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New York Riesling Diary: Day 2 – (Traverse) City of Riesling Welcomes You to Planet Riesling, July 26th thru 28th NOW WITH A COMMENT BY SEAN O’KEEFE

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Stuart

Obviously, I’m not shy, but normally I’m cautious about putting images of myself up here, because sometimes I blow my own trumpet too much in the texts that appear here anyway. However, this image based on a photo by Bettina … Continue reading →

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Oregon Riesling Diary: Day 4 – Faces of the Riesling Invasion

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Stuart

“I used to be a normal person, then I found Riesling!” Barnaby Tuttle of the Tuetonic Wine Co., one of the most high profile winemakers in the Riesling Invasion Force of Oregon. As you can see from his eyes, this … Continue reading →

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Oregon Riesling Diary: Day 1 – The Riesling Invasion begins Saturday, July 19th (in Portland/Oregon)

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Stuart

                                      Normally I don’t ever quote press releases, much less reprint entire texts, but what Jess Pierce of Brooks Wines in Oregon … Continue reading →

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California Riesling Diary: Day 7 – A Promise That I Will Keep

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Stuart

My couple of days in Monterey are about to come to an end. They seemed even shorter, because I had to spend one of them chained to my desk working on an urgent article for the German wine magazine FINE … Continue reading →

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California Riesling Diary: Day 4 – The Smith Madrone Magic

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Stuart

Why do I do this job? Why am I more excited about it than ever before? Because of people like Stuart (left) and Charles Smith (right) of Smith Madrone estate on Spring Mountain in Napa Valley. Before I visited them … Continue reading →

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California Riesling Diary: Day 3 – B(ring) Y(our) O(wn) R(iesling) at State Bird Provisions in San Francisco

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Stuart

I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the publication of #BWWOE than with the BYOR event yesterday evening at State Bird Provisions in San Francisco/CA. The most extraordinary mix of people (including someone who came from New York … Continue reading →

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California Riesling Diary: Day 2 – Let’s be Frank, California Dreaming is also Riesling Dreaming (and Riesling Loves Dogs)

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Stuart

San Francisco and its hedonistic food and wine culture have fascinated me since I first travelled here from London back in the summer of 1986, so it seemed appropriate that I should come here to present BEST WHITE WINE ONE … Continue reading →

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Finger Lakes Riesling Diary: Day 7 – It’s the People, Stupid!

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Stuart

At the end of my week in the Finger Lakes (FLX) in Upstate New York I’m in no doubt that this region on the cusp of gaining recognition as one of the most important winegrowing regions in North America, and … Continue reading →

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Finger Lakes Riesling Diary: Day 3 – Riesling & Co. at Hermann J. Wiemer & Co.

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Stuart

Sure, I came up from New York Wine City (NYWC) to the Finger Lakes (FLX) for the Rieslings – I’m at least as interested in those wines as when I first came up here almost exactly 10 years ago – … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 13 – Wine of the Month July

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Stuart

2013 “Indica” Rosé from Lioco, $20.99 plus Tax at Skyview Wines I guess that some of you are expecting wall-to-wall Riesling now that BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH – The Riesling Story is out, but as much as I love … Continue reading →

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