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New York Riesling Diary: Day 20 – Oregon Really is Becoming the Promised Land of American Riesling

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Stuart

What is the trouble with Harry (Peterson-Nedry)? Well, it’s certainly not the quality of the Chehalem Rieslings!  Oregon’s 700 acres of Riesling are a small fraction of what Washington State or California have, and even lags well behind New York … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 15 – Dr. Riesling’s Gonzo Stocktake (Part 2) – 93,763 Machine Guns is Paranoia

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Stuart

  Events in Ferguson, Missouri and elsewhere subsequent to the publication of this posting in no way alter my conviction that what we saw there during the days immediately following the shooting of Mike Brown was the result of a system that … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 12 – Chenin Blanc is Riesling’s only Serious Competitor as Mulderbosch, South Africa Proves

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Stuart

This afternoon winemaker Adam Mason (pictured above) of Mulderbosch winery close to Stellenbosch in the Western Cape province of South Africa demonstrated at the Corkbuss Wine Studio in New York that the Chenin Blanc grape is Riesling’s only serious competitor … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 8 – Dr. Riesling’s Gonzo Stocktake (Part 1)

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Stuart

“I couldn’t get your book, because it was sold out at Barnes & Noble,” a New York Wine City (NYWC) somm told me. Those were encouraging words just shy of two months after BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH – The … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 2 – Wine of the Month

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Stuart

Lion’s Tooth of McLaren Vale Shiraz-Riesling by Dandelion Vineyards $15.98 plus 7% NJ sales tax at Wine Works Dear Readers, my Wine of the Month is always a kind of letter to you, and hopefully also a gift. I find these … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 0 – S’Mores and More in Hokeyville (aka South New Jersey)

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Stuart

How could my New York Riesling Diary suddenly have gone from Day 1 back to Day 0 since the last posting? However  bizarre it might seem the above photo provides the complete explanation. It shows what I saw around 9:30pm … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 1 – Faces of City of Riesling

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Stuart

The amazing Amanda Danielson of Trattoria Stella & The Franklin in Traverse City/MI I got back to NYC from the City of Riesling festival a scant 24 hours ago and the hectic events of last weekend are still going through … Continue reading →

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(Traverse) City of Riesling Diary: Day 2 – Maybe I’m Amazed by The Night of 100 Rieslings!

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Stuart

Yes, yesterday was a seriously amazing day, and it will be very difficult to communicate to those of you who didn’t make it to Traverse City what it was like. You see, I can describe the scene in the tents … Continue reading →

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(Traverse) City of Riesling Diary: Day 1 – This is the Day!

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Stuart

It was one of those perfect moments when the Riesling Spirit seemed to embrace us all. We – a group of local winemakers plus Meaghan Frank from Dr. Frank in the Finger Lakes/NY, Sam Smith from Smith Madrone in Napa/CA … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 4 – Announcing the World Premiere of ‘WATCH YOUR BACK – The Riesling Movie (Part 1)’ Sunday Evening at the Bijou by The Bay during CITY OF RIESLING in Traverse City/MI

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Stuart

In the interests of International Security I can neither confirm nor deny that the image above is a still from my recently completed film WATCH YOUR BACK – The Riesling Movie (Part 1) which has it world premiere at Michael … Continue reading →

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