Author Archives: Stuart

That piece of meat on my plate in the Olde Pink House in Savannah/GA is a pork shank with a pineapple sauce and it was as delicious as it is filling. It is also a near-perfect match with medium-sweet, but … Continue reading →

I’m putting a brave face on it in this photo, but yesterday I suffered massive sensory overload and my nervous system came close to complete meltdown when Riesling Road Trip 2 visited the Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) then The Magic … Continue reading →

Yes, ten thousand flamingos can’t be wrong. This picture shows that we are in complete agreement about the sparkling Riesling Brut from Theo Minges in Flemlingen/Pfalz. Just in case some of you didn’t see this and the images below on … Continue reading →

We just left Miami-Wynwood where I took the above picture and a slew of other eye-popping images of street art. For me this one was particularly interesting, because it had multiple meanings, not least the fact that yesterday we left … Continue reading →

This is how our whole mad endeavor began early this morning on Higgs Beach in Key West/Florida. Suddenly it was time to hit the Riesling Road and head due north on #RieslingRoadTrip 2! North is the direction every Riesling wine … Continue reading →

All apologies for this horribly delayed posting. The problem was a demon combination of the terrible internet reception and midnight bug-hunting in my Key West/FL hotel. Finally, here is my wine of the month for May 2014: 2012 Sonoma Coast … Continue reading →

This morning I was sitting in the office of Paul Colarusso, the marketing manager of Abrams Books just a couple of blocks from here in Downtown Manhattan, when he pulled up an email onto his computer screen and said to … Continue reading →

Yes, sometimes it’s frustrating for me when bad internet reception delays a new posting going online, as it did yesterday at Düsseldorf Airport just before I jumped on my flight to New York Wine City (NYWC). However, the fact is … Continue reading →

“Can the Germans eat cold fried chicken with their hands?” was the question that Rienne Martinez of the Carl Ehrhard Winebar in Rüdesheim/Rheingau asked herself as she marinated the chicken for the third course of the Dirty Dozen wine dinner … Continue reading →

Perhaps you already heard the news and your jaw already dropped as mine did when I read it in the Rhine Main Presse newspaper of April 22nd. The Tesch estate of Langenlonsheim/Name has left the elite VDP wines estates’ association … Continue reading →