In the 1960s Weingut Karthäuserhof had some remarkable bottlings known for their warmth and generosity, not the terms most often associated with the estate's wines today, but sadly we couldn't get a good look at the wine through the oxidation here. (For a period of time up until the mid 1980s, Karthäuserhof had bottled their wines from the iron-rich Karthäuserhofberg according to five former place-names: Burgberg, Kronenberg, Orthsberg, Sang, and Stirn.) ...
Aus touristischer und landschaftsästhetischer Sicht passt auf den Burgberg eine geschickt in die Landschaft eingebundene Gastronomie; dieser Modernisierungsschritt wird von uns begrüßt. Ein Hotel gehört nicht auf den Burgberg, ...
I'd certainly be willing to argue the toss on David's description of the white from Chateau d'Estoublon making Le Soula look 'basic' - I visited the fascinating Biodynamic estate of d'Estoublon a few years ago, where Eloi Durbach of Domaine de Trevallon is ..... Sweet: Diel (Germany) Burgberg Eiswein 1999. Sparkling: Deutz (France) Champagne NV Fortified: Fonseca (Portugal) Vintage Port 2003. Dud: A badly corked bottle of homemade Chardonnay! Ack! Thing: MacBook Pro ...
