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New York Riesling Diary: Day 6 – Almost Famous 2013 Dry Rieslings from Tim Fröhlich & Vincent Bründlmayer

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Stuart

Yesterday, at the the Rudi Wiest Selections tasting of German wines here in NYWC (New York Wine City) I bumped into Tim Fröhlich of the Schäfer-Fröhlich winery in Bockenau in the Nahe. Tasting some of his 2013 and 2014 Rieslings … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 3 Empire Estate Riesling & Thomas Pastuszak is the 2015 Riesling King of New York!

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Stuart

Successful creative co-operation like that between Kelby Russell (left), winemaker of Red Newt and Boundary Breaks in the FLX (Finger Lakes) in Upstate New York, and Thomas Pastuszak (right), wine director of The Nomad Hotel in NYWC (New York Wine … Continue reading →

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Arizona Wine Diary: Day 8 – Unsung Winemaker Heroes of the South (Part 2)

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Stuart

Although it doesn’t look like it, this photograph of Todd Bostock of Dos Cabezas winery in Sonoita is missing something vitally important: Todd’s wife Kelly Bostock. I’d already left Sonoita for Tuscon with Todd late yesterday afternoon when I suddenly … Continue reading →

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Arizona Wine Diary: Day 7 – Unsung Winemaker Heroes of the South (Part 1)

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Stuart

Kent Callaghan isn’t claiming to be the founder of the Arizona wine industry, but it strikes me that he’s the person with the longest experience of wine growing in the state, having founded his 25 acre vineyard between Sonoita and … Continue reading →

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Arizona Wine Diary: Day 4 – Singer-Winemaker Maynard James Keenan, or Quo Vadis AZ Wine (Part 4)

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Stuart

No direction but to follow what you know, No direction but a faith in her decision, No direction but to never fight her flow, No direction but to trust the final destination. You’re a stranger ‘til she whispers you can … Continue reading →

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Der Jahrgang 2014 beim Weingut Keller (Flörsheim-Dalsheim/Rheinhessen) von Frank Ebbinghaus

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Stuart

Schwierig, schwierig, so lautet die überwiegende Einschätzung des Weinjahrgangs 2014 in Deutschland, der jetzt auf den Markt kommt. Unerfahrene Konsumenten kann das verunsichern. Andererseits: Wer in einem sehr uneinheitlichen Jahr, das mit Reifeproblemen und Fäulnisdruck zu kämpfen hatte, ausgezeichnete Weine … Continue reading →

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Arizona Wine Diary: Day 2 – Singer-Winemaker Maynard James Keenan, or Quo Vadis AZ Wine (Part 3)

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Stuart

By 10:30am yesterday, the only hints of the huge electrical storm of the previous evening were a few wisps of white and grey cloud slowly dissolving into the azure above the Verde Valley.  That’s when the Maynard James Keenan and … Continue reading →

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Arizona Wine Diary: Day 1 – Singer-Winemaker Maynard James Keenan, or Quo Vadis AZ Wine (Part 2)

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Stuart

Yes, I know, this is supposed to be a story about the Singer-Winemaker Maynard James Keenan, the wines he’s making in Arizona and the work he’s doing to move that state’s embryonic wine industry forward, and, of course the above … Continue reading →

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Arizona Wine Diary: Day 0 – Singer-Winemaker Maynard James Keenan, or Quo Vadis AZ Wine Industry? (Part 1)

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Stuart

I’m just about to jump on a plane to Phoenix and until June 13th will be reporting from the wine trail of Arizona. I am returning to the same places I visited for the first time six months ago. This … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 21 – Essex Street Market is 75!

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Stuart

Essex Street Market at 120 Essex Street in the Lower East Side (LES) is celebrating its 75th birthday, having opened back in 1940 when the LES was anything but cool. I bumped into it back in May 2012 shortly before … Continue reading →

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