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2024 Fizzy sticks to their idea of aromatic varieties for the bouquet character, Chardonnay for the body and Riesling for the acidity. These three characteristics come together harmoinously, and they are really happy with this vintage. The main expression is a bit lighter, more focused, and more crisp in comparison to 2023.

The grapes for this sparkling are picked at multiple times throughout the whole harvest: There are early ripening varieties like Bacchus, but also late ripening like Riesling. Every year, it’s a challenge to make this blend because some parts are already fermenting, some are still juice and others are not even picked yet. But it turned out exactly as Pauline & Carl hoped it would–serious fun, precise and joyful. Riddled and disgorged in March 2025.

FIZZY   /    6    /    +367069   /   $33.55

Like the first vintage, this pét-nat is a blend of red and white grapes: Regent and St. Laurent for the reds, and Müller-Thurgau for white. The 2023 version of the Pink Fizzy is even more juicy and luscious than 2022. with a bit less tannins.  Like the Fizzy, this pét-nat was disgorged in March 2024 after primary fermentation had completed in the bottle. 

With is a beautiful ripe red fruit character from directly pressed reds, and some nice structure resulting from a short maceration of the destemmed Müller-Thurgau, Pink Fizzy still is not only fun, but also serious. Serious fun.

PINK FIZZY  /    6    /    +367092   /  $33.55

The anticipation of spring, and warm sunny days ahead, must be one of the best feelings in the world. And so Pauline & Carl always wanted Weiss to taste something close to this feeling. It has this character in its DNA, eventhough the blend is a little different with 2024: This year, they didn’t harvest any Scheurebe due to frost and peronaspora (a type of downy mildew).

Weiss 2024 is a cuvée of Bacchus for floral notes, Müller-Thurgau for structure and phenolic feels and for the first time: Riesling and Weissburgunder for elegant fruit, vividness and acidity. Together, they make a vitalizing wine – fresh, juicy and crispy as always. They worked with a short overnight maceration of the destemmed Bacchus and Müller-Thurgau and direct press for Weissburgunder and Riesling. Some parts fermented in barrel, others in stainless steel – all separately before becoming one in the bottle.

WEISS  /    6    /    +367105  /   $29.53

This year, the Baumberger’s lost quite a large part of their Chardonnay vineyard. The grapes grow on the western part of Mandeler Schlossberg in a south-facing steep slope on yellow sand and a bit of clay. Usually, the lower third of the vineyard is a bit less ripe and more acidic than the upper part, so timing the harvest moment is a careful calculation as the whole plot is picked in one pass.

This year, they picked perfectly ripe grapes that still had a great tension when it comes to acidity. As a newer wine in the GlowGlow lineup, their path with making  Chardonnay has just begun.  One part goes into two Tonneaus, the other part goes into an old 1200L wooden barrel. This has always been thei favorite barrel in the cellar throughout the tastings in the last months. It is a very unique style, not trying to create something from another place, but aiming to show this place.

CHARDONNAY  /    6    /    +267235 /   $33.56

This is the second GLOW GLOW Weissburgunder and it’s crispy, juicy and has a great tension. First appearing to be easy going, and only after a moment start showing its full character. They didn’t plan to bottle another single variety Weissburgunder this year, but after some winter sampling it was decided. After two weeks open, this wine was still as crisp and had still such a nice energy that they decided to bottle this barrel on its own after all.

There are notes of citrus, green apple but as all whites in 2024, there is also a herbal side to it. The 2023 Weissburgunder was a bit lost for a month or two after bottling. It was the first time that they had bottled a wine made only in stainless steel. After observing the stability very carefully this time, they feel this is a wine that remains super stable. It does not loose anything and becomes stronger with some time after opening.

WEISSBURGUNDER   /    6    /    +267240   /     $33.56

Muskateller 2024 is quite frankly a fantastic wine — romantic, spicy, and multi-layered. There is the wonderful bouquet, but also a great salinity and structure. This vintage, the grapes came from two plots: As always from red sandstone in the steep slope of Mandeler Dellchen, but also from a newer three year old parcel on the plateau. It is their first yield from this new plot.

Grapes from the newer plot had a bit more acidity, as they’re not as exposed to the sun as the Muskateller in Mandeler Dellchen.  There’s a mix of sun kissed richness and later ripening cool. After ten days of carbonic maceration, they foot-stomped the grapes just before pressing, which added a bit of phenolic structure from the breaking stems. The wine fermented in the barrel that was a gift from our grandfather to our father when handing over the winery. It is from 1995, so one of our newer barrels, one of our favorites, now gifting us one of our favorite wines.

MUSKATELLER   /    6    /    +367108   /     $33.56

RIESLING   /    6    /    +367113   /     $33.56

With the 2024 vintage, their Rot wine returns as Rays of Red – a celebration of an excellent year for red wines in Nahe, after the devastating losses of 2023.  This wine has a radiating energy, something so cheerful and still some serious herbal structure and nice backbone.  Light on its feet, with only 10.0% alcohol.

The wine brings five grape varieties together: Dornfelder, Portugieser, St. Laurent, Regent and Pinotin. Regent and Pinotin fermented in old oak barrels, St. Laurent was in a barrique, and Dornfelder and Portugieser were in stainless steel.  The destemmed Dornfelder, Regent and Pinotin received a cold maceration of 6 days, St. Laurent had a skin fermentation of 14 days, and lastly the Portugeiser was direct press. 

One of the five parts is a new addition to GlowGlow’s grape portfolio: Pinotin – a hybrid Blattner variety developed in 1991, with complex parentage including Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling & Silvaner.

RAYS OF RED   /    6    /    +367100   /     $29.53