Press & Links


Here’s a round-up of Press and Links.

Another lovely piece by Liz Sagues in the Ham & High.
https://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/liz_sagues_hamhigh_251121.pdf

From Bill Knott in The Oldie – “The Winery is a sweetshop for grown-ups, one in which most of the sugar has been turned to alcohol.”
https://theoldie.co.uk/article/what-happened-to-hock-and-moselle-bill-knott

Winners in the 2016 UK Top 50 German Wines
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2017/08/uk_top50_german_wines_2017.pdf

Nice piece by Liz Sagues in the Ham & High
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2017/08/hamhigh_liz_sagues_riesling_270717.pdf

David was on the panel blind-tasting German Riesling trocken 2014s for Decanter magazine
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/07/german_trocken_2014_decanter_0816_lores.pdf

Mike Dunn interviewed by William Kelley in Decanter
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/07/mike_dunn_decanter_0816_lores.pdf

Winners in the 2016 UK Top 50 German Wines
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/08/uk_german_top50_2016.jpg

Following his gently controversial piece in Noble Rot Magazine Issue 2 Red Wine With Fish – The Dark Art of Food and Wine Matching, David was asked to write another piece for Issue 10; an explanatory piece titled So What Is Noble Rot?

Our own David Motion makes an appearance at G Major, the German Tasting at the OXO Tower.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEXnMuDe09Y

Hurray! 6 of our wines are in the UK German Top 50 for 2015!
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2015/04/Top-50-2015-The-Winery.jpg

Harry Eyres recommends von Racknitz and Gut Hermannsberg in his piece about the Nahe for Country Life.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2015/04/countrylife110315.pdf

David was interviewed at The Riesling Fellowship in a suit and tie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqmOPVLR9wQ

Reiner Flick’s Holle was picked by Damian Barr in The Sunday Times.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2015/02/sundaytimesflickholle150215.jpeg

Here’s a short excerpt from Location, Location, Location Series 20 Episode 21 which was shot in The Winery.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Location.mov

David was asked to talk to 90 students at Geisenheim – Germany’s Wine University.
http://wordpress.p178521.webspaceconfig.de/index.php/2014/11/home-is-where-the-wine-is/

Zeren Wilson, writing in Christie’s Magazine, loves his Californians – including Hafner!
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2014/11/cali_christies_magazine_november_2014.pdf

Jane MacQuitty selected Casteggio’s Barbera for her Top 50.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2014/11/times_50_casteggio_barbera.jpg

Michael Terrien’s Chardonnay is Wine of the Week on bitten and written.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2014/08/bittenandwrittenterrienchardonnay.jpg

Wedgetail and Yarra Yarra are in Matthew Jukes’ 100 Best Australian Wines!
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2014/06/matthew_jukes_australian_100.jpg
Here’s his entire 100.
http://www.matthewjukes.com/2014/06/100-best-australian-wines-201415/matthew-jukes-100-best-2014-15/

Jancis Robinson was very taken by Jurgen von der Mark’s Pinot Noirs.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2014/06/jancis_robinson_von_der_mark_010614.jpg

We are delighted that 9 of our wines are in the UK German Top 50 for 2014!
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2015/04/Top-50-2014.pdf

Jancis Robinson loved Nelles’ Ruber Spatburgunder – made it her Wine of the Week.
http://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/a201311281.html

Fiona Beckett writes up Peter-Jakob Kuhn’s Sankt Nikolaus Riesling trocken in The Guardian.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/12/the_guardian_fiona_beckett_261013.pdf

Jane MacQuitty recommends Flick’s Nonnberg in The Times.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/12/the_times_jane_macquitty_051013.pdf

Twentysomethinglondon.com came to check us out. Aside from their very nice review of us, check out their great website – fab recommendations for shops, cafes, restaurants & events in London.
http://www.twentysomethinglondon.com/the-winery-independent-wine-shop-in-warwick-avenue/

Bob Tyrer wrote up Gerrit Walter’s Riesling trocken in The Sunday Times.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/07/sundaytimes280713.pdf

The wonderful Dunn Howell Mountain came out top in the Decanter Magazine Napa & Sonoma 2009 Cabernet Tasting. Coincidentally The Winery’s David Motion was one of the panelists. Everything was tasted blind of course.
Watch out, this is a LARGE FILE (6.8MB), so we DO NOT recommend downloading this on your smart phone while roaming abroad!
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/08/decanter2009calicab0213.pdf
Here’s a shorter, cut-down version – still big, though (3.5MB).
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/08/decanter2009calicab0213edit.pdf

There were a couple of pictures of our Riesling Dinner at Hardy’s in Drinks Business.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/08/drinksbusinessweekinpictures11_050813.pdf
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/08/drinksbusinessweekinpictures12_050813.pdf

