2024 Peter Lauer Riesling Spatlese Ayler Kupp Fass 7, Mosel, Germany Accomasso Raffaele’s “Piante a Lapio” is

Raffaele’s “Piante a Lapio” is truly outside of category

Historically the wines from that vineyard were called "Special Harvest"

Jean-Pierre Fleury became concerned about the effects of chemical agriculture on the environment and began experimenting with manual tilling and composting followed by a trial of biodynamy on 3 hectares of the estate in 1989

Glasvin is a neighboring Brooklyn business that produces hand blown stemware that we love

Minimal sulfur was added for stability before bottling without fining or filtration

2024 Peter Lauer Riesling Spatlese Ayler Kupp Fass 7, Mosel, Germany Accomasso Raffaele’s “Piante a Lapio” isThe same culture, the same fashion and vogue, that has given us treasures like ultra processed food, congress, social media, and paddle ball is also pushing against wines like Sptlese. Honestly, fuck fashion and vogue. Sptlese as an act of social rebellion? Yes. This is so damn crisp it'll shut the haters up just under seventy grams of beautiful, beautiful fructose (that's less than many Kabinett) and damn near 10 grams of acid to make your palate