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New York Wine Diary: Day 2 – More About the Awesome 2015 FLX Rieslings
It has been suggested that I should supply much more information about the 2015 vintage Rieslings in the FLX (Finger Lakes in Upstate New York), also that I should come out and say which are the best wines sooner rather … Continue reading
New York Wine Diary: Day 1 – The Best 2015 Rieslings are New High Point for FLX
No doubt you’re wondering what Tony Cardova, brewmaster for the War Horse Brewing Company belonging to the Three Brothers winery in Geneva in the FLX (Finger Lakes in Upstate New York) is doing pictured at the top of a Riesling … Continue reading
New York Wine Diary: Day 4 – Welcome to Urban Wine Life at “Château Lüttmer” in Berlin!
“The urb it orbs,” wrote James Joyce, and that’s oh so very true of wine, at least since the Spanish conquest of the Canary Islands in 1402 and the Portuguese discovery of Madeira in 1419. Wine growing is a thoroughly … Continue reading
New York Wine Diary: Day 2 – The Continuing Saga of My Friend Delicious
The wines in the photograph above are certainly delicious, the Egon Müller-Scharzhof estate on the Saar makes some of the finest medium-sweet and sweet Rieslings on Planet Wine, however, when I pressed the shutter there was someone on the screen of … Continue reading
NW Wine Trail Diary: Day 7 – Deep Immersion Therapy at the Riesling Rendezvous in Seattle
My apologies for the delay in getting this story to you, but I refuse to put half-baked material up on my blog, so when the appointments are stacked up as they were the last few days here in the Willamette … Continue reading
New York Wine Diary: Day 7 – Delicious and I, a Love Story
Delicious and I go back a long way. We grew up together and have been close friends since as long as I can remember; sand box stuff. Looking back I was very lucky to have had that particular kind of … Continue reading
New York Wine Diary: Day 4 – My Heinous Method of Wine Tasting Explained
The above photographs shows me seen from the viewpoint of a glass of wine while I’m tasting, and I have to admit that it’s a pretty scary sight! If I was that glass of wine I would be seriously worried … Continue reading
Berlin Wine Diary: Day 17 – Happy Independence Day!
Today is not only the Fourth of July 2016, that is the 240th anniversary of the ratification of the United States Declaration of independence, it is also just two days shy of the 30th anniversary of the completion of my … Continue reading
Berlin Wine Diary: Day 14 – Fear, Loathing and the Death of Delicious in New York Wine City
Photo: Stuart Pigott, as seen in Williamsburg, a.ka. Hipster Central At 8:30am today Berlin time Part 3 of my utterly outrageous series of stories about the rise of the hipster somms of NYWC (New York Wine City) went online at … Continue reading
Berlin Wine Diary: Day 8 – By Popular Demand from the Hipster Somms of NYWC Another Explanation of My Grape Collective Series About Them
Since Part 1 of my 3 part series about the rise of the hipster somms of NYWC (New York Wine City) appeared on www.grapecollective.com on the morning of Friday, June 17th all I seem to have been doing is explaining … Continue reading