2023 Weiser-Künstler Riesling Gaispfad Grand Cru, Mosel, Germany La Ferme des Sept Lunes Australian Ben Caldwell and Mexican

Australian Ben Caldwell and Mexican Marco Ruiz Cantú met in oenology school and launched Somos (“we are” in Spanish) in 2016 with a focus on alternative varietals and making wines as naturally as possible

similar to the Crème de Cacao

Certified Biodynamic

Made from estate-grown agave exclusively using historical techniques—from wood-fired oven to stone tahona

Harvested at optimum ripeness (always determined by consistent tasting in the vineyards)

2023 Weiser-Künstler Riesling Gaispfad Grand Cru, Mosel, Germany La Ferme des Sept Lunes Australian Ben Caldwell and MexicanGaispfad is always one of my favorite wines from the Mosel, and from Wei K. This is one of the most beguiling, forest fruit noses in the wine world, with a perfumed nose that quivers between tart alpine strawberries (there are tons of wild strawberries in the vineyard), tart blueberries, melon herbal elements that recall quinine, with a complex forest medley of pine needles, tulip stalks framed by an iron rich slate, a just fantastical array of