These were the tasting notes from our Wünder Pinot Noir 2015 vintage from the 2020 Sommeliers Choice Awards: Fresh herbal aromas with mushrooms, moss and dried leaves. The palate is pure red fruit with flavors of cherry, strawberry and red plum. A slightly bitter stemmy note persists on the finish, adding complexity.

We have entered the Sommeliers Choice award for this year after we won a Gold Medal for our own brand Wünder in 2020. Here is an overview of the Judges on the Panel for this year’s competition.

Super interesting interview: CEO and chairman of Union Square Hospitality Group, also founder of Shake Shack, Danny Meyer, joins Washington Post Live on Tuesday, March 2 at 11:30am ET to discuss what the restaurant industry needs to make it through the remainder of the pandemic.

This is a terrific review of the amazing 2o19 vintage by Lobenberg’s, our favorite wine store in Germany. We are pleased to represent many of the wines that have been highlighted in this report and we are working relentless to bring more of these top wines to American Sommeliers and collectors.

It was an absolute pleasure co-hosting this Virtual Wine tasting for our friends at the German American Chamber of Commerce (GACC). While I was pouring Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noirs from three different German wine regions, we enjoyed beautiful live music by the talented Eleanor Dubinsky and had the opportunity to meet new and interesting people. I look forward to meet everyone in person later this year but am grateful we are getting together on these virtual sessions in the meantime. Reminder that we are pricing our own label Grand Cru Spätburgunder from Weingut Nelles at 50% off retail as an exclusive offer to all GACC members.

This wine cellar takes your Smart Home to the next level. At the heart of the WineCab system is a 7-Axis industrial high speed robotic arm, the first to be installed in a residential setting or restaurant.

Beautiful behind the scene case studies of how we created our own wine brands with Design Partner Nude Brand Creation.

Brilliant article in WineEnthusiast by Anna Lee C. Iijima about the broad diversity of German whites! Typically associated with Riesling, the nation’s most heralded and widely planted grape. Yet, beyond Riesling’s bright glare, Germany boasts a diversity of intriguing white wines.

Published in July 2018 and more true today, a strong reckoning for stellar expressions of Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir from Germany in this third in a three-part series in WSJ by Lettie Teague.

Delighted to host this virtual Wine Tasting for my friends at the GACC NY. If you fancy a less serious Zoom call for a change and taste some delicious VDP wines from Ahr, Pfalz and Württemberg, please join us and register here.