Oooooooh. Tasting all those Rieslings side by side sounds like heaven to me. My problem is that I doubt I could spit a 97 point wine so I would be drunk before the third flight. I guess being a Master of Wine/wine taster requires one quality I just don't have - self control! I will definitely be looking for some of these.
My fav from a vdp winery was the 2011 SA Prum GG Riesling; a liquid poem. Magic wine. I have to say though, these floods really saddened me, such a terrible loss of life due to extreme weather. It’s valiant of you to showcase a wine from the region that got hit the most.
Yes! Favourite video of the year! Wish you'd do more to include even more wines, just can't get enough! Maximin Grünhaus is for sure among my favourite VDP producers.
great video, just asked a friend who was in Berlin to see if she could get me one or more of these bottles but the shops she went to didn't carry any of them, however, one of the shop's manager told her that she knew you, pretty cool.
I wonder how my favourite Gunderloch Rothenberg Riesling Spätlese would fare in this tasting and competition and what would be it's alternatives... Our wine importers don't ship them here any more. Not sure, how these smell notes are called, but for me it's a hint of petrol/diesel in it (and that's what turns me on!), very mineral, the vineyard's soil looks like red broken pots :) I have to look for Wittmann and give it a try :)
Hey Konstantin, tried some of those wines at the Howard Ripley en primeur in London, and that Wittman was fantastic! Also you do look quite tired after all those tastings, have some rest man, we don't want you to burn yourself! Look after yourself, your content is absolutely brilliant!
Excellent timing on this one; the Kulinarische Weinwanderung in Freinsheim is this weekend and Rings' Saumagen just shot to the top of my must-try list while out on the trail! Thanks for sharing your expertise, particularly on German wines.
There's so many excellent wines to choose from in the VDP, but perhaps the wine most deserving of more attention than it gets is the Juliusspital Iphöfer Julius-Echter-Berg silvaner trocken GG.
Sehr sympathisch und auch einige meiner präferierten Weine. Immer interessant und echt ein schönes Beispiel für typisch deutschen Humor. Immer wieder ein Genuss.
I really like that you gave Rings a big stage in this video! For me one of the best upcoming, if not allready there, producers of Germany! Amazing concentrated, reductive and still refreshing and pleasant Pfalzer wines. GG’s having their own signature, while the ‘base wines’ (Kalk und stein/das kleine kreuz) are also one of a kind!
Konstantin, great video as usual! It struck me as I was watching this, but do you think a good video idea would be your process of tasting, taking your own tasting notes, and organizing them for future reference? How does a master of wine do that for 1 wine or 471 wines at an event? Haha
Hello Konstantin. Great Video, as always. Just a question: Which glas(es) was/were used during the VDP.GROSSES GEWÄCHS Event in Wiesbaden? Only the one which is shwon on the most pictures (with Rieling) - and which was it? Have there been others as well maybe for all the different pinots ? At most pictures it looks like the "Zwiesel Glas Weindegustationsglas Alloro" was used ?.
Whaaal! Really nice wines ! To answer your question : I love the Künstler VDP wines . But I recently found a store with some old trocken Künstler bottles that were really well kept and the wine was amazing , reduced , darker , but yet lively and fresh ! Riesling can be really amazing ! Cheers !
The Wittmann Morstein is one of my favorite and most memorable dry Rieslings! Niceee... As much as a like Rings, Huber, and Stodden... My favorite Spatty producer in Germany is Rudolf Furst.
@@michaele7177 Doh! Yes, could well be. Why not use the even shorter Pinot, PN, or SB (depending on context) remains to be learnt. I was thinking Spätlese which confused me in conjunction with Rudolf Fürst. 🤔
I am also a big Fan of the winery Rings. It is almost 15 minutes away of my home and these guys are doing an awesome job. When you are not able to get the high end wines just start with the "Gutswein" of them because this one is already a pleasure. Same for their other basis wines are just on an outstanding level and you get it for round about 10-12 € :)
Hi Konstantin, recently discovered your channel and thoroughly enjoy it. Have subscribed both the channel and newsletter. You may be interested to know Scientific American,October issue , has an article concerning the origins of wine based on a broad genetic study. Quite interesting! Grüße aus Berlin!
