The whole day is devoted to Pomerol, researching, writing, editing and stressing. I work solidly for hours and then bail at 5.00pm to attend a tasting of German 2009s in Victoria. The wines are impressive, full of minerality and personality, although it will be remembered more for a tirade against French AC laws by Dirk Richter of Max Ferdinand Richter. He’s off on one. Christian Ebert of Schloss Saarstein tries to interject every now and again, but even he knows it is futile. We could be here until midnight before Dirk has put the world to write. When I suggest to him that the German wine laws are not the main cause for the UK’s apathy towards German wine, but more the fact that consumers cannot remember the multi-syllabic names that inhibits brand loyalty…well, I am surprised he doesn’t leap over the wild boar sausages and punch me.
But I like his wines, but God knows what they were exactly. Was it Mulherimer? Feinherb? Kabinett? Himmelreich? God knows.
Filed under: germany, london tastings Tagged: | 2009, christian ebert, german wine, max ferdinand richter, riesling, schloss saarstein
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