Category Archives: STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL
New York Riesling Diary: Day 1 – Faces of City of Riesling
The amazing Amanda Danielson of Trattoria Stella & The Franklin in Traverse City/MI I got back to NYC from the City of Riesling festival a scant 24 hours ago and the hectic events of last weekend are still going through … Continue reading
(Traverse) City of Riesling Diary: Day 2 – Maybe I’m Amazed by The Night of 100 Rieslings!
Yes, yesterday was a seriously amazing day, and it will be very difficult to communicate to those of you who didn’t make it to Traverse City what it was like. You see, I can describe the scene in the tents … Continue reading
(Traverse) City of Riesling Diary: Day 1 – This is the Day!
It was one of those perfect moments when the Riesling Spirit seemed to embrace us all. We – a group of local winemakers plus Meaghan Frank from Dr. Frank in the Finger Lakes/NY, Sam Smith from Smith Madrone in Napa/CA … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 4 – Announcing the World Premiere of ‘WATCH YOUR BACK – The Riesling Movie (Part 1)’ Sunday Evening at the Bijou by The Bay during CITY OF RIESLING in Traverse City/MI
In the interests of International Security I can neither confirm nor deny that the image above is a still from my recently completed film WATCH YOUR BACK – The Riesling Movie (Part 1) which has it world premiere at Michael … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 2 – (Traverse) City of Riesling Welcomes You to Planet Riesling, July 26th thru 28th NOW WITH A COMMENT BY SEAN O’KEEFE
Obviously, I’m not shy, but normally I’m cautious about putting images of myself up here, because sometimes I blow my own trumpet too much in the texts that appear here anyway. However, this image based on a photo by Bettina … Continue reading
Oregon Riesling Diary: Day 4 – Faces of the Riesling Invasion
“I used to be a normal person, then I found Riesling!” Barnaby Tuttle of the Tuetonic Wine Co., one of the most high profile winemakers in the Riesling Invasion Force of Oregon. As you can see from his eyes, this … Continue reading
Oregon Riesling Diary: Day 1 – The Riesling Invasion begins Saturday, July 19th (in Portland/Oregon)
Normally I don’t ever quote press releases, much less reprint entire texts, but what Jess Pierce of Brooks Wines in Oregon … Continue reading
California Riesling Diary: Day 7 – A Promise That I Will Keep
My couple of days in Monterey are about to come to an end. They seemed even shorter, because I had to spend one of them chained to my desk working on an urgent article for the German wine magazine FINE … Continue reading
California Riesling Diary: Day 4 – The Smith Madrone Magic
Why do I do this job? Why am I more excited about it than ever before? Because of people like Stuart (left) and Charles Smith (right) of Smith Madrone estate on Spring Mountain in Napa Valley. Before I visited them … Continue reading
California Riesling Diary: Day 3 – B(ring) Y(our) O(wn) R(iesling) at State Bird Provisions in San Francisco
I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the publication of #BWWOE than with the BYOR event yesterday evening at State Bird Provisions in San Francisco/CA. The most extraordinary mix of people (including someone who came from New York … Continue reading