Category Archives: STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL
New York Riesling Diary: Day 4 – JOIN US NOW on Planet Riesling at Terroir Murray Hill!
New York is the place, now is the time! “It isn’t cold and there’s no creek!” Bob Bertheau just told me about the Cold Creek Vineyard from where one of his best 2013 vintage Rieslings came. The chief winemaker of … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 4 – Trapped on Planet Chardonnay or on an Asteroid called Sauvignon Blanc / Pinot Grigio? JOIN US TODAY on Planet Riesling at Terroir Murray Hill!
You don’t need to be a card carrying Riesling Fan or even a fellow traveller to join us between 2pm and 4pm today at Terroir Murray Hill (439 Third Avenue between 31st and 30th Streets) in New York for the … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 4 – YOU ARE ALL INVITED! That’s One Small Step for Riesling, One Giant Leap for Riesling-Kind. JOIN US TODAY at Terroir Murray Hill!
#BWWOE has landed on Planet Riesling! New York is the place, now is the time! Between 2pm and 4pm this afternoon, Saturday, June 21st, BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH – The Riesling Story (aka #BWWOE) is officially launched at Terroir … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 3 – YOU ARE ALL INVITED! The Hitherto Untold Story of the United States of Riesling
Don’t get me wrong! Posting this startling image is not a sign that I’m abandoning my pacifist beliefs, much less that I’ve gone over to the Dark Side and now support the NRA (aka the guns and ammo industry). Pictured … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 2 – YOU ARE ALL INVITED! New York is the Place, this is the Time for #BWWOE!
Yesterday at the David Bowler tasting of wines from Germany, Austria and Alsace yesterday afternoon I clocked this mighty vessel, which is possibly – to quote a wine magazine that will remain nameless – “the ultimate bottle of Riesling”. Fritz’s … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 1 – YOU ARE ALL INVITED! New York is the Place, this is the Time for #BWWOE!
YOU ARE ALL INVITED to the official launch of my new book BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH – The Riesling Story just published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang. New York is the place, this is the time! To be precise the … Continue reading
London Riesling Diary: Day 1 – T Minus One and Counting! #BWWOE is Published Tomorrow!
Yes, it’s just one day until the publication of BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH – The Riesling Story (aka #BWWOE) tomorrow by Stewart, Tabori & Chang in New York Wine City (NYWC) and I have to admit it feels strange … Continue reading
Vienna Riesling Diary: Day 1 – Sometimes You Get Lucky and the Great God of Wine Smiles on You! (Part 3)
People who’ve never done it are always drastically underestimating how much mental concentration professional wine tasting demands and what a toll it takes on the human body when it’s undertaken for a longer period of time. This is my 5th … Continue reading
Vienna Riesling Diary: Day 1 – Quo Vadis Austrian Dry Riesling (Part 2)
We wine journalists, somms and other wine professionals all pretend we can make sense of wine, but in the end it is like a silhouette on the wall who’s shape we can recognize and we try to describe, but actually … Continue reading
Vienna Riesling Diary: Day 1 – Quo Vadis Austrian Dry Riesling? (Part 1)
Of course, any hit list like my Austrian Riesling Top Ten published here yesterday, just in time for the opening of the VieVinum wine fair, can only be personal. Who is left out inevitably throws up as many questions as … Continue reading