Interesting look attached there 2022 & 2021 vintages in Germany. With climate change and irregular weather patterns this'll will likely increase in frequency. Whiles VDP's GGs are amazing and compared with Napa, Cote de Beaune, Cote d' Or, Bolgheri, etc they do have a good QPR. But they are still preparing pricey, especially in export markets. I usually choose them Ortswein from a VDP Weingut. As i know the quality will be good and also give an indication of their Erste Lage and GG wines.
I looove German Rieslings and look forward to taste these, apart from Wittmann and Maximin already tasted. I love Karl Schaefer GG Herrenberg, also Peter Jacob Kuhn and Peter Lauer 🙌🏼
I choose Clemens Busch Fahrlay. It has beautiful exotic fruit tastes and subtle accidity. I always wonder how it tasts so different from the wines from a few curves further, like those of Dr. Loosen for example. I have the Gutswein from Grünhaus as well, which is really complete for a Gutswein. Nice herbal tones and the same exotic fruit as in Busch' wines.
Thank you for sharing! I’m currently looking to see if any are available in the US to bring into the small wine shop I buy for. I’d be happy to try and share any of these. Prost!
The US market is seriously missing out on German wines. Given the quality, it’s so hard to find any red wines even in the largest markets like New York! Hope importers and distributors up their game soon…
Hi Konstantin, what do you think about the Bürklin-Wolf GG Rieslings? And Meyer Näkel Spätburgunder? Were they green? Thank you for your great Videos 👍
I so want to hang out with you after these tastings, just to help finish these open bottles off...Lol. Time for barbecue as we Americans like to do...:)
Great Video - as usual. Maybe in future tastings like this you could give your opinion on the drinking window - eg when should I open the Laser Beam the earliest ;) Thank you so much!
I do tastings in paris to tourists and most the time I find the Germans who come are not enthusiastic about German wines, such a shame, there's so much good stuff!
KONSTANTIN, we hardly hear from you about wines from Württemberg. Should we pay attention to it? How about this Weindorf event there. Anything worth it from there? Thanks for the great content.
Back in the mid-80's I was primarily a drinker of beer and would indulge in trying out 6 to 8 different kinds of beers a week. Back then I thought that Germany was almost solely a beer-drinking country with the exception of Riesling and Gewurztraminer. I'm still very ignorant of wine production from different countries and regions but I appreciate tastings such as these which at least give me a glimmering of the kinds of grapes that are being cultivated and the styles of wine that are emerging from those grapes within the context of country and region. My favorite wine experiences so far have come from Old Vine Zinfandel. Do you plan on any tastings (blind or 20/20) that will focus on just the Zinfandel grape?
Tough to get these in the US also, and the differentiation of German wines makes it sometimes tough. I doubt I’d see any of these in normal channels but then again probably hard to get in de also
For me there's no such thing as /the/ favorite or best wine as it depends on feeling that day or pairing for example. That said, Wittmann, and Morstein in particular, certainly is /one/ of my favorites. 😉
I've access to a few of these wines, such as the Rings. What's remarkable is that these wines are still "only" around CHF 60 in Switzerland (US$60). How much would an equivalent quality white Burgundy cost? At least double I guess?
I don't have the budget to go for GGs. As a VDP vinery I like meyer Näkel though I mostly stick to their gutsweine. I remember having the Kräuterberg Große Lage once or twice and liking it quite well. I havent drunk enough Jean stodden to have an opinion about their wines tbh. Day to day i stick to WG Mayschoss Altenahr, Dagernova or Kriechel as far as german wine is concerned.Non VDP but what you get for your money is great. Yes its all Ahr valley wine, but thats maybe cause that was the nearest wine region and I've always liked reds more than whites.
