A SPECIAL OFFER ON 2025 FALKENSTEIN RIESLINGS 

This installment of Riesling, Right Now! comes with the addition of a special offer, as we take a look at the wines of Hofgut Falkenstein, and announce newly stocked wine from the 2025 vintage.

There is no shortage of superlatives to be found when looking for information about Hofgut Falkenstein. The wines are spectacular!

The father-son estate was founded in 1985 when Erich Weber bought what was then, the worn out “Falkensteinerhof” winery facility, and undertook its labor intensive restoration.  If their location of Tälchen, a small side-valley of the Saar, in western Germany, doesn’t come up clearly in your mental map, there’s good reason for that. The Weber’s estate is comprised of many historic vineyards whose once storied reputations all but vanished as a result of the Weingesetz (German Wine Law)of 1971.… Read the rest

The highly rated 2024 vintage has just landed, and we have an outstanding selection to offer.

Envínate (translates as “wine yourself”.. imagine a fencer declaring “en garde!”) is the brainchild of 4 friends, winemakers Roberto Santana, Alfonso Torrente, Laura Ramos, and José Martínez.  This gang of 4 formed back in 2005 while studying enology at the University of Miguel Hernandez in Alicante. Upon graduation, they formed a winemaking consultancy, which evolved into Envínate, a project that focuses on exploring distinctive parcels mainly in the Atlantic-inflected regions of Ribeira Sacra and the Canary Islands. Their collective aim is to make profoundly pure and authentic wines that express the terruño of each parcel in a clear and concise manner. To this end, no chemicals are used in any of the Envínate vineyards, all parcels are picked by hand, the grapes are foot-trodden, and the wines are fermented exclusively with wild yeasts, with a varying proportion of whole grape clusters included.… Read the rest

“Riesling, Right Now!” is new ongoing feature here at Vinopolis. Every few weeks, we’ll put a spotlight on a single Riesling producer we have in stock. There are many. Some are easily found because we have row upon row of offerings (lookin’ at you Markus Molitor), while others are much easier to miss in the mix.

Riesling is a category of wine that inspires obsession as much as it can induce fear and intimidation. There are at least a few of us here at the shop who identify as Riesling True Believers, in case you couldn’t already tell, I’m one of them. We’ll be delighted to share why we can’t discuss the wines made from this noble grape without eventually making mention of light sabers, Valerian steel swords, honey drenched flowers, and David Bowie…  

For now, I’ll try not to get ahead of myself.… Read the rest