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New York Riesling Diary: Day 2 – YOU ARE ALL INVITED! New York is the Place, this is the Time for #BWWOE!
Yesterday at the David Bowler tasting of wines from Germany, Austria and Alsace yesterday afternoon I clocked this mighty vessel, which is possibly – to quote a wine magazine that will remain nameless – “the ultimate bottle of Riesling”. Fritz’s … Continue reading
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New York Riesling Diary: Day 1 – YOU ARE ALL INVITED! New York is the Place, this is the Time for #BWWOE!
YOU ARE ALL INVITED to the official launch of my new book BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH – The Riesling Story just published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang. New York is the place, this is the time! To be precise the … Continue reading
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London Riesling Diary: Day 1 – T Minus One and Counting! #BWWOE is Published Tomorrow!
Yes, it’s just one day until the publication of BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH – The Riesling Story (aka #BWWOE) tomorrow by Stewart, Tabori & Chang in New York Wine City (NYWC) and I have to admit it feels strange … Continue reading
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Vienna Riesling Diary: Day 1 – Sometimes You Get Lucky and the Great God of Wine Smiles on You! (Part 3)
People who’ve never done it are always drastically underestimating how much mental concentration professional wine tasting demands and what a toll it takes on the human body when it’s undertaken for a longer period of time. This is my 5th … Continue reading
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Vienna Riesling Diary: Day 1 – Quo Vadis Austrian Dry Riesling (Part 2)
We wine journalists, somms and other wine professionals all pretend we can make sense of wine, but in the end it is like a silhouette on the wall who’s shape we can recognize and we try to describe, but actually … Continue reading
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Vienna Riesling Diary: Day 1 – Quo Vadis Austrian Dry Riesling? (Part 1)
Of course, any hit list like my Austrian Riesling Top Ten published here yesterday, just in time for the opening of the VieVinum wine fair, can only be personal. Who is left out inevitably throws up as many questions as … Continue reading
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Vienna Riesling Diary: Day 0 – My Austrian Riesling Top Ten
I just arrived in Vienna after 3 intense and taxing, but also inspiring days tasting Riesling and Grüner Veltliner (plus a few specialities) in Lower Austria. I just had time to check into my hotel and run over to Weibels … Continue reading
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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 12 – Dear NSA, Dear GCHQ (Part 8 – As Time Goes By)
Here, much delayed by technical problems with the back end of my blog which prevented me from putting it up as planned on Friday, June 6th is the next installment of this series with no direct connection to Riesling or … Continue reading
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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 4 – Wine of the Month June 2014
2013 Villány Rosé from Hummel for Euro 7,50 Of course, everybody is now drinking rosé, because the sky is often blue and the sun is often shining (an interesting color combo there). I admit I sometimes do the same, although … Continue reading
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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 3 – New Friends, Old Friends, the Riesling Future and the Riesling Past
There’s nothing I enjoy more than mixing old friends with new friends and Berlin is one of the best places on Planet Riesling for that, because here it can lead absolutely anywhere as the picture above shows. Pictured left is … Continue reading
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