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Berlin Wine Diary: Day 2 – My Mother Tongue and I
It’s just under 24 hours since I (kicking and screaming with reluctance) signed up with Facebook and was greeted with just over 1,000 emails from people asking to be my “friends” or congratulating me that I had finally seen the … Continue reading
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Berlin Wine Diary: Day 1 – The Tale of My Two Wine Cities, Berlin & New York
When I took a flight from the Wine Metropole Berlin to New York Wine City (NYWC) on this day three years ago I was definitely planning on beginning a new life, but dividing my time between two cities in the … Continue reading
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FLX Wine Diary: Day 5 YES, Maynard James Keenan IS on the Cover of ROCK STARS OF WINE AMERICA #2 !
There has been some suggestion that the portrait on the cover of my new Kindle e-book ROCK STARS OF WINE AMERICA #2: AZ with MJK is not of the singer-winemaker Maynard James Keenan (Puscifer & Tool / Caduceus Cellars & Merkin … Continue reading
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FLX Wine Diary: Day 4 – ROCK STARS OF WINE AMERICA #2: AZ with MJK: I Could Drink a Case of You IS OUT!
I am feeling enormously relieved after completing a writing marathon that was the reason for the long radio silence here. You see, I was almost totally preoccupied by the intense last days of writing and corrections to my e-book ROCK … Continue reading
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New York Wine Diary: Day 32 – MORIC Blaufränkisch, a Candidates for the Title Best Red Wine in the World
I know that some of my colleagues and some somms will say that I am biased, but the fact is that we are all influenced by personal likes and dislikes. The person who will accuse me of not taking the … Continue reading
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New York Wine Diary: Day 28 – True Elegance in Chardonnay and Pinot Noir is All About Style NOT About Fashion
A colleague of mine in Germany, Stephan Reinhardt, who writes for The Wine Advocate got wind of this column’s forthcoming appearance and wrote on twitter #tickingbomb. Well, here’s the explosion! It’s not without some good reason that I sometimes get … Continue reading
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Colares, Ramisco und ein 103 Jahre alter Winzer, von Frank Krüger
Vor ein paar Jahren erzählte mir ein italienischer Sommelier von der sagenumwobenen portugiesischen roten Rebsorte „Ramisco“ aus Colares – eine Art Pinot Noir mit geringerem Alkohol, mehr Säure, mehr Tannin und im Charakter wilder als der heftigste Pommard. Die Traube … Continue reading
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New York Wine Diary: 24 – All Apologies: to Cockroaches Insulted by their Portrayal in ROCK STARS OF WINE AMERICA #1 and to the Citizens of NYC
Note: I seem to have a major talent for getting myself into trouble. Trying to appease the cockroaches of the nation led to a storm of protest from New York’s who felt that I was entirely lacking in sympathy for … Continue reading
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Schau zurück… von Frank Ebbinghaus
… und was siehst Du? Dich selbst, viel jünger. Wer warst Du damals? Derselbe wie heute? Schau genau hin! Jetzt kramst Du in Dir herum und suchst den Maßstab für einen Vergleich. Wo soll der herkommen? Aus Deinen alten Texten? … Continue reading
New York Wine Diary: Day 19 – Rajat Paar, the Man Behind “American Burgundy”
I’m sitting in my “country cottage” in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with a glass of the 2013 Sanford & Benedict Pinot Noir from Rajat Parr’s Sandhi Wines in Lompoc, Santa Barabara County California. Although the bottle was opened 8 days ago it’s … Continue reading
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