“… After tasting through the range of utterly brilliant and classical Kabinetten, I was tepted to say that this is the real sweet spot here ini Graach in 2015, but the wave after wave of simply stunning Spätlesen and Auslesen that follow quickly disabuse one of this notion, as this is simply a brilliant range from start to finisch at Weingut Willi Schaefer this year and there is not a single wine I would not want to put into my personal collection…”

read more: 2015er_View_of_the_Cellar_John_Gilman

“Willi Schaefer 2015: mehr Mosel geht nicht!
Schon seit einigen Jahren faszinieren mich die Weine vom Weingut Willi Schaefer. Nebst dem sie einen unverkennbaren Mosel-Charakter widergeben, sind sie stets sehr elegant, frisch und zeigen jeweils viel Jahrgangstypizität. Dabei ist der Jahrgang 2015,…”
mehr lesen: Mehr Mosel geht nicht

Wines of the month, May, 1st 2016
“2006er Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Beerenauslese
This stunner from our 2006 retrospective epitomizes the ultimate elegance of great BAs. Willi and Christoph Schaefer provide some background to this roaring success. …”

read more: Mosel Fine Wines 2006 Domprobst Beerenauslese

read more: “Ü60-Winzer: Erfahren, wild und visionär”

• 2014 Graacher Riesling trocken 87/100 Points
• 2014 Graacher Riesling feinherb 88/100 Points
• 2014 Willi Schaefer Riesling 87+/100 Points
• 2014 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett 91/100 Points
• 2014 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett 92/100 Points
• 2014 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese 92/100 Points
• 2014 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese -Auction- 93/100 Points

read more: Parkers Wine Advocat

2014 Graacher Riesling trocken
Rank no. 8 out of 395 German dry Rieslings

2014 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #09 -auctionwine-
18/20 Points – exceptional!

2014 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett 90/100 Points
Awarded as third-best Kabinett with 90/100 Points

• 2014 Graacher Riesling trocken 88+/100 Punkte
• 2014 Graacher Riesling feinherb 89+/100 Punkte
• 2014 Willi Schaefer Riesling 90/100 Punkte
• 2014 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett 94/100 Punkte
• 2014 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett 93+/100 Punkte
• 2014 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese 93+/100 Punkte
• 2014 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese -Auction- 95/100 Punkte

Vivanti stellt vor: Weingüter des Monats – Weingut Willi Schaefer

read more: Vivanti_Ausgabe_Okt_2014

• 2013 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese #1 Auction 97/100 Points
• 2013 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese #11 96/100 Points
• 2013 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese #14 95/100 Points
• 2013 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese #4 95/100 Points
• 2013 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #9 Auction 95/100 Points
• 2013 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #5 94/100 Points
• 2013 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett 93+/100 Points
• 2013 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett 92/100 Points
• 2013 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett 91/100 Points
• 2013 Graacher Riesling feinherb 90/100 Points

“Top 20 Medium-Sweet Riesling:
… Willi Schaefer, Graach, Mosel (Germany)
Seldom has a change of generation been so unproblematic as when Willi Schaefer passed on his vineyards to his son Christoph, not least because Christoph had exactly the same idea of racy and super-minerally Mosel Riesling as Dad.”…

“Top 20 Sweet Riesling:
… Willi Schaefer, Graach, Mosel (Germany)
The production of Christoph Schaefer may be small, and the wines therefore difficult to obtain, but these are some of the most radical and original sweet Riesling on the planet, and just like the medium-sweet wines, they are super-racy and super-minerally.”