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The Strange and Wonderful Story of Gut Hermannsberg’s 10th Anniversary Book – Part 2

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Stuart

There’s so much I learnt from working on Gut Hermannsberg’s 10th anniversary book, like the Salvador Dali quote on the inside of the front cover: “Whoever drinks with real enjoyment doesn’t drink just wine, they drink secrets.” Our designer and … Continue reading →

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The Strange and Wonderful Story of Gut Hermannsberg’s 10th Anniversary Book – Part 1

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Stuart

The publication by Gut Hermannsberg (GHB) of 10 years of passion for RIESLING & TERROIR / 10 Jahre RIESLING & TERROIR aus Leidenschaft gives me both strange and wonderful feelings.  For the author it’s always wonderful completing a project as … Continue reading →

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Arizona & Colorado Dreaming (Greetings from San Francisco)

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Stuart

The moment I arrived in San Francisco the city’s cool, moist air caressed the parched and splitting skin of my hands that had been desiccated by the desert air of Western Colorado and Arizona. Although it feels distinctly more edgy … Continue reading →

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Stayin’ Alive – Part 2: Taste the Climate Challenge

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Stuart

Here is the second part of the presentation the Paula Sidore and I made at the ProWein Media Summit on Climate Change at the Geisenheim Wine University. We wanted to prove that you can taste a variety of strategies for … Continue reading →

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Stayin’ Alive – Part 1: The 21st Century Climate Challenge

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Stuart

By Paula Sidore & Stuart Pigott Here is the first half of the presentation that Paula Sidore (pictured above) and I made at the ProWein 2020: ProWein International Media Summit at the Geisenheim Wine University in the Rheingau/Germany on the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Anne Krehbiehl MW’s The Wines of Germany

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Stuart

The Wines of Germany by Anne Krebiehl MW was just published by Infinite Ideas Books in London (30 Pounds Sterling, ISBN 978-1-906821-85-2), is the first new book on German wines in English in quite a few years and it deserves … Continue reading →

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The Truth about Michigan, or the Coolest Places on Planet Wine are Warming the Fastest

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Stuart

I’m not trying to become some kind of climate prophet, but my work for Club of Stones reporting on the wines from the stony places around Planet Wine keeps confronting me with shocking new evidence of the reality of climate … Continue reading →

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The Death Throes of Cool Climate in Old Europe Continue!

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Stuart

This photograph shows “sunburned” Riesling grapes in the Mosel Valley immediately after the second extreme heat wave of 2019 Germany in late July. No less than the melting ice cap of Greenland or the catastrophic damage just caused in the … Continue reading →

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Cool Climate is Dead in Old Europe

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Stuart

I just attended the wonderful and stimulating FLXcursion global Riesling conference in the Finger Lakes (FLX) region of Upstate New York where I also presented a seminar on Tuesday, 23rd July. I got a lot of requests to post at … Continue reading →

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Weinstein in Berlin: Part 1 – Obituary for a State of Mind

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Stuart

When I was a child in England I hated it when my parents, grandparents and other adults repeated expressions like „practice makes perfect“ or „all good things come to an end“ to me. That it happened frequently only increased my … Continue reading →

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