• About this blog

    If, when, why, what

  • French-English-German wine dictionary

    In need of the right term(s)

  • Camilla Gjerde: »We Don’t Want Any Crap in Our Wine«

    An interview with the Norwegian writer about her book that portraits women winemakers from Austria, France and Italy

  • Re: Inquiry for 300 cork (part 2)

    Finding the right cork for my first wine (part 2)

  • Re: Inquiry for 300 cork (part 1)

    Finding the right cork for my first wine (part 1)

  • My second Trollinger

    The quest for the best Trollinger

  • Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Justus Beier

    An interview with the Director of the Clinic for Plastic Surgery, Hand and Burn Surgery at the Uniklinik RWTH Aachen

  • Re: Compostable pallet wrap

    An Australian company makes compostable pallet wrap

  • Ab Initio

    A very (!) long introduction to Ab Initio featuring an interview with their winemaker Emmanuel Roblin

  • My wine cellar

    The first two entries to my Loire-based wine cellar

  • »Les vendanges de l’amour«

    Do you know the song?

  • My first Trollinger

    An intriguing German grape varietal whose reputation isn't the best

  • »Les Roches«: a Chinon from 1989

    Tasting a quite legendary Cabernet Franc

  • Meeting Norman re. labels

    Norman is a good friend and the graphic designer I work with in regards to the design of my first wine's label

  • An interview with Romain Cole

    Romain Cole's »Es brutal !« is a book that features interviews, in French, with various winegrowers and -makers in Catalonia

  • Tasting wine with Sylvain

    12 wines tasted in one evening

  • »Es brutal !« – Romain Cole’s foreword

    Preparing for the interview with Romain Cole

  • Frank Cornelissen and Gvantsa Otskhanuri

    Great rosé wines from Sicily and Georgia

  • How I travel to the Loire

    (»By train«, that's the quick answer)

  • Label copy

    What might go on the front label of my first wine

  • Introducing Fabien Perréard’s »Le Nadir«

    Fabien makes stunning wines so I asked him a few questions

  • (Other) wines tasted at the Loire in March

    What tasting notes can be for

  • Visiting Sylvain Leest

    It all started with this Menu Pineau

  • Amicalement vin

    The local wine shop I like visiting

  • Pruning and manuring

    Typical work in the vines – in March

  • Tractor, tulips, cellar

    A relatively short working day in Vouvray

  • Vintage 2021 – tasting the barrels

    Tasting my wine for the first time since the harvest in September 2021

  • Back in Vouvray – a busy day

    So much can happen in just one day

  • Cédric Fleury

    An interview with the vigneron whose domaine is called Les Gauchers

  • How I became a wine agent

    … by selling Thomas Puéchavy's 2019 vintage to the world

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