Excellent - so let's have a tasting in the not too distant future and explore some, I trust, very pleasant wines and perhaps a few surprises too. Pinot Noir, after all, is always tempting!
With regards to possible effects of climate change I am not really concerned for the foreseeable future. As you rightly point out, right now the weather seems to support the German wineries in going from strength to strength and I am sure they will be able to deal with both the odd very hot and also rather cool year. I wonder more about long term trends, thinking several decades ahead - not that my brain can really compute climate change models for the Mosel forty years ahead...
With regards to 2003 I actually came across a few really good ones. The Reinhold Haart winery made some excellent late harvest Rieslings, for instance, and Knipser also delivered good wines in that year (but then both wineries seem to do so pretty much every year).
All the best and keep up that good working finding interesting wines!
Torsten
In reply to I'd happily attend such a tasting by David Strange
well then!
Excellent - so let's have a tasting in the not too distant future and explore some, I trust, very pleasant wines and perhaps a few surprises too. Pinot Noir, after all, is always tempting!
With regards to possible effects of climate change I am not really concerned for the foreseeable future. As you rightly point out, right now the weather seems to support the German wineries in going from strength to strength and I am sure they will be able to deal with both the odd very hot and also rather cool year. I wonder more about long term trends, thinking several decades ahead - not that my brain can really compute climate change models for the Mosel forty years ahead...
With regards to 2003 I actually came across a few really good ones. The Reinhold Haart winery made some excellent late harvest Rieslings, for instance, and Knipser also delivered good wines in that year (but then both wineries seem to do so pretty much every year).
All the best and keep up that good working finding interesting wines!
Torsten