Liz Sagues writes about the 31 Days of German Riesling in the Ham & High.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/07/hamandhigh180713.pdf

Kate Spicer picked Demencia at the RAW Fair for her column in The Sunday Times.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/08/sundaytimes300613.pdf

Jane MacQuitty picked Mosnier’s Chablis Vieilles Vignes as one of her top whites in The Times.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/07/times290613.pdf

Dr Miles Thomas, Educational Psychologist and Wine Consultant, dropped in at a recent tasting.
http://www.winepsych.com/?p=3385

John Stimpfig raves about Spatburgunder and quotes David in the FT.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/11/FT_John_Stimpfig_Spatburgunder_091112.pdf

Or, if you prefer the web version:
http://howtospendit.ft.com/drink/13051-black-forest-chateau

Decanter Magazine Expert’s Choice featured German Pinot Noir.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/10/Decanter_German_Pinot_Noir_1112.pdf

Jane MacQuitty picked Casteggio’s gently sweet, gently sparkling Moscato as one of her Times Top 50
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/08/macquitty_moscato_times_280712.jpg

David wrote a wine column for Vantage Magazine
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/08/vantagejuly12.pdf

Jane Clare in The Liverpool Daily Post
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-culture/liverpool-life/2012/07/20/wine-more-reasons-to-enjoy-a-classy-glass-of-riesling-99623-31418937/

Jane MacQuitty also enjoyed Flick’s Victoriaberg Riesling trocken 2011
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/07/macquitty_victoriaberg_times_140712.pdf

David did an interview for Debierzo.com, a site dedicated to wine from Bierzo
http://www.debierzo.com/blog/1336/el-bierzo-segun-david-motion/
And here’s a translation into English.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/bierzo-according-to-david-motion/

The Sunday Times
http://www.thewineryuk.com/page/press/sundaytimes110911.pdf

Harry Eyres writes about Riesling from the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer and the Mosel Bridge in The Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/wine/8681659/Rieslings-from-the-Mosel-valley.html

Liz Sagues writing about Riesling trockens in the Ham and High
http://www.thewineryuk.com/page/press/hamandhigh190511.pdf

Jancis Robinson’s Wine of the Week
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/08/jancis_flick_victoriaberg_040311.pdf

Robert Calcraft’s Little Black Book in Sunday Telegraph Stella Magazine
http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG8246595/Little-Black-Book-Robert-Calcraft.html

Rosi Hanson’s German Travel piece in Decanter
http://www.thewineryuk.com/page/press/rosihansondecanterjan11.pdf

The Times
http://www.thewineryuk.com/page/press/times131110.pdf

The Sunday Times
http://www.thewineryuk.com/page/press/sundaytimes311010.pdf

The Economist/More Intelligent Life
http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/lifestyle/catherine-nixey/wine-moon

The Ecologist
http://www.theecologist.org/green_green_living/food_and_drink/458922/what_is_biodynamic_wine_and_which_bottles_should_you_pick.html

The Sunday Times
http://www.thewineryuk.com/page/press/sundaytimes110710.pdf

Decanter
http://www.decanter.com/wine/best-wines/s-Ten-best-wines-from-The-Winery/669/1920

The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/consuming-issues-germany-riesling-to-the-occasion-1829476.html

The Sunday Times – Bob Tyrer on Clemens Busch and a scary ride on his Monorackbahn
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/08/sunday_times_busch_011209.pdf

The Sunday Times – Bob Tyrer enjoyed Kuhn’s wines
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/08/sunday_times_kuhn_051109.pdf

The Sunday Times on the terrible Mosel Bridge
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/08/sunday_times_bridge_041009.pdf

The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/25/germany-angela-merkal-election
This one was not about us, but about growers we work with. We went out with Simon for his story.

Jancis Robinson
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/08/new_wave_germans_140709.pdf

The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/apr/22/moon-lunar-cycle-wine-tasting?showAllComments=true

BBC News Online
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8008167.stm

BBC Breakfast show and BBC News Channel
http://www.youtube.com/thewineryuk#play/all/uploads-all/1/oawMSApimhE

Sky TV News
http://www.youtube.com/thewineryuk#play/all/uploads-all/0/kSRY8oLf3eo

The Guardian
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/06/The-Guardian_180409.pdf

The Sun – Fergus Shanahan came to Germany with us.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/08/the_sun_180409.pdf

Andrew Jefford – one of our favourite reviews. “This is avant-garde wine-merchanting.”
http://www.thewineryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/08/andrew_jefford_calling_little_venetians.pdf

Just clearing one of our hard drives and stumbled across this not-so-new but relevant piece from David Williams in Wine & Spirit Magazine.
http://www.thewineryuk.com/page/press/best_of_both_wine_worlds_david_williams_W&S.pdf