Well, maybe not that simple but in this edition of Know your étiquette! we get a lightning-quick snapshot of the VDP - with the hope that the concept and the philosophy of this group helps you understand the German wines we see.
Though VDP members only account for about 3% of #Germany’s harvest, these are the folks flying the flag globally for wines grown to the highest viticultural standards on the most-special vineyards. Because of these lofty standards, they tend to be disproportionately represented in good restaurants and bottleshops the world over.
In recent episodes, Ed Merrison of Vininspo! looked at a pair of Riesling Spätlese wines, one from Dönnhoff & one from Dr Loosen. Both of those were from a VDP Grosse Lage-rated (grand-cru) vineyard, and both from a VDP member. So it’s handy know how this all knits together…

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