Category Archives: STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL
Israel Riesling Diary: Day 1 (Part 2) – Living Together
This is the sunset at Jaffa, on the southern edge of Downtown Tel Aviv, and as you can see it has an orange glow. That makes complete sense to the child in me, because when that child was all of … Continue reading
Israel Riesling Diary: Day One – UNIS Spectacular!
Last night I arrived in Israel for the first time. It’s my worst jet lag in years, perhaps because I’m used to those 6-8 hour flights back and forth across the Atlantic. Flying east for more then 10 hours threw me, … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 26 – FLX Top Secret
However well you think you know the wines of a region there’s always another surprise out there waiting to make you fall off your chair, and that’s the real reason that I do this strange, ridiculous, arduous and fantastic job. … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 22 – My Answer to Jancis Robinson’s Question, “Will Riesling ever catch on?”
Riesling grapes in Cave Spring Vineyard in Ontario, Canada. Riesling is in the process of overtaking Chardonnay to became the No. 1 white vinifera grape variety in Ontario. Jancis Robinson’s just posted a story called ‘Riesling – will it ever … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 12 – The Last Summer of Riesling Ends, but Riesling’s Sparkle Lives On & A Last Word on the New York Wine Riot
All good things must come to an end… Yesterday evening was almost the end of the 7th Summer of Riesling festival in America. The self-proclaimed Riesling Overlord Paul Grieco did not pose in front of a banner declaring “Mission Accomplished”, … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 11: Riesling Fans of New York unite at Wine Riot! / See you Tonight art the New York Premier of WATCH YOUR BACK – The Riesling Movie
My strong belief in the power of the new generation of Riesling fans was enormously strengthened by those I met at the New York Wine Riot yesterday and the day before. I don’t know the names of any of these … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 10 – WINE RIOT, I wanna a Riot, WINE RIOT, a Riesling Riot of my own!
This T-shirt said almost everything about the New York WINE RIOT, the third and final session commences at 7pm this evening. Anyone who attends has the chance to experience one or more of the four Riesling Crash Courses I will … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 10 – WATCH YOUR BACK – The Riesling Movie (Part 1) & New York WINE RIOT
Honestly, when I wrote yesterday’s posting I didn’t sit down to write a lecture on very cool climate viticulture, or to brag about having planted a small, but daring vineyard in an edgy location, but I guess I ended up … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 9 – What do You do if You are a Riesling Against the Stream WINE RIOT?
Come and find out at the NYC WINE RIOT this weekend! Having come out about being a WINE RIOT I’ve been asked what someone who’s like that actually does. In my case all of this is colored by Riesling, which … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 7 – Not only will I be at the NYC Wine Riot, I AM A WINE RIOT!
One of my favorite slogans of the German artist Joseph Beuys, and he was a man of slogans (and in this case perhaps anti-slogans), was “show your wound”. In this spirit, I point out that not only will I be … Continue reading