Monthly Archives: August 2013
On the Riesling Road: Day 5 – UPDATED Dry Fear and Loathing on the Rhine for Theise & Co.? NOW including quotes form Jochen Dreissigacker
The last couple of days I was tasting, tasting, tasting like all the other journalists, experts, somms and geeks gathered on the Rhine to attend the various presentations the high-end dry wines of the 2012, a large portion of which … Continue reading
On the Riesling Road: Day 2 – Multicultural Wine Germany
The last years there was a lot of discussion in the German media about the failure of multicultural society in Germany, and if you only looked at certain sections of the large immigrant communities from Turkey and ex-Yugoslavia, then there … Continue reading
On the Riesling Road: Day 0 – UPDATED The World, including Germany, changed. Did Terry Theise get that? NOW with an answer from him about the “invasive species” of dry wines in Germany
Today I was going to give you a glimpse of the stories I’ll be posting here after I deliver the manuscript for my new Riesling book ‘BWWOE’ to my publisher, Abrams in New York City November 1st, but I just … Continue reading
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 13 The World According to Tesch
After my dinner last night at the Chinese restaurant Hot Spot in Berlin-Wilmersdorf with Martin Tesch of the Tesch winery in Langenlonsheim/Nahe I can tell you that the world according to Tesch is seriously interesting. Martin’s started by telling me … Continue reading
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 12 Back to the Vineyard!
Damn! I just realized that it’s an entire week since I put up a new post, which certainly wasn’t my plan, but when you’re book writing at 2,000 miles an hour as I have been almost every day for the … Continue reading
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 5 – OK, this is not about Riesling, but it is about Winegrowing in the Greater Berlin Area!
This photograph taken early this morning a short train ride/drive outside Berlin in a southwesterly direction in the state of Brandenburg shows why I’m in such high spirits today. It shows one of the almost one thousand Pinotin vines I … Continue reading
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 4 – Back in the Berlin Groove? How Riesling from Briedel saved my life and can save yours!
Returning to Berlin after an absence of two and half months early on Monday was quite a shock and I have to admit that I still miss New York, as this piece of graffiti I captured on East 7th Street … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 12 – Wine of the Month August
2012 Dry Riesling from Dr. Konstantin Frank for $14.99 German Riesling is calling to me from afar, and today I have to climb on a plane and return to Berlin. Not only will I miss New York, but I’ll also … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 9 – Lost in Space up the Hudson
I just returned from a couple of days in the Hudson Valley (pictured above minutes before my arrival) visiting my new friends Liz and Don O’Toole close to Rhinebeck. The landscape was almost invariably beautiful, sometimes utterly breathtaking and it … Continue reading