Here is an idea. Have a random pick of your fans to join you next year for the event. A chance to meet you in person and attend the tasting of the best Germany has to offer is something many would love.
I always look in the German wine section in the US but the selection is always so poor. The difference between a good and bad store is whether they have a selection of 5 rieslings, or a dozen rieslings. I've never seen a German Pinot anywhere. Stores are weird though. The same store will organize both by country and by variety. I've never seen a Pinot in the "Germany" section, but it's possible one or two were buried in the "Pinot Noir" section that I didn't spot. I'll have to ask next time.
A barrel sample is usually wine taken from the barrel or tank before the entire batch is bottled. In this case, I was wrong - the winemaker contacted me to let me know that the wine was bottled but the "real" labels hadn't arrived yet.
@@clydeblair9622While technically often a Spätlese or even Auslese trocken, VDP GG are not based on the Prädikate. They are orthogonal classifications: Prädikate are based on sugar, while VDP classifications try to realize a terroir approach similar to the Burgundian one. As this was the VDP presentation, Prädikate had no say.
dont get me wrong love your channel , but 90 euro on a bottle is not what 90% of the People can just spend. and its easy to find good wine at the price point Finding gems cheap thats the real talent IMO
Lol did you read the title of the video? Have a day off. He has plenty of videos about cheap bargain wines. You don’t like expensive wine? Don’t drink them. Better yet don’t even watch the video! 🤦🏻♂️
Oooooooh. Tasting all those Rieslings side by side sounds like heaven to me. My problem is that I doubt I could spit a 97 point wine so I would be drunk before the third flight. I guess being a Master of Wine/wine taster requires one quality I just don't have - self control! I will definitely be looking for some of these.
Yes, spitting good wine is against my principles.
Same here. I frickin LOVE Riesling
His enthusiasm is infectious, love the show.
My heart goes out to the victims of the flooding. Thank you for the video.
My fav from a vdp winery was the 2011 SA Prum GG Riesling; a liquid poem. Magic wine. I have to say though, these floods really saddened me, such a terrible loss of life due to extreme weather. It’s valiant of you to showcase a wine from the region that got hit the most.
Liebe es, dass du Saumagen erklärt hast 😅
Yes! Favourite video of the year! Wish you'd do more to include even more wines, just can't get enough! Maximin Grünhaus is for sure among my favourite VDP producers.
we have the maximin grunhaus on our pairing at work atm, really classy and vibrant riesling
my 2 favorites, rieslig and spätburgunder. thanks for testing. i'll check these wines asap.
They all sound really good. You've given them some "humdinger" scores ay!
Fantastic video again! Thanks so much!
great video, just asked a friend who was in Berlin to see if she could get me one or more of these bottles but the shops she went to didn't carry any of them, however, one of the shop's manager told her that she knew you, pretty cool.
I want them all! You’ve made them sound so luscious. Hope these are available in the US. Cheers
I wonder how my favourite Gunderloch Rothenberg Riesling Spätlese would fare in this tasting and competition and what would be it's alternatives... Our wine importers don't ship them here any more. Not sure, how these smell notes are called, but for me it's a hint of petrol/diesel in it (and that's what turns me on!), very mineral, the vineyard's soil looks like red broken pots :) I have to look for Wittmann and give it a try :)
Superb presentation as always thanks
Hey Konstantin, tried some of those wines at the Howard Ripley en primeur in London, and that Wittman was fantastic! Also you do look quite tired after all those tastings, have some rest man, we don't want you to burn yourself! Look after yourself, your content is absolutely brilliant!
The Wittmann kirchspiel is my favorite riesling of all time!!. Still waiting to try the morstein though😅
Excellent timing on this one; the Kulinarische Weinwanderung in Freinsheim is this weekend and Rings' Saumagen just shot to the top of my must-try list while out on the trail!
