St. Michael-Eppan, Montiggl Riesling, 2010

torsten — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:29:10 +0000

Saying that I am drinking more Italian wine these days would be almost cheating, at least in the case of today's specimen. After all, Riesling is hardly the grape variety that would make you think of olives, pasta and Mediterranean heat - and the Alto Adige region for some does seem to belong more to the German/Austrian wine world than to Italy. After all Italy's northernmost wine region used to be part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and German is still spoken widely, as is also reflected in my wine labels.

So let's just say I am slowly working my way into the Italian wine world from the north through a multi-cultural sphere of many influences. Is it also a tasty one?

torsten Wednesday, 23/01/2013

Nyetimber, Classic Cuvée, brut, 2006

Julian — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:54:09 +0000

Nyetimber, Classic Cuvée, brut, 2006

It usually takes some convincing to get continental folk to accept that English sparkling wines are not only drinkable, but can be quite excellent. But since we already know that, we hold them to a higher standard than most other German wine drinkers probably would. It is from this fairly lofty perspective, and only from there, that this one disappointed us somewhat when it was soundly beaten by a French sparkler costing less than half in this mildly humiliating Wine Rambler blind tasting.

Julian Thursday, 12/04/2012

John Lewis

St. Michael-Eppan, Montiggl Riesling, 2010

Nyetimber, Classic Cuvée, brut, 2006