Furst Silvaner Independent Success

This week Anthony Rose from The Wine Gang listed the 2011 Rudolf Furst Silvaner Pur Mineral from Franconia as one of the 50 best wines of this year offering good value for money. They showcased all 50 at this year’s London Wine Fair with all of them receiving significant praise.

Rose praised the Silvaner in his report in the Independent, saying that is was ‘a dry white of considerable stonefruit flavours and great elegance’.

The Pur Mineral range from Fürst is crafted from grapes grown in stony soils and requiring intensive hands on work. This bone dry wine was created to demonstrate the purity of the grapes it is made from and displays great elegance and minerality. It pairs brilliantly with seafood dishes or poultry and perfectly with asparagus or alternatively it is a great match to Sushi.

   

New German Wines - Dr Loosen and Rudolf Furst

Thursday morning was a German wine themed treat for the Bancroft team when we were introduced to the new Germanic ranges that Bancroft has on offer.

An ode to Riesling (Part 2), by Alex Harper

Day 3 was the reason for the trip, a visit to the industry giant Reh Kendermann, home of the Black Tower brand.  It was in stark contrast to the small boutique operators such as Busch, but there was no lack of passion among the winemaking team there.  The reality is that this is the work horse of the wine industry and the style and price point at which the majority of the worlds wine is sold at.  We tasted through their range which included a response to the market demands of low alcohol 5.5% abv wines and their weight watchers range at 8.5% abv complete with full nutritional labelling. 

An ode to Riesling (Part 1), by Alex Harper

With nothing in my armoury of German vocabulary other than ‘Auf Weidersehen, Pet’ I set off for Frankfurt and a tour of some of the German wine regions care of the generous Reh Kendermann MW scholarship bursary.  Picking up the car I was faced with driving on the wrong side of the road (for the first time in my life) at night in torrential rain while the black skies were split in two by savage lightning.  Talk about a baptism of fire. Driving with my nose glued to the windscreen my terrified passenger and I arrived shaken, not stirred at our destination.