We were visited by our friends at Chambers & Chambers yesterday, and got a chance to try a delightful line-up of wines. Having been told that they were bringing by a trio of Provencal budget wines (which we’ll write about another time), we were pleased when they pulled out two German Rieslings, just in time for WBW #45, “Old World Riesling” hosted by Tim at Winecast.net.

In the name of laziness efficiency, we’re just going to write some simple tasting notes on the two wines we tried.

2006 Dr. Weins-Prum Graacher Himmelreich Riesling-Kabinett

We were told this was from a Grand Cru single vineyard (which, shockingly, you’d never know from the simple and easy to read German wine label…). Fewer than 500 cases of this wine are produced each year. This had some really nice residual sugar, but wasn’t without acidity either. Sort of a best of both worlds situation. Lots of honey on the nose and palate (but not too viscous) and the fruit was white peaches galore, with lemon hitting you at the very end and lingering pleasantly. Only 8.5% alcohol by volume. This could be an excellent brunch wine. It runs about $16 a bottle. We’ll consider bringing this in.

2006 Dr. Loosen Riesling “BA” Beerenauslese 187ml

This Beerenauslese Riesling is pure honey. It’s got a ton of residual sugar (as would be expected) and slight lemon peel on the finish. Smooth and supple, and a pleasure to drink. We didn’t want to spit this out. We’ll definitely consider this for our shelves, though the small bottle size has its pros and cons…it makes this a good price point for those who want to try a BA for the first time ($30 or so, steep per ounce, but reasonable considering the pedigree); but it makes shipping a bit of a challenge. We’ll try and work on this one because this was really a fun wine.

Thanks to Tim for hosting this month’s WBW, and to Lenn for inventing the event many moons ago. If you’re interested in finding either of the wines above, please head over to Wine-Searcher as we don’t yet carry either of them.

Last month we put together a three-pack of wines so that anybody wanting to participate in the monthly Wine Blogging Wednesday meme would be at the ready. It was such a success, we figured we’d continue, switching out April’s Cab Franc with a wine for July’s “brought to you by the letter S” theme. We’ve actually included all new wines for May and June, too, for anybody wanting to re-order. The wines are a Bott-Geyl Riesling from Alsace, a Mas des Bressades Roussanne-Viognier from the Costieres des Nimes, and the Sineann Red Table Wine from Oregon.I have no idea what Wine Blogging Wednesday is, but take me to that 3-pack, I like the sound of those wines…

Well, we didn’t participate in this edition of Wine Blogging Wednesday (#44). But we’re sure that despite our absence this will be the biggest turnout yet, no small part due to the designated host this month, Gary Vaynerchuk. You can see Gary’s special WBW episode of WLTV here (like this guy needs any more links to his show…):

However, we’re happy to report that we’ve participated by proxy, as several wine bloggers have reviewed wines from domaine547 in their WBW entries, and you can find some great tasting notes from Dr. Debs, Amy (aka SBWineAdvocate), Penny the Mustang Winemaker, and Tim from Winecast (we’ll try to ignore Tim’s “buy this wine” link that clicks to winezap, where our products aren’t listed but where he must have some sort of affiliate deal). UPDATE! Patrick (aka Oenophilus) from Iridesse Wines has also reviewed a wine from d547. Click here to read his take on the same wine that Penny drank…

Thanks to Lenn for creating this event, thanks to Gary for hosting, and thanks to all who tried wines from d547 for the occasion. Next month, there’s no way we’ll be sitting out.