Author Archives: Stuart

Sein Name ist HE von Frank Ebbinghaus

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Stuart

HE: Das Monogramm eines Mannes von Welt und Stil schmückt nicht mehr Hemdkragen oder Manschettenknopf, sondern eine Weinflasche. Diese Verbindung zielt mit minimalem Aufwand auf maximale Synergien und größtmögliche Distinktion ab. HE: So steht es auf dem Etikett einer Flasche … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 18 – Downtime on Fire Island, or What Journalistic Independence Really Means

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Stuart

I spent an oddly wonderful weekend on the construction site on Fire Island, New York pictured above. I’d not only never been to Fire Island, a long sandbar off the southern coast of Long Island before, in fact, I didn’t … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 14 – The New Hugel

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Stuart

Maison Hugel of Riquewihr long seemed like the bastion of tradition in Alsace/France, but last night at the tasting dinner they and their US importer Frederick Wildman staged at Zuma Restaurant at 261 Madison Avenue that image cracked, dissolved and … Continue reading →

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Farewell Charakterkopf! von Frank Ebbinghaus

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Stuart

Der Weinkeller: Unendliche Weiten, aber keine gähnende Leere. Und irgendwo im verdichteten Raum des flaschenreichen Kosmos treiben schwarze Löcher ihr Unwesen. Dort, wo manche Bouteille mitunter einfach verschwindet, um dann nach Jahren in Raum und Zeit wieder aufzutauchen. Kein ordnendes … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 13 – 55 and Still Alive / Frappato, Egon Müller Riesling & American Grooner

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Stuart

Yes, that crazy color is very real! This picture was taken with the iPhone of the Special Person who generously took me out to dinner at Gramercy Tavern at 42 East 20th Street last night. The wine in that glass … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 9 – Proud to be a Small Cog in the Great Machine that is SUGAR AND SWEETS!

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Stuart

I just received my copy of  The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, edited by Darra Goldstein, one of the world’s best food writers. I received it, because I was one of the 265 experts who contributed to this comprehensive … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 7 – A Tale of Two Wine Cities

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Stuart

Everyone has their blind spots, including me, and some of them are the product of the town you live in, as something that happened yesterday afternoon here in NYWC (New York Wine City) reminded me. It wasn’t the first time … Continue reading →

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Franz Hirtzbergers Singerriedel Riesling “Smaragd” von Frank Ebbinghaus

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Stuart

Kaum eine Weinbergslage auf der ganzen Welt wird so stark mit einem einzigen Winzer assoziiert wie der Singerriedel von Spitz in der Wachau/Österreich mit Franz Hirtzberger. Seit den frühen 1980er Jahre trieb er mit großem Nachdruck die Rekultivierung von den … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 3 – NYWC is the Place, #NOWIS the Time

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Stuart

The story of wine is one of the oldest, but there’s always a new way it can be told! All the many projects I am involved with revolve around storytelling and recently (thanks Robert McKee for your wonderful book ‘Story’) … Continue reading →

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Ontario Riesling Diary: Day 4 – The “Others” of Ontario

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Stuart

If you are on my wavelength, then you’re always interested in the things that don’t fit in, that is don’t fit into the mainstream, the pattern of convention, the box. Sometimes this is linked with failure, more commonly to modest … Continue reading →

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