Organic, Biodynamic and Natural Wines

Our vineyards are planted exclusively to Spätburgunder. We have a very wide variety of old German clones as well as Swiss and French clonal material and vines from massal selection.

The Dernauer Spätburgunder is a Ortswein,... Read More

Even the venerable Jancis Robinson has called them (Enderle & Moll) “cult.”

In Germany many insiders consider Enderle & Moll the country’s single greatest producer of Pinot Noir. That’s a wild claim to... Read More

For me, always one of Laue’rs most angelic, soaring wines. Sourced from the top of the Kupp mountain, the vines here are battered by the wind and there is little soil and little water; it is a struggle up here. The wine,... Read More

Feils is the vineyard name of one of the three Grand Cru dry wines that Florian Lauer produces – the other two are Kupp and Schonfels. Note in German these are called “Grosses Gewächs,” translating to “great... Read More

The brothers Brand, Daniel and Jonas, have quickly brought attention to the far northern Pfalz, this cool-climate, limestone-rich, yet otherwise overlooked region. I would say the brothers (along with Andreas Durst) have redefined... Read More

The brothers Brand, Daniel and Jonas, have quickly brought attention to the far northern Pfalz, this cool-climate, limestone-rich, yet otherwise overlooked region. I would say the brothers (along with Andreas Durst) have redefined... Read More

Family-owned since 1774, Müller-Catoir is now owned by Philipp David Catoir, the 9thgeneration. Philipp David works alongside Martin Franzen, who is responsible for both vineyards and cellar. Martin originally comes from... Read More

The 2021 Spätburgunder is the estate Pinot Noir, harvested from younger vines across sites in Kallstadt, Ungstein and Leistadt and some older vines, especially those with German genetics. Elderberry aromatics with slight... Read More

Stefan Vetter is f-ing punk rock!

In other words, Stefan has done nothing that has even the slightest commercial logic to it.

Deeper, broader, more complex and more wild, Vetter’s Poiré (pear cider) “XO”... Read More

Stefan Vetter is f-ing punk rock!

In other words, Stefan has done nothing that has even the slightest commercial logic to it.

Vetter’s Poiré (pear cider) is effervescent, floral and beautifully delineated; a curious... Read More

Stefan Vetter is f-ing punk rock!

In other words, Stefan has done nothing that has even the slightest commercial logic to it.

Once a fairly common practice (and wine) for the domestic German market, the category of “Rotling”... Read More

Tasting Note: It offers a nice and direct nose of herbs, greengage, white peach, almond, and rosemary. The wine is straight and focused on the palate and leaves a slightly tart yet animating feel of herbs and citrusy fruits in... Read More