Name of wine: Riesling Effenberg
Producer: François Schmitt
Country / region: France / Alsace
Grape variety: riesling
Vintage: 2019
Price / place purchased: 20.00 € / from the producer in July 2025
Category: Very good / Très bon
Vignoble du Rêveur (Mathieu Deiss) – Vibrations 2023
Name of wine: Vibrations
Producer: Vignoble du Rêveur (Mathieu Deiss)
Country / region: France / Alsace
Grape variety: riesling
Vintage: 2023
Price / place purchased: 18.95 € / Vins Etonnants
Rafael Palacios – Louro Godello 2020
Name of wine: Louro
Producer: Rafael Palacios
Country / region: Spain / Valdeorras (Galicia)
Grape variety: godello
Vintage: 2020
Price / place purchased: 14.00 € / Lavinia
2nd tasting: Domaine Barmès-Buecher – Riesling Steingrubler Grand Cru 2016
Name of wine: Riesling Steingrubler Grand Cru
Producer: Domaine Barmès-Buecher
Country / region: France / Alsace
Grape variety: riesling
Vintage: 2016
Price / place purchased: 25.00 € / from the producer, October 2020
Julien Schaal – Riesling Calcaire Grand Cru Rosacker 2023
Name of wine: Riesling Calcaire Grand Cru Rosacker
Producer: Julien Schaal
Country / region: France / Alsace
Grape variety: riesling
Vintage: 2023
Price / place purchased: 24.90 € / Vinatis
Champagne Jacquesson – Cuvée n° 748 Extra Brut
Wine name: Cuvée n° 748 Extra Brut
Producer: Champagne Jacquesson
Country / region: France / Champagne
Grape variety: purportedly 55% chardonnay, 30% pinot noir & 15% pinot meunier
Vintage: non-vintage (2020 harvest; disgorgement in August 2024)
Price / place purchased: 72.00 € / Lavinia
Weingut Johannishof – Eser Cabinet Brut 2016
Wine name: Eser Cabinet Brut
Producer: Weingut Johannishof
Country / region: Germany / Rheingau
Grape variety: riesling
Vintage: 2016
Price / place purchased: 23.50 € / WeinSocietät Frankfurt
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