Right, it’s not that I can’t use wine-searcher it’s that they were represented in the states by Thiese/Skurnik for decades and were widely available and now they only appear at one store I’ve never heard of, although no one lists the Bacharacher Hahn Riesling Kabinett now:
I was wondering if anyone had any intel on why that is and whether the wines are still as good and if folks in Europe have better access.
Well, yes, I can use wine-searcher, too, but SommSelect doesn’t show up in W-S results, which is why I pointed it out. How was I supposed to infer what you meant by your question? (I assumed you meant both current quality, to which I can’t speak, and availability, which I addressed). By the way, SommSelect is a favorite online retailer among quite a few Berserkers, which, again, is why I posted the availability info here.
From my memory and tastings, the wines got pretty inconsistent in the late 1990s. I bought a fair bit when I was first getting heavily into German Riesling, but that dropped to near zero by 2004 or so. They fell out of the Theise portfolio around 2010
Thanks, David. Too bad to hear that quality has suffered. The Bacharacher Hahn Kabinett from 1988 to 1994 were a consistent joy and have a special place in my vinous heart.
Fair enough. I could have been more clear about what I meant.
I’m generally reluctant to purchase form online retailers where I don’t know them personally or someone I know knows them personally and vouches. I also probably have an adverse reaction to anything with “somm” in the name.
Since several here have noted that Leitz has become hard to find, you might be interested in knowing that VinConnect is offering three 2017 GGs from Leitz (Rosengarten, Kaiesersteinfels Terrassen, Schlossberg Ehrenfels) at $54, $54 and $60. VinConnect claims the 2017 vintage was not released to the US market before. The whole email is too long for me to cut and paste here, but if you want more info, PM or email me and I can send it along.
I already ordered some. Always happy to support Johannes.
Rheingau Rheingau Weinland Riesling auslese Mittelheimer Edelmann 2018 (16/19) : 16/20 - 11/2/2022
Good but so shy. Thought Mosel Kabinett.
Eva Fricke is the bomb!
Lorcher KRONE Riesling QbA Trocken is stellar in 2019 and 2020
Breuer Sclossberg is always stellar 
The Rheingau gets a bad rap because there were several notable underachievers for at least a generation, but I’ve also had some very memorable Rieslings and Spatburgunders from this region.
I probably go most for Leitz, Spreitzer, Kustler, Weil, Kuhn, and Eva Fricke these days. Schloss Johannisberg has improved greatly over the past decade. I’ve enjoyed what I’ve had from Breuer, but my experience with them is a lot more limited.
Schloss Schonborn has made a few brilliant wines over the years (the 2010 Marcobrunn GG was a particular favorite), but also a lot of wines that were merely good and should have been better.
Becker is a tough one for me: I can appreciate the wines, but don’t necessarily gravitate toward their style. Johannishof and Toni Jost (both from the Rheingau and the Mittelrhein) have never really struck a chord for me, either.
I’ve heard some promising things about the Corvers-Kauter wines, but have yet to try anything from them. Von Simmern certainly owns some top parcels, and made some excellent wines back in the day (a 1988 Marcobrunn Spatlese Trocken was quite impressive two years ago).
On the older side, Schloss Eltz made some impressive wines up through 1976 before disappearing in the 1980s. I’ve also had some amazing mature wines from Kloster Eberbach, and although I’ve heard positive things about their recent wines, the most recent wine I’ve had was a 2012.
Unfortunately a lot of the wines in that era were heat damaged in shipping. I bought a case of Schloss Eltz Rauenthaler Baiken Auslese around the time of the article that was clearly heat damaged. 
Eva Fricke now has at least one or some of the Eltz vineyards.
I one of these recently. I am biased regarding 1983 from Mosel, Nahe and Rheingau but it really shined
