Back to School Edition: Chapter Two of Three

Well, I’ve really leapt down a rabbit hole with this one…

This second selection of Back to School wines hits the peak of the technical complexity I’ll dive into for now. No promises about what kind of nerdiness the future holds, but that is a promise that the third set will be the most accessible.

Experiment two, takes us to Zeltinger Sonnenuhr in the year 2018.

All three wines presented here come from a vineyard that happens to neighbor the site presented in the previous post. For this study, we’ll taste how winemaker Markus Molitor approaches a few layers of the Prädikats.

About Prädikat:

German wine uses a four-tier quality framework based on the German Wine Classification:

• Deutscher Wein: Basic table wine with no specific geographic origin required on the label.

Back to School Edition: Chapter One of Three

Perhaps it’s my kid’s return to school this week, and their entry into an environment of structured, scientific learning that has me looking at the wine in our inventory in a more analytic manner than usual.

Perhaps it’s just that I’m actually a nerd.

I accept that both can be true at the same time.

Either way, let’s dive in.

The labeling laws for German Riesling communicate the significant details about who, where, when, and several of the hows of the wine’s creation. With fluency in the labels, you can get a better idea of “what” is actually in the bottle before you open it.

It’s a pretty cool system!

But, it is a lot of information, which can feel overwhelming.… Read the rest