Thanks for sharing your expertise, particularly on German wines.
Great video as always!
There's so many excellent wines to choose from in the VDP, but perhaps the wine most deserving of more attention than it gets is the Juliusspital Iphöfer Julius-Echter-Berg silvaner trocken GG.
100% agree
Sehr sympathisch und auch einige meiner präferierten Weine. Immer interessant und echt ein schönes Beispiel für typisch deutschen Humor. Immer wieder ein Genuss.
I am a big fan of the wines of Weingut Keller, specifically their GG higher-end wines like Kirchspiel and Hubacker.
I really like that you gave Rings a big stage in this video!
For me one of the best upcoming, if not allready there, producers of Germany!
Amazing concentrated, reductive and still refreshing and pleasant Pfalzer wines. GG’s having their own signature, while the ‘base wines’ (Kalk und stein/das kleine kreuz) are also one of a kind!
These guys doing and outstanding Job.
I tried almost everything and it is just so on point and often such a pleasure to taste :)
Konstantin, great video as usual! It struck me as I was watching this, but do you think a good video idea would be your process of tasting, taking your own tasting notes, and organizing them for future reference? How does a master of wine do that for 1 wine or 471 wines at an event? Haha
My favorite VDP wine is the Dönnhoff Norheimer Kirschiek Spätlese 2017. 🤤
Hello Konstantin. Great Video, as always. Just a question: Which glas(es) was/were used during the VDP.GROSSES GEWÄCHS Event in Wiesbaden? Only the one which is shwon on the most pictures (with Rieling) - and which was it? Have there been others as well maybe for all the different pinots ? At most pictures it looks like the "Zwiesel Glas Weindegustationsglas Alloro" was used ?.
Heading to Germany in 3 weeks time. Good timing to learn more about German white
As always I’d like to know how much theses wines cost so I can see what I can’t afford ;-)
You get some of the wines at "Lobenbergs- gute Weine". Lobenbergs is one of the langes online Dealers for Premium German Wines:)
If you click on the links in the description you'll get an idea.
Yes, prices depend on your market. OnnWine Searcher you find very accurate prices
Whaaal! Really nice wines ! To answer your question : I love the Künstler VDP wines . But I recently found a store with some old trocken Künstler bottles that were really well kept and the wine was amazing , reduced , darker , but yet lively and fresh ! Riesling can be really amazing ! Cheers !
Wow a gr8 tasting, and always love the cork chucking 😂
The Wittmann Morstein is one of my favorite and most memorable dry Rieslings! Niceee... As much as a like Rings, Huber, and Stodden... My favorite Spatty producer in Germany is Rudolf Furst.
What's "Spatty"?
@@zaphod333 I think he meant "Spätburgunder" aka Pinot Noir
@@michaele7177 Doh! Yes, could well be. Why not use the even shorter Pinot, PN, or SB (depending on context) remains to be learnt.
I was thinking Spätlese which confused me in conjunction with Rudolf Fürst. 🤔
Not sure i have a favorite VDP wine but Emrich-Schönleber Halenberg GG is really good
It's a shame it's difficult to find German wines in France/Spain in stores, you convinced me to try them but the choice is very limited.
I am also a big Fan of the winery Rings.
It is almost 15 minutes away of my home and these guys are doing an awesome job.
When you are not able to get the high end wines just start with the "Gutswein" of them because this one is already a pleasure.
Same for their other basis wines are just on an outstanding level and you get it for round about 10-12 € :)
Hi Konstantin, recently discovered your channel and thoroughly enjoy it. Have subscribed both the channel and newsletter. You may be interested to know Scientific American,October issue , has an article concerning the origins of wine based on a broad genetic study. Quite interesting! Grüße aus Berlin!
Interesting look attached there 2022 & 2021 vintages in Germany. With climate change and irregular weather patterns this'll will likely increase in frequency.
