Michael Voelker returned to Germany to turn his home region of Franken on its head. Taking over some of his father’s vines he created 2Naturkinder. Those wines are brash, rash... read more →
Talk about a wine that knocked me out. I opened it up, I took a sip, stared at it for a couple of minutes, letting the juice sink into my... read more →
While it's available state-wide, I had to go to Burgundy to taste this, which I did at a little mini-tasting Tomoko Kuriyama hosted this winter. She told me, "This is... read more →
Jonas Seckinger is part of the Pfalz revival. This wine comes from the recovered ancient terraces framed by fruit trees that look down on Deidersheim, with soils that are red... read more →
When I met Petra Kujanpää in Austria at Karakterre I was blown away by the wines. A Finnish ex-pat, she’s an important new voice in the Mosel. She works with... read more →
Franken on the rise! Andi Knauss worked with Michael of 2Naturkinder then took over his dad’s estate in 2015. This is a Muller-T to inspire. Lovely! The juice from old... read more →
One side of the Pieroth family is more conventional and the younger generation, Christine, is natural. This is the expression of her vision for pinot. From her family’s Nahe estate,... read more →
Franken baby! Thanks to the pioneering work of Michael Voelker of 2Naturkinder, the fortunes and reputation of this part of Germany (closer to Prague than to Frankfort) is on the... read more →
Love these pioneers making Franken safe again for grapes. Here is a refresher that is pure and joyful from the bacchus grape, which was birthed in 1933 and is a... read more →
The TFL readers is no stranger to the wines of Michael Voëlker at 2Naturkinder in Franken. This is the man who escaped London to head back to his family’s vines... read more →