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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 11 – Flowering Wine & Cheese Landscapes in and around Berlin

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Stuart

It’s a couple of years since I’d seen Sabine Denell of the Capriolenhof farm close to Fürstenberg about an hour’s drive north of Berlin, but it felt like we picked up our conversation where it left off just a day … Continue reading →

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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 9 – Why I Will Continue to Shoot from the Hip

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Stuart

I humbly apologize for the enormous gap sine the last posting, but when I arrived in Berlin from Israel I was suffering from a viral infection that didn’t want to go away. In spite of this there was a very … Continue reading →

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WEINHIER – Die Neue Pfalz heisst auch Schwedhelm von Frank Ebbinghaus

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Stuart

Für viele deutsche Winzer war der Jahrgang 2013 eine der größten Herausforderungen der letzten Jahre. Für einen nicht: Stephan Schwedhelm, Jahrgang 1979, der gemeinsam mit seinem Bruder Georg (links abgebildet) seit ein paar Jahren den elterlichen 17 Hektar-Betrieb in Zell/Pfalz … Continue reading →

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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 0 – My Suitcase was Lost on the Way to Berlin from Israel, But I’ve still got a “Suitcase” of Dreams of Israel!

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Stuart

I only just got back to Germany after leaving Israel early this morning and am still a bit ragged from two flights and a long express train journey, the whole procedure made greatly more stressful by the fact that Pegasus … Continue reading →

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Israel Riesling Diary: Day 13 – “That’s Israel !”

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Stuart

Sometimes when I’m on the road visiting winemakers, tasting their wines and trying to make sense of the world into which those people and products fit I feel like an anthropologist. Every good anthropologist will tell you that in order … Continue reading →

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WEINHIER – Jancis Robinsons neue Riesling-Skepsis von Stuart Pigott

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Stuart

In Ontario/Kanada ist Riesling dabei Chardonnay zu überholen und Qualitäts-Weißweintraube Nummer eins zu werden! Jancis Robinson ist für mich die beste Weinkritikerin der Welt. Nicht weniger als ich, aber doch viel länger, hat sie unermüdlich die Besonderheiten und Vorzüge des Rieslings angepriesen. … Continue reading →

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Israel Riesling Diary: Day 12 – The not so Narrow Road to the Far North

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Stuart

Yesterday I took the not so narrow road to the Far North of Israel, that is to the hill country of Upper Galilee very close to the border with Lebanon, but before I got there I stopped at Yair Teboulle’s … Continue reading →

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Israel Riesling Diary: Day 11 – The Impossibility of Defining the Genius of Israeli Wine

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Stuart

I feel sure that, in spite of having tasted a slew of Israeli wines and met many Israeli winemakers since I arrived, I’m still a long way from having an overview of what is happening here, but there’s one thing … Continue reading →

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Israel Riesling Diary: Day 10 – Revelation in Tel Aviv

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Stuart

Many apologies for the long radio silence, which was not planned. Unfortunately there were internet problems at my hotels in Jerusalem and on the Dead Sea. Then I got back to this internet paradise in Even Yehuda too late last … Continue reading →

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Israel Riesling Diary: Day 5 – The Other Wine Israel

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Stuart

No doubt, I’m not the first to comment upon the way a lot of Israeli wines are now well made, but taste pretty much like a bunch of wines made in the so-called “New World”. The modern Israeli wine industry … Continue reading →