Category Archives: STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL
New York Riesling Diary: Day 3 – Only One Week until the Big Weekend of New York WINE RIOT Weekend plus the New York Premier of my movie WATCH YOUR BACK
There’s now just one week until the Big Weekend of New York WINE RIOT on Friday, September 19th (evening only) and Saturday, September 20th (afternoon and evening), followed by the New York Wine City (NYWC) premier of my film WATCH … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 2 – Germany’s Riesling GGs Want to be Carved in Stone, but 2013s are a Crapshoot
It’s quite a strange, almost a spooky, feeling to look back from bustling New York Wine City at all the intense of the 2013 Riesling “Große Gewächse” (GGs) during my recent stay in Germany. You see, this category of high-end … Continue reading
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 3 – WATCH YOUR BACK – The Riesling Movie (Part 1) in Berlin!
Yes, last night my movie WATCH YOUR BACK – The Riesling Movie (Part 1) had its first showing in Berlin, the city where it was edited, cut and produced by Klaus Lüttmer. This picture shows me during shooting at cameraman … Continue reading
London Riesling Diary: Day 2 – A German Spätburgunder by Any Other Name is a Pinot Noir (or even a Pinot Nero)
Hopefully, a blog responds to events and has an ethos, but is not a rigid editorial program that requires slots to be filled come what may. I think it should be like bamboo bending with the wind, rather than an … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 20 – Oregon Really is Becoming the Promised Land of American Riesling
What is the trouble with Harry (Peterson-Nedry)? Well, it’s certainly not the quality of the Chehalem Rieslings! Oregon’s 700 acres of Riesling are a small fraction of what Washington State or California have, and even lags well behind New York … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 15 – Dr. Riesling’s Gonzo Stocktake (Part 2) – 93,763 Machine Guns is Paranoia
Events in Ferguson, Missouri and elsewhere subsequent to the publication of this posting in no way alter my conviction that what we saw there during the days immediately following the shooting of Mike Brown was the result of a system that … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 12 – Chenin Blanc is Riesling’s only Serious Competitor as Mulderbosch, South Africa Proves
This afternoon winemaker Adam Mason (pictured above) of Mulderbosch winery close to Stellenbosch in the Western Cape province of South Africa demonstrated at the Corkbuss Wine Studio in New York that the Chenin Blanc grape is Riesling’s only serious competitor … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 8 – Dr. Riesling’s Gonzo Stocktake (Part 1)
“I couldn’t get your book, because it was sold out at Barnes & Noble,” a New York Wine City (NYWC) somm told me. Those were encouraging words just shy of two months after BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH – The … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 2 – Wine of the Month
Lion’s Tooth of McLaren Vale Shiraz-Riesling by Dandelion Vineyards $15.98 plus 7% NJ sales tax at Wine Works Dear Readers, my Wine of the Month is always a kind of letter to you, and hopefully also a gift. I find these … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 0 – S’Mores and More in Hokeyville (aka South New Jersey)
How could my New York Riesling Diary suddenly have gone from Day 1 back to Day 0 since the last posting? However bizarre it might seem the above photo provides the complete explanation. It shows what I saw around 9:30pm … Continue reading