About Mosel Wine Merchant
Mosel Wine Merchant began in late 2005 with a core idea hatched from passion and pipe-dreaming (and perhaps a bit of frustration): to bring to the United States those styles of Riesling—without compromise only from the great steep slate vineyards along the Mosel—that remained largely unknown and undiscovered by American wine drinkers. That "simple" goal remains, though it has also evolved and grown, as we have welcomed the enormous enthusiasm for our project and as we continue to seek out small production wines of the highest quality from all of Germany.
Our portfolio consists of nine estates from the Mosel and Saar Rivers and (despite our name!) from the Ortenau region of Baden. To say that they are small and family-run perhaps smacks of cliché by now, but so it is, each of them committed to making world-class wines from what must certainly be considered among the most challenging terrain in the world of viticulture. Our relationship to our growers is rooted in our enormous respect for the quality of their work, our awe at their commitment to staggeringly difficult and demanding labor, our pleasure in tilting at windmills with people of such generosity and integrity, and, of course, our love for their wines.
We taste, select, and approve all wines bearing the Mosel Wine Merchant back label and stand behind each of them unequivocally.