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New York Riesling Diary: Day 2 – Germany’s Riesling GGs Want to be Carved in Stone, but 2013s are a Crapshoot

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Stuart

It’s quite a strange, almost a spooky, feeling to look back from bustling New York Wine City at all the intense of the 2013 Riesling “Große Gewächse” (GGs) during my recent stay in Germany. You see, this category of high-end … Continue reading →

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WEINHIER – PLANET RIESLING kommt in November!

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Stuart

I keep getting asked if and when the DEUTSCHE, that is German language edition of my book BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH – The Riesling Story will appear. Of course! It will be published by Tre Torri in Wiesbaden in … Continue reading →

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WEINHIER – Martin Tesch “Master of Acidity” in 2013 von Frank Ebbinghaus

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Stuart

Martin Tesch in Markthalle 9, Berlin-Kreuzberg After some frustrating technical problems that require anti-logical thinking to at least partly solve them (I found no way to correct the problem with the strange placing of the full stop win the last line … Continue reading →

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WEINHIER – Homophobie von Roy Metzdorf

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Stuart

The English language part of this blog (which returns to the front page on Wednesday) has never shied away from difficult subjects that relate to wine and/or journalism in less direct ways (see “Dear NSA, Dear GCHQ”. The new German … Continue reading →

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WEINHIER – Unter der Säurepeitsche: Trockene Gutsrieslinge des Jahrgangs 2013 von Frank Ebbinghaus

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Stuart

Welcome Frank Ebbinghaus, the new German Editor of this Blog! Dear English language readers, the launch of the German language department of my blob, WEINHIER continues in this form until Tuesday, September 9th after which this page will revert to its … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 1, 2014 by Stuart

Können Rieslinge zu mineralisch schmecken? von Stuart Pigott Mein erstes Posting auf WEINHIER hatte die extrem unharmonische Art mancher 2013er GGs des VDP als Thema. Statt auf eine möglichst stimmige Harmonie der extrem säurebetonten Weinen dieses Jahrgangs abzuzielen, scheinen manche … Continue reading →

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WEINHIER – 2013 Riesling GGs Ganz Oben und Ganz Unten

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Stuart

Can Riesling taste too minerally? / Gibt es Rieslinge die zu mineralisch schmecken? I ask English language readers to excuse the fact that this article also appears here in DEUTSCH, that is German. This is because oft he launch of the … Continue reading →

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WEINHIER und Jetzt! – Der steinige Weg der GGs

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Stuart

Today the new German language department of my blog WEINHIER launches. For this reason this story also appears here at the top of the home page, not only when you click on the button WEINHIER. An English language summary of … Continue reading →

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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 3 – WATCH YOUR BACK – The Riesling Movie (Part 1) in Berlin!

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Stuart

Yes, last night my movie WATCH YOUR BACK – The Riesling Movie (Part 1) had its first showing in Berlin, the city where it was edited, cut and produced by Klaus Lüttmer. This picture shows me during shooting at cameraman … Continue reading →

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London Riesling Diary: Day 2 – A German Spätburgunder by Any Other Name is a Pinot Noir (or even a Pinot Nero)

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Stuart

Hopefully, a blog responds to events and has an ethos, but is not a rigid editorial program that requires slots to be filled come what may. I think it should be like bamboo bending with the wind, rather than an … Continue reading →

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