The Rieslingfeier will take place in the coming days in NY. Please post your impressions here. I am quite curious. DANKE
Martin - There is still time for you to come! Winemakers start arriving tomorrow.
Robert,
in my thoughts I am with you all in NY. I will attend a little Breuer “Schlossberg” vertical on Friday. Where would be the german dry Riesling and Grosse Gewächse without the famous winemaker Bernhard Breuer.
Cheers,
Martin
Martin - one day we will get you here. Next year you and KP must come!
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I kicked off the Rieslingfeier celebration last night with one of my favorite bottles of Riesling and one that to me captures all I love about German Riesling the 2013 Uli Stein Alfer Hölle. What a stunning and joyful bottle of wine. For those that do not know his is a microscopic vineyard that is one of the oldest in the Mosel and in Germany. It was planted in the early 1900s and is wedged between two residential houses. I have visited the vineyard and it is magical.
An excerpt below from David Schildknecht:
“Given the exceptional quality of Stein’s 600 liters of 2011 Alfer Holle Riesling 1900 I can’t resist sharing its improbable back-story. Immediately behind a wall along the steep road up to – and just 500 meters away from – his home and winery can be glimpsed the tips of a few vines that he had overlooked on a thousand drives but which represent the narrow upper edge of a precipitous plot whose 1,200 minuscule-berried vines were planted in 1900, their roots now hanging fantastically in the air where the slate has eroded away. These had not only also remained undetected from the shoreline below, but had never officially been assigned to an Einzellage. After their owner’s death in late 2010, his widow made a flabbergasted Stein aware of the parcel’s existence and asked if he’d like to acquire it. After arranging to begin vinifying its fruit, Stein approached a label collector in nearby Bullay about possibly digging-up and reviving an old design and, amazingly, within a few minutes the fellow came up with one from 1900 depicting the Alfer Holle and the hill on which sits Stein’s Haus Waldfrieden!”
Ever since I signed up the website has said the complete list of wines for the Grand Tasting will be available soon. I suppose waiting until after the event ensures accuracy…
Great story and I promise I will not only order the wine, but visit the place. I have to see it, thank you!
Jay asks and he receives…I was going to be a wiseass and say Riesling but I would not do that to you!
table 1 - Rheingau
Leitz
Please welcome Johannes Leitz.
2014 Leitz Berg Roseneck “Katerloch” Trocken
2014 Leitz Berg Schlossberg “Ehrenfels” GG
2014 Leitz Berg Rottland “Hinterhaus” GG
2014 Leitz Berg Kaisersteinfels “Terrassen” Grosse Lage
2006 Leitz Berg Schlossberg Trocken VIP HOUR
table 2 - Rheingau
Robert Weil
Please welcome Nicolas Pfaff, Robert Weil Export Manager.
2012 Weil Sekt Brut
2013 Weil Estate Trocken
2013 Weil Gräfenberg GG
2006 Weil Gräfenberg Spätlese
2010 Weil Gräfenberg Beerenauslese VIP HOUR
table 3 - Rheingau
Schloss Johannisberg
Please welcome Christian Witte, Estate Manager.
2014 Schloss Johannisberg Gelblack Feinherb
2013 Schloss Johannisberg Rotlack Kabinett
2013 Schloss Johannisberg Silberlack GG
2013 Schloss Johannisberg Grunlack Spätlese
2009 Schloss Johannisberg Silberlack GG VIP HOUR
table 4 - Pfalz
Rebholz
Please welcome Hansjörg Rebholz.
2014 Rebholz Estate Dry
2014 Rebholz Birkweiler Dry
2014 Rebholz Ganz Horn GG
2013 Rebholz Pinot Blanc Im Sonnenschein GG
2004 Rebholz Kastanienbusch GG VIP HOUR
table 5 - Pfalz
Koehler-Ruprecht
Please welcome Dominik Sona, Estate Manager and
Franziska Schmitt, Cellar Master.
2012 Koehler-Ruprecht Saumagen Kabinett Trocken
2012 Koehler-Ruprecht Saumagen Spätlese Trocken
2008 Koehler-Ruprecht Saumagen Kabinett Trocken
2013 Koehler-Ruprecht Steinacker Kabinett
2001 Koehler-Ruprecht Saumagen Auslese Trocken “R” VIP HOUR
table 6 - Nahe
Schlossgut Diel
Please welcome Caroline Diel and Sylvain Diel.
2014 Schlossgut Diel Burgberg GG
2013 Schlossgut Diel Goldloch Kabinett
2014 Schlossgut Diel Pittermännchen Spätlese
2004 Schlossgut Diel Pittermännchen Auslese
2006 Schlossgut Diel Goldloch Sekt Brut (82 months sur latte) VIP HOUR
table 7 - Swabia
Beurer
Please welcome Jochen Beurer.
