David B...I need some advice please!

David, last evening I came across these wines but retailer did not know the prices yet. An advance shipment I believe?

No doubt you will be able to comment!

1) Willi Haag `04 Brauneberger Juffer R Spat. MSR.
2) Dr Wagner `06 Oekfener Bockstein R Kab. MSR.
3) Dr Wagner `06 Hocheimer Konigin Victoriaberg R Kab Rheingau. A Halbtrocken.
4) Ayler Kupp R Aus, Gefchwifter Simno. MSR

I would like to think there might be some gems here!

Thanks Bob P.

[David M. Bueker]

Well Bob - no gems. The Willi Haag should be nice enough though not profound, and the Dr. Wagner wines are usually good values (don't pay top dollar though). That Ayler Kupp wines is a total stranger to me.

[James Roscoe]

I've seen the Haag rieslings at good prices in this area, but I have never heard any recommendations. What would be the qpr point for the qba and kabbinet?

[David M. Bueker]

For Willi Haag in the current economic market I would pay up to about $16 for kabinett. I've never been a fan of Marcus Haag's (the current winemaker) QbA.

[James Roscoe]

For Willi Haag in the current economic market I would pay up to about $16 for kabinett. I've never been a fan of Marcus Haag's (the current winemaker) QbA.

Thanks David. I have seen it for less, around $12 I think. I may buy a bottle this afternoon for sipping this weekend with Easter dinner.

Thanks all, Thanks David.

Sorry there was a misprint on wine #4 It should read "Simon"

Bob:

Ayler Kupp shows up here in Ontario quite often, the most recent being the Geschwister Simon Rieslign Kabinett 2006 at $14.95.

I checked the data base of a local wine critic and, FWIW, he rates most of the Kabinetts in the average to good area and the one Spatlese that has shown up here (a 2004) he awarded a good to very good rating.

I can't find Ayler Kupp in my German wine guide, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that it is a cooperative.

Ayler Kupp is a vineyard near Ayl in Saar; the producer is Geschwister Simon and why its wines have crossed the Atlantic beats me: the two I tried were entirely forgettable.

Greetings / Fredrik L

Ayler Kupp is a vineyard near Ayl in Saar; the producer is Geschwister Simon and why its wines have crossed the Atlantic beats me: the two I tried were entirely forgettable.

Greetings / Fredrik L

Thanks, just the kind of info I need. We in Alberta are very grateful for this warning!! Happy Easter.

[David M. Bueker]

the producer is Geschwister Simon and why its wines have crossed the Atlantic beats me: the two I tried were entirely forgettable.

Greetings / Fredrik L

Someone thinks they can convince people otherwise. Unscrupulous at best.

Ayler Kupp is a vineyard near Ayl in Saar; the producer is Geschwister Simon and why its wines have crossed the Atlantic beats me: the two I tried were entirely forgettable.

The fact that they were forgettable is probably the reason they ended up overseas!