Konstantin is the youngest German ever to pass the Master of Wine qualification. In 2019 he won the WSET & IWSC Future 50 award as he was named one of the leaders of the future wine, spirits, and sake industries.
Recently he launched his education platform cellarclass.com
He runs his import and retail business baumselection.com.
This channel is about knowledge, traveling, and wine tasting ... AND about staying thirsty!
Ribera del Duero is one of those personal favorites of mine... These are the most popular red wines in Puerto Rico and are very sought after at every time of the year. We even drink it on the beach on hot days. Protos and Valduero is one of those incredible tasting wines that we find being served constantly in restaurants and house parties. I have multiple bottles of Spanish wine in my cellar and when I get the chance to prep a great meal a Spanish wine follows.
I don’t think I’ve tried any of these wines. Local branch of Total Wine has some, US$20 or more is usual, anything much cheaper ($15 or less) gets harsh reviews. Might try some.
Not had the whites yet, not a lot on this side of the pond. But I’ve been enjoying many of the reds. I’ve found them to be overall quite high quality, nice complexity and drinkable young or with some bottle age, had a flor do Pingus from 03 that was fantastic. I’ve been fortunate to have had the 2012 Unico and 2010 Pingus, as you’d expect, they were amazing. But plenty of fantastic wines and deals too in the under 35 dollar range.
Interesting, thanks, but you didn’t tell us that the name means Duero River Bank, and hardly mentioned the river. And no mention of Sisseck/ Pingus/ Flor/ PSI?! Maybe a condition of the sponsorship?
I tend to drink Rioja instead of Ribera del Duero as I find Ribera's reserva/gran reserva to be often way too heavy with the new oak to the point of being unpleasant
A lovely film! Ribera Del Doura is not so well known and I for one was well interested to see the teroir, particularly the soil types and something of the food culture. Quoting other Masters Of Wine is a great idea, and gives a solidity to the caucus of high level opinion, even when the Masters don't quite agree! This splendid film comes hot on the heels of the incomparable deep dive into Riesling to which we were treated recently, and anyone can see that the channel is going from strength to strength. Hoping you enjoyed the trip, nice one Konstantin! 🌟👍
Damn. Hoped you would taste PSI and Picaro. These are the 2 "biggest" Duero wines in Denmark. Dominio de Pingus made by Peter Sisseck is a very hyped danish winemaker - atleast for us danes ;)
I've tasted all of those producers - Dominio de Atauta on my birthday! For me you can't beat a bottle of Arzuaga with a nice steak. Not expensive on a Spanish winelist, so you can have 2 bottles. You need 2 to get into the wine.
After your videos I’m always left with a strong urge of opening a bottle of wine regardless of time of day I watch haha. Thank you for being on this platform
Herr K, normally I would not criticize your work. It is stellar in most respects. But, why you didn’t exploit the video of your visit escapes me. The tiny bits we saw revealed charming characters in beautiful places while your rather didactic though well educated lecture was frankly boring. I was disappointed.
This is the video I’ve been waiting for! I absolutely love this place and their wines. Rioja is great, but as a personal preference, RdD has my favourite expression of Tempranillo as it typically has a less sour edge, and less American oak.
I and 3 more from my sommelier group spent 3 cold days in RdD in beginning of may. Great visits to very different producers; Marta Mate, Aalto, Pingus, Domino del Pidio and most charming El Canto de la Alondra (my favourite). Generally great wines! Also visited Reuda and Cigales, also worth a visit!
Pingus is good and I like what Peter Sisseck does but I can't get my head around mega expensive wines like that. He carries a reputation which obviously bumps up the price. There are a lot of fine Riberas for less.
Well if you have the cash to buy the top Vega Sicilia or Pingus, you're right there, great wines. I can only afford their second wines, which are splendid. And try Pruno if you can get it, excellent red wines
Every time I go to Spain (which we do as a family a lot; and my daughter has studied there) I seek out the wines fro Ribera del Duero! Very exciting to hear how the region is coming along. I actually only recently found about the DO status from watching the videos of James Blick (Spain Revealed). Appreciated the video...I imagine, Konstintin, you are now going to feature more Ribera wines!? Tony
Ribera del Duero makes plasing, round, balanced wines. Nice wines, although for Tempranillo I tend to lean more into Rioja... thanks as always, Konstantin!
My father is a wine fanatic and is always visiting vineyards so I hear much of these comparisons regularly . Do tell me if wine ever tastes of grapes to anyone .
