Corsica tasting - It‘s a walk in the park. This summer, I went aft...

September 15, 2023

Ich really enjoy champagnes in this style. A little bit oxidative but focused. It needs a la...

August 27, 2023

Greek Goddesses #greekwine #assyrtiko #robola #winetasting #unicornwine #santorini #tinos #k...

August 6, 2023

Wine to me is not all about sharing.

July 29, 2023

Riesling magic. Schlossberg 2019, it’s liquid tension. #alsace #vindealsace #riesling #riesl...

July 17, 2023

Corsican reds to remember. No, it’s not a coincidence that majority comes from Patrimonio. #...

July 15, 2023

I’ve ordered a Rose from Arena. My effort for this particular wine ended, all the time, in d...

July 12, 2023

A few hours after making landfall in Bastia, I try to get away from there immediately. Cap C...

May 29, 2023

Chablis Study, Left Bank Premier Cru. 1. Flight: Montmaints, Fevre 14 & Tremblay 21 2. Fligh...

May 7, 2023

Monumental wines, white Rioja, old school. Intensely concentrated and nuanced wines. I may s...

May 3, 2023

Galician reds and whites on limit. #galicia #winestudy #winesofspain #winesofinstagram

April 26, 2023

Ist ein Label wirklich eine Last? Ich denke halbwegs, schon. Und trotzdem finde ich sie gut....

April 24, 2023

Pian Dell'orino 2007, back then, they made this Brunello from 3 different vineyards and the ...

April 23, 2023

A Begrüßungssekt anyone? Not an untypical question. Here and there. And all my love for Sekt...

April 6, 2023

Piemont Study Curra and Rio Sordo, both Crus are very rich in calcium and produced not bold ...

March 11, 2023

Mainz is treading me right! A lunch at @steinstraube : Eric Rodez Cuvee des grand vintages (...

February 26, 2023

Piemont Tasting #piemonte

January 20, 2023

Weird bottles! Chianti Classico,2016, Caparsa: Bigger and bolder than you can imagine. It in...

December 29, 2022

Christmas dinner at home. #weihnachten #weihnachtsessen