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Vienna Riesling Diary: Day 0 – My Austrian Riesling Top Ten
I just arrived in Vienna after 3 intense and taxing, but also inspiring days tasting Riesling and Grüner Veltliner (plus a few specialities) in Lower Austria. I just had time to check into my hotel and run over to Weibels … Continue reading
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 12 – Dear NSA, Dear GCHQ (Part 8 – As Time Goes By)
Here, much delayed by technical problems with the back end of my blog which prevented me from putting it up as planned on Friday, June 6th is the next installment of this series with no direct connection to Riesling or … Continue reading
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 4 – Wine of the Month June 2014
2013 Villány Rosé from Hummel for Euro 7,50 Of course, everybody is now drinking rosé, because the sky is often blue and the sun is often shining (an interesting color combo there). I admit I sometimes do the same, although … Continue reading
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 3 – New Friends, Old Friends, the Riesling Future and the Riesling Past
There’s nothing I enjoy more than mixing old friends with new friends and Berlin is one of the best places on Planet Riesling for that, because here it can lead absolutely anywhere as the picture above shows. Pictured left is … Continue reading
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 0 – Anarchy in the UK, the USA, the FRG and Everywhere Else on Planet Riesling
„Riesling is anarchy!“ The words were like an electric shock that was administered not just to me, but to everyone sitting around the long table in Restaurant Marcorbrunn in Hotel Schloss Reinhartshausen (Rheingau/Germany) yesterday during the press lunch of the … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 9 – The Riesling Rumors Story
Rumors are always a bit ugly, because nobody can control them, and this time is no exception. Suddenly there’s such a swarm of them flying around New York Wine City (NYWC) that I feel like I could swat them until … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 3 – Important Dates in June for Your New York Riesling Diary!
Here with one small correction – the time for the tasting on June 22nd. Here, finally, is the program for the series of events immediately following the publication of BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH – The Riesling Story by Stewart, … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 2 – #RieslingRoadTrip FLASHBACK (Key West/FL to New York Wine City)
Did you see us or this bizarre vehicle somewhere, somehow between Monday, May 5th in Key West/FL and May 16th in New York Wine City (NYWC)??? Above is my first glimpse of our Riesling Whale – my nickname for our … Continue reading
#RieslingRoadTrip: Day 11 – Lobster Loves Riesling, and Mosel Riesling Kabinett feels at Home in DC!
It’s hardly original to suggest that lobster loves Riesling, but back in Europe lobster is generally a luxury food and saying that could be interpreted as an elitist statement. Here in the land of the lobster roll that isn’t necessarily … Continue reading
#RieslingRoadTrip Diary: Day 10 – My Fond Memories of the Southeast, it’s Charm and Hospitality
I’d been to the Southeast of the US several times before, but to be frank I didn’t really get it until Riesling Road Trip 2 forced me to spend a long week in this part of the country that I … Continue reading