by Colleen Kelly | Jul 6, 2023
The friendship between Ernst Loosen of the Dr. Loosen Estate in Germany, and Peter Barry of Jim Barry Wines, Australia, began in 1995 in London. Forged out of a mutual respect for the noble variety Riesling, this collaboration of ideas pays homage to the winemaking...
by Colleen Kelly | Jun 28, 2023
Jim Barry purchased the Lodge Hill vineyard in 1977 as he was sure it would “produce some of the best Riesling in Clare.” Situated on the eastern ranges of the township of Clare, Lodge Hill is one of the highest vineyards in the Valley – at an altitude of 1575 feet –...
by Colleen Kelly | Jun 17, 2023
With a pale straw color in the glass, the nose of this wine has vibrant aromatics of lemon, orange blossom. It is driven by a powerful depth of flavor; lemon, lime and grapefruit with classic Watervale fragrant, floral musk. It’s clean line of acidity gives great...
by Colleen Kelly | Jun 13, 2023
A monumental dry Riesling from the greatest Grosse Lage (grand cru) vineyard in the southern Rheinhessen region. The Morstein vineyard is situated on a south-facing slope that ascends from the glacial valley of the Rhine to the rim of a high plateau, reaching a height...
by Colleen Kelly | Jun 13, 2023
A powerful but finely structured dry Riesling from a superb Grosse Lage (grand cru) vineyard in the Rheinhessen region. The Kirchspiel vineyard opens up like an amphitheatre toward the Rhine and receives the sun’s first rays in the morning. Here the vines, with their...