Falstaff Magazin International Nr. 1/2022

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INTERNATIONAL MAR – JUN 2022 FALSTAFF SCORES & KEY TO SYMBOLS CONTRIBUTORS WINE TASTING & SCORES Falstaff scores wines according to the 100-point scale. Falstaff tasters also write detailed tasting notes for each wine, putting the score into context. All wines are tasted, described and scored by our Falstaff wine editors or authors contributing to this issue. Each editor, and their respective tasting teams, are internationally recognised specialists for their regions. Where tastings by more than one taster are presented in the same feature, the taster’s initials are shown. International Anne Krebiehl MW (AK) Austria, Bordeaux, Fortified Wines Peter Moser (PM) Germany, Bordeaux, Burgundy Dr Ulrich Sautter (US) Italy Othmar Kiem, Simon Staffler (OK, SS) Switzerland, Spain and Portugal Benjamin Herzog, Dominik Vombach (BH, DV) The Scores 95 – 100 absolute classic 93 – 94 outstanding 91 – 92 excellent 88 – 90 very good 85 – 87 commended • ••••• Up to € 15 / US$ 30 € 16-30 / US$ 20-35 € 31-50 / US$ 36-60 € 51-100 / US$ 61-110 € 100+ / US$ 110+ WINE PRICE CATEGORIES We divide wines into five different price categories, symbolised by coins.These are based on cellar door and recommended retail prices. We regret that import taxes and excise duties of specific countries cannot be reflected here, nonetheless the categories should still provide a useful guideline about a wine’s retail price. Angelika Ahrens is an Austrian journalist and foreign correspondent who lives in New York. Lily Cook feels most at home in her kitchen where she composes her Jottings. Roland Graf’s standard description of his profession is “drinking and writing about it.” Othmar Kiem is Falstaff’s chief wine editor for Italy. He writes about Chianti Classico and the wine route between Florence & Siena. Katherine Knowles is a long-term Manhattan resident who loves nothing more than sniffing out new restaurants. Malu Lambert is a Cape Town-based food and wine writer who explores South Africa’s single vineyards. Robin Lee writes about the rarified world of Harry’s Bar in Venice. Susan Low is a UK-based food writer and editor who takes us on a culinary journey to Peru. Hans Mahr is our peripatetic restaurant obsessive, addicted to ordering everything on the menu. Sarah Marshall is a seasoned globetrotter and travel writer who dives headfirst into Morocco’s sensuous delights. Peter Moser, Falstaff’s chief wine editor for Austria and Bordeaux, rates the 2019 Bordeaux vintage and tastes Grüner Veltliner. Julia Nittmann is a Vienna-based nutritional psychologist who examines exotic flavours in this issue. Ned Palmer is an renowned cheese author He unearths all you need to know about goat’s cheese. Peter Pharos moonlights as a wine writer and is the mystery man behind our Lighthouse column. Rex Pickett is the author of Sideways which was turned into a movie of the same name. He writes a regular column. Gabriel Stone is a wine writer, entertainer, and kitchen whizz who sharpens her pen on the subject of kitchen knives for us. GUEST CONTRIBUTOR: Alberto Antonini is a consultant oenologist who runs Poggiotondo estate in Tuscany and co-founded the Matura Group. FALSTAFF INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE ISSUE 01/2022 FALSTAFF INTERNATIONAL The articles published in this issue are protected by copyright. Translation, reprinting, reproduction and storage in data processing systems only with express permission of the publisher. 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