Category Archives: STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL
New York Riesling Diary: Day 33 – OUTRAGEOUS! What should a Proper Gentleman think of what Mr. Randall Grahm (of Bonny Doon) has been up to in New York Wine City Today?
Normally I describe, comment and analyze. Today I am so flabbergasted that all I can do is to say how the sequence of photographs below came About. It all began harmlessly enough at the Michael Skurnik portfolio tasting today on … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 32 – The Chardonnay Problem and the Danger of a Global Chardonnay Meltdown
Yes, this blog is about Riesling, but because it’s about Riesling seen from a global perspective, because Riesling grows peacefully along side all manner of other grape varieties red and white, and because it is in competition with their wines … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 30 – Wine of the Month March 2012 (Eroica is a steal at Trader Joe’s!)
2012 Eroica Riesling for $18.50 at Trader Joe’s This is a wine I’ve written about before, because when the first vintage (1999) was first released it was the first innovative American Riesling of the modern era, and because it subsequently … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 29 – Serious Riesling Burnout after completing BEST WHITE WINE ONE EARTH
Yes, this posting should have gone online 36 hours ago, but completing the final corrections of BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH left me with serious Riesling burnout and there was nothing to do but hit the snooze button big time. … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 26 – The Inspiration of New York Wine City for BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH
I sit in My Sun Room on West 16th Street in Manhattan impatiently waiting for the last set of proofs for my book BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH – The Riesling Story, which Stewart, Tabori & Chang (an imprint of … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 22 – Too late for BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH, but still a Riesling Superman!
Almost exactly two years and two months ago I began research for BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH – The Riesling Story, which Stewart, Tabori & Chang will publish here in New York Wine City (NYWC) in June and the book … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 21 – Crowds and Wine
closetogetherclosetogethercloestogetherclosetogetherclosetogetