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Radio WM – two from Slurp

Hofmann Riesling Trocken ‘Vom Roten Stein’ Niersteiner 2014   Slurp £12.95 (from £14.95)   For TRY January, I urge you to buy a Riesling, this Riesling in fact. It’s dry and jam-packed full of exotic aromas and flavours. Smell passion-fruit, papaya and mango; in the taste, the feisty acidity it’s more like green apples and […]

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Radio WM Recommendations 29/07

Marks & Spencer Mineralstein Riesling 2014 £10.00 12% A crisp, refreshing and moreish white, not at all in the style of the German wines your Nan drank back in the day. This is a modern mouth-tingling joy; heady floral aromas, yet dry and taut, lively and zingy. Food match: Sushi, smoked fish and Thai food. […]

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Riesling Rocks

There must be good reasons why you, the wine lover, doesn’t drink wine made from particular grape varieties. But often this stubborn refusal to learn to love what some of us think of as utter deliciousness is sadly based on myth and outdated prejudice. The most maligned of these dejected grape varieties is the exquisite, uplifting and […]