Terry Thiese's 2003 German Guide

Must be getting old faster than I thought. Is it already 365 days later than TT-2002?? Thanks awfully for the heads up. Always a l ng good read.

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Free Winona!

I love his writing style! Would Laube, Suckling, or Parker ever write something like this?

2002 Carl-Schmitt Wagner Longuicher Maximiner Herrenberg Riesling Kabinett

2002 is softer than 2001 but entirely pure and honest. This is spriggy and sassafrassy,
archetypal, with good deep fruit.

This is important, so I’m gonna say it loud.

HERE’S A WINE FROM 106-YEAR-OLD UNGRAFTED VINES, HAND-TENDED AND HAND-HARVESTED AND VINIFIED IN SMALL BATCHES AND ESTATE BOTTLED, AND YOU CAN OWN IT, DEAR CONSUMER, FOR AROUND EIGHTEEN DOLLARS. WHY THE HELL ARE YOU STILL PAYING 75-100 DOLLARS FOR SOME NEW-WORLD FLASH-IN-THE-PAN FROM SOME VINTNER-WANNABE WITHOUT A VINE TO HIS NAME??

****, if you want to squander your money I’ll sell you a pair of Orioles bleacher tickets
for $125 each.

SOMMELIER ALERT!
SOS: 2 (between five and twenty years)

Can soemone tell me what and how does the + sign work for Terry ? Thanks

thanks for the link R2-D2. So much to read, so many pages... gotta print this out at work tomorrow.

Thanks for the cross reference. I have not yet done more than skimmed it, but it looks entertaining and informative. Do I have to find it in the guide, or can someone tell me his story?

Another excellent catalog is from importer Rudi Wiest. His 2001 and 2002 writeup and all of Parkers scores and reviews for his wines can be found at this link:

Rudi Wiest Selections

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Eamus Catuli!

Thanks, there's a lot of interesting inforamtion there.

For anyone looking for some updated information from Terry Theise on the estates in his 2003 catalog (covering 2002 German wines), you can go to the link below. Terry clarifies some of the opinions expressed in his catalog (especially on Muller Catoir).

Terry Theise's 2nd look

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2nd look? Perhaps politics came into play here Skurnik was forced to re-evaluate to gain exclusive distribution rights.