2014 Beurer Trocken
2014 Beurer Gipskeuper
2014 Beurer Kieselsandstein
2009 Beurer “Junges Schwaben”
2014 Beurer Pulvermächer GG VIP HOUR
table 8 - Mosel
Dr. Loosen
Please welcome Ian Dick, Regional Sales Manager, Loosen Brothers.
2012 Dr. Loosen Würzgarten Alte Reben GG
2011 Dr. Loosen Würzgarten Alte Reben Reserve GG
2013 Dr. Loosen Treppchen Kabinett
2004 Dr. Loosen Treppchen Auslese
2012 Dr. Loosen Prälat Auslese Gold Capsule VIP HOUR
table 9 - Mosel
Immich-Batterieberg
Please welcome Gernot Kollmann.
2013 Immich-Batterieberg “CAI”
2013 Immich-Batterieberg Escheburg
2013 Immich-Batterieberg Batterieberg
1983 Immich-Batterieberg Batterieberg Spätlese
1959 Immich-Batterieberg Batterieberg Auslese VIP HOUR
table 10 - Mosel
J.J. Prüm
Please welcome Katharina Prüm.
2014 J.J. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett
2014 J.J. Prüm Himmelreich Spätlese
2008 J.J. Prüm Himmelreich Spätlese
2007 J.J. Prüm Badstube Auslese
1997 J.J. Prüm Himmelreich Auslese VIP HOUR
table 11 - Mosel
Steinmetz
Please welcome Stefan Steinmetz.
2011 Steinmetz Hofburg “GD”
2013 Steinmetz Goldtröpfchen
2011 Steinmetz Geierslay “Sur Lie”
2003 Steinmetz Juffer Auslese
1997 Steinmetz Juffer Auslese VIP HOUR
table 12 - Mosel
Weiser-Künstler
Please welcome Konstantin Weiser and Alexandra Künstler.
2014 Weiser-Künstler Feinherb
2014 Weiser-Künstler Steffensberg
2011 Weiser-Künstler Ellergrub “GE”
2014 Weiser-Künstler Ellergrub Kabinett
2007 Weiser-Künstler Ellergrub Spätlese VIP HOUR
table 13 - Ruwer
Maximin Grünhaus / Von Schubert
Please welcome Dr. Carl von Schubert.
2012 Maximin Grünhaus Sekt Brut
2012 Maximin Grünhaus Abtsberg Alte Reben Trocken
2013 Maximin Grünhaus Herrenberg Kabinett
1995 Maximin Grünhaus Abtsberg Auslese
1995 Maximin Grünhaus Eiswein VIP HOUR
table 14 - Saar
Hofgut Falkenstein
Please welcome Johannes Weber and Lars Carlberg.
2013 Hofgut Falkenstein Sekt
2014 Hofgut Falkenstein Herrenberg Spätlese Feinherb
2014 Hofgut Falkenstein Euchariusberg Spätlese
2014 Hofgut Falkenstein Euchariusberg Auslese
2014 Hofgut Falkenstein Herrenberg Spätlese Feinherb MAGNUM
VIP HOUR
table 15 - Saar
Lauer
Please welcome Florian Lauer.
2012 Lauer Sekt Brut
2014 Lauer Saarfeilser GG
2014 Lauer “Senior”
2014 Lauer Unterstenberg
1992 Lauer Sekt VIP HOUR
table 16 - Saar
Egon Müller
Please welcome Veronika Lintner.
2014 Egon Müller “Scharzhof”
2014 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Spätlese
2011 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Auslese
1997 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Auslese
1994 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Auslese VIP HOUR
Nice!
Lineup is incredible! Anyone in the NYC area and is still on the fence this should change your mind. Unbelievable opportunity to explore Riesling for $29.
Incredible to say the least! Won’t miss it next year for sure. Was telling a friend about it just last night!
I may do the Prum table at home! 
I am bringing 59 & 71 Prum TBA to the dinner!
I think I will have to juggle the kid and make it. Nice line up. I may need a tongue transplant half way through though.
I don’t know if I’m more excited to taste the producers I know I love or the ones I’ve never tried before.
Fortunately I don’t have to decide.
Less than 48 hours to go…
Pretty psyched…signed up for the VIP session though unfortunately I probably can’t stay much longer than the hour. More for the rest of you!
I’d be interested to read your thoughts! I’ve only had a couple of vintages ('04 and '09, don’t think any others), but what I’ve tasted has been very interesting.
Glad you have the cash to spare.
I have tasted those 2014 Leitz wines- very enjoyable!
i never understand these comments. unless it’s sarcasm of course, in which case i humbly retreat
Indeed sarcasm.