Stephen Brook tastes all three vintages of Hugel's new single-vineyard Riesling, Schoelhammer, including the new 2009 release...
Grand cru or not grand cru?
Ever since Alsace established its grand cru system, some of its leading producers, such as Hugel, Trimbach and Leon Beyer, have resisted it, refusing to bottle their wines under the grand cru labels to which they are entitled.
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