Whiles VDP's GGs are amazing and compared with Napa, Cote de Beaune, Cote d' Or, Bolgheri, etc they do have a good QPR.
But they are still preparing pricey, especially in export markets. I usually choose them Ortswein from a VDP Weingut. As i know the quality will be good and also give an indication of their Erste Lage and GG wines.
4:24 - I'm gonna steal this expression to describe high-acid Riesling, perfect!
I looove German Rieslings and look forward to taste these, apart from Wittmann and Maximin already tasted. I love Karl Schaefer GG Herrenberg, also Peter Jacob Kuhn and Peter Lauer 🙌🏼
Peter Jackson Kuhn, brilliant! 🤣
@@zaphod333 Jacob! My apologies 🫣
I choose Clemens Busch Fahrlay. It has beautiful exotic fruit tastes and subtle accidity.
I always wonder how it tasts so different from the wines from a few curves further, like those of Dr. Loosen for example.
I have the Gutswein from Grünhaus as well, which is really complete for a Gutswein.
Nice herbal tones and the same exotic fruit as in Busch' wines.
Surprised by the glass you chose.
I would like to know more about Ahr after flood.
Thank you for sharing! I’m currently looking to see if any are available in the US to bring into the small wine shop I buy for. I’d be happy to try and share any of these. Prost!
I hope to find some of these producers next year when I travel to Germany.
The US market is seriously missing out on German wines. Given the quality, it’s so hard to find any red wines even in the largest markets like New York! Hope importers and distributors up their game soon…
They don't make enough to supply the US.
Hi Konstantin, what do you think about the Bürklin-Wolf GG Rieslings? And Meyer Näkel Spätburgunder? Were they green? Thank you for your great Videos 👍
Bürklin Wolf was great but I thought I should give others a chance. Same for Meyer Näkel- the wines were very good as well
Big fan sir from India 🇮🇳❤ please try indian wine also sir.
I so want to hang out with you after these tastings, just to help finish these open bottles off...Lol. Time for barbecue as we Americans like to do...:)
Great Video - as usual. Maybe in future tastings like this you could give your opinion on the drinking window - eg when should I open the Laser Beam the earliest ;) Thank you so much!
I do tastings in paris to tourists and most the time I find the Germans who come are not enthusiastic about German wines, such a shame, there's so much good stuff!
Funny stuff. I went to Berhard Huber 8 years ago :)
"I've never used the word 'humdinger' before" (c) Konstantin Baum, 2023
Things change… vocabularies expand 😉
missed opportunity
!@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine
KONSTANTIN, we hardly hear from you about wines from Württemberg. Should we pay attention to it? How about this Weindorf event there. Anything worth it from there? Thanks for the great content.
Yes, there are some great producers like Dautel, Haidle and Aldinger
Danke. I'll definitely look for them. @@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine
I learnt something from this video. GG is dry. Thanks!
Back in the mid-80's I was primarily a drinker of beer and would indulge in trying out 6 to 8 different kinds of beers a week. Back then I thought that Germany was almost solely a beer-drinking country with the exception of Riesling and Gewurztraminer. I'm still very ignorant of wine production from different countries and regions but I appreciate tastings such as these which at least give me a glimmering of the kinds of grapes that are being cultivated and the styles of wine that are emerging from those grapes within the context of country and region. My favorite wine experiences so far have come from Old Vine Zinfandel. Do you plan on any tastings (blind or 20/20) that will focus on just the Zinfandel grape?
Tough to get these in the US also, and the differentiation of German wines makes it sometimes tough. I doubt I’d see any of these in normal channels but then again probably hard to get in de also
For me there's no such thing as /the/ favorite or best wine as it depends on feeling that day or pairing for example.
That said, Wittmann, and Morstein in particular, certainly is /one/ of my favorites. 😉
I've access to a few of these wines, such as the Rings. What's remarkable is that these wines are still "only" around CHF 60 in Switzerland (US$60). How much would an equivalent quality white Burgundy cost? At least double I guess?
The equivalent quality would be Grand Cru. 120$ wont be enough 😢
I don't have the budget to go for GGs.
As a VDP vinery I like meyer Näkel though I mostly stick to their gutsweine. I remember having the Kräuterberg Große Lage once or twice and liking it quite well. I havent drunk enough Jean stodden to have an opinion about their wines tbh.
Day to day i stick to WG Mayschoss Altenahr, Dagernova or Kriechel as far as german wine is concerned.Non VDP but what you get for your money is great.
Yes its all Ahr valley wine, but thats maybe cause that was the nearest wine region and I've always liked reds more than whites.
Here is an idea. Have a random pick of your fans to join you next year for the event. A chance to meet you in person and attend the tasting of the best Germany has to offer is something many would love.
That would be nice!
😩 I can't find most of these in my area 😭
Would be great to see them in your store to buy. It's not easy to buy German wines in EU.
Was the Fürst R Chardonnay from Franken there? It’s been on my top list for a long time.
No, it wasn’t unfortunately
Very interesting. None of these wines are available in the US. Someone should import these into the US so we can have access.
They are also hard to get in Germany...
Most of the producers export to the US but it might be difficult finding them as they are produced in small quantities
Mr. Baum, what kind of knife are you using?
It is in the description
I always look in the German wine section in the US but the selection is always so poor. The difference between a good and bad store is whether they have a selection of 5 rieslings, or a dozen rieslings. I've never seen a German Pinot anywhere. Stores are weird though. The same store will organize both by country and by variety. I've never seen a Pinot in the "Germany" section, but it's possible one or two were buried in the "Pinot Noir" section that I didn't spot. I'll have to ask next time.
Ruwer is heaven!
Thoughts on Ancellotta?
These look delicious. I was salivating at those Riesling descriptions 🤤
GOOD WINE IS THE ONE MADE OF GRAPES AND THE ONE THAT YOU LIKE.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS
M A R K E T I N G😊
"....half a bottle of blue nun...."
Could you please explain what a “barrel sample” is for those of us who do not know?
A barrel sample is usually wine taken from the barrel or tank before the entire batch is bottled. In this case, I was wrong - the winemaker contacted me to let me know that the wine was bottled but the "real" labels hadn't arrived yet.
@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine that’s very interesting, thank you!
Salwey GG Spätburgunder 👍
Are there any websites were i can purchase some interesting stuff from Germany?
Depends where you live.
@@frossato Italy
@@fabiofossati4218 Imaginei..acredito que as lojas alemas enviam pra ti.
@@fabiofossati4218 Check out Lobenbergs, they should deliver to Italy, but I don't know the cost.
Gute Weine Lobenberg have a big selection of GGs
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How's the family?
They are doing well. Hod is yours?
What happened to QMP?
What do you mean?
@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine Qualitatswein Mit Pradikat.
@@clydeblair9622While technically often a Spätlese or even Auslese trocken, VDP GG are not based on the Prädikate. They are orthogonal classifications: Prädikate are based on sugar, while VDP classifications try to realize a terroir approach similar to the Burgundian one.
As this was the VDP presentation, Prädikate had no say.
@@zaphod333 Thanks.
dont get me wrong love your channel , but 90 euro on a bottle is not what 90% of the People can just spend. and its easy to find good wine at the price point Finding gems cheap thats the real talent IMO
Lol did you read the title of the video? Have a day off. He has plenty of videos about cheap bargain wines. You don’t like expensive wine? Don’t drink them. Better yet don’t even watch the video! 🤦🏻♂️
This video is not about budget wines, it's about elite wines. There's a lot of good affordable wines videos on the channel.
Das stimmt mehr als 50€ gebe ich in der Regel auch nicht aus
Stop throwing things around, it is annoying :(
Top notch.
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