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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 0 – Under the Swan, the Lion and the Unicorn (Part 1) – In memory of Philip Eyres

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Stuart

Here is the first installment of the talk I gave at the Riesling Fellowship yesterday (Thursday, January 29th) evening at Vintners Hall in the City of London. Along with Hew Blair and Sebastian Thomas I was made a Riesling Fellow … Continue reading →

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Lustiger Wein von Frank Ebbinghaus

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Stuart

Jede Weinkarte ist unterteilt in verschiedene Sektionen: Weiß- und Rotwein, Rebsorten, Herkunft, trocken, rest- oder edelsüß. Ein System wie ein Möbelhaus oder das Zentralkomitee der SED, positivistisch, funktional, nicht in Frage zu stellen. Und genau deshalb wieder auch höchst zweifelhaft. … Continue reading →

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Mosel & Rhine Diary: Day 2 – Let #Riesling & Music do for You What They do for Me

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Stuart

New York somm Peter Weltman was still under age – shock, horror! – when he drank his first Riesling back in 2004. It was a Spätlese from J. J. Prüm in Wehlen/Mosel, probably from the Wehlener Sonnenuhr site that owes … Continue reading →

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Mosel & Rhine Riesling Diary: Day 0 – “Schaefer” is a Magical Word in the Riesling Vocabulary

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Stuart

NYC somm Peter Weltman (left) was lucky that Christoph Schaefer of the Willi Schaefer estate in Graach/Mosel (right) was the first winemaker he ever visited in Germany. What better place could there be to start deep immersion in the world … Continue reading →

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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 9 – My Romantic / Obsessive-Compulsive Wine Cellar

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Stuart

I’m often asked about my wine cellar, and sometimes I can see from the way the eyes of my questioner glaze over that they’re expecting something which looks like the crypt of a cathedral or at the least the cellar … Continue reading →

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London Riesling Diary: Day 2 – England’s Violent Dreaming

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Stuart

I would be hard to find a more boring scene to present to you than the above corner of Bromley, the London suburb where I – also David Bowie – come from. The point is that I could have used … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 36 – Arizona Dreaming – “There are no Facts, only interpretations”

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Stuart

A brief philosophical intro: There’s no way around the fact that the context (the natural and human aspects are so interwoven it’s almost impossible to separate them) in which a wine is produced shape it. However, there’s also no way around … Continue reading →

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OFF von Frank Ebbinghaus

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Stuart

Ich tue es keineswegs aus hehren ethischen oder gar religiösen Motiven. Nicht mal der gesundheitliche Aspekt, der ja wohl nicht von der Hand zu weisen ist, juckt mich. Meine Haltung zum Fasten ist ausschließlich dem Genussprinzip unterworfen. Kurz: Ich faste, … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 31 – My American Wine Year Already Began

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Stuart

This is the first blog posting I’ve written straight into this slot without any plan for some time, and it sure feels good to be shooting from the hip again. Normally, I’m very cautious of using military or firearm metaphors, … Continue reading →

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RIESLING HEROES 2014 – Die Riesling-Helden des Jahres von Stuart Pigott

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Stuart

Riesling-Helden? Klingt das nicht abgedroschen? Vielleicht schon. The Stranglers haben 1977 sehr überzeugend „No More Heroes“, keine Helden mehr, gesungen. Dieses Lied gegen Helden begeistert mich heute wie damals. Die Stranglers hatten durchaus Recht, weil das 20. Jahrhundert der Welt … Continue reading →

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