Category Archives: STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL
California Riesling Diary: Day 2 – Let’s be Frank, California Dreaming is also Riesling Dreaming (and Riesling Loves Dogs)
San Francisco and its hedonistic food and wine culture have fascinated me since I first travelled here from London back in the summer of 1986, so it seemed appropriate that I should come here to present BEST WHITE WINE ONE … Continue reading
Finger Lakes Riesling Diary: Day 7 – It’s the People, Stupid!
At the end of my week in the Finger Lakes (FLX) in Upstate New York I’m in no doubt that this region on the cusp of gaining recognition as one of the most important winegrowing regions in North America, and … Continue reading
Finger Lakes Riesling Diary: Day 3 – Riesling & Co. at Hermann J. Wiemer & Co.
Sure, I came up from New York Wine City (NYWC) to the Finger Lakes (FLX) for the Rieslings – I’m at least as interested in those wines as when I first came up here almost exactly 10 years ago – … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 13 – Wine of the Month July
2013 “Indica” Rosé from Lioco, $20.99 plus Tax at Skyview Wines I guess that some of you are expecting wall-to-wall Riesling now that BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH – The Riesling Story is out, but as much as I love … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 11 – Juliette Pope of Gramercy Tavern is the First Riesling Queen of New York!
When I first got interested in German wine and Riesling just over 30 years ago – at that point the two almost seemed synonymous to me, so horrible weak was my knowledge – the German Wine Queens used to make … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 10 – Welcome to Sean O’Keefe’s American Riesling Time Machine!
When it’s not full of hipsters, and I didn’t see any of them there late Wednesday afternoon, then Hotel Delmano in Williamsburg/Brooklyn really looks a bit like a time machine. Of course, it only feels like a historic hotel saloon … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 7 – Heaven & Hell at Momofuku Ssäm in Manhattan
There were several moments yesterday evening at Momofuku Ssäm, 207 Second Avenue in Manhattan, when I felt that like the best solution would be just to run for the exit. “Let me out! Let me out!! Let me out!!!” The … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 6 – To Tesch or Not to Tesch, that WAS the Question
The picture shows the scene around 4pm this afternoon in an upstairs room at Le Bernardin Restaurant on West 51st Street in Manhattan as guests at the tasting of dry Rieslings from the Tesch winery in the Nahe region of … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 5 – The GG Personalities of Idig & Morstein
This afternoon the tasting of single-vineyard Rieslings of the new ‘GG’ category at Hotel Delmano in Williamsburg/Brooklyn was one of most fascinating tastings I’ve attended in a long time, period. Steffen Christmann of the Christmann estate in Gimmeldingen/Pfalz, and president … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 5 Meet the Riesling A Team
Here they are at Terroir Murray Hill at the end of yesterday’s launch of BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH (aka #BWWOE), the Riesling A Team. As you can see, there were some surprise additions to the advertised line up, from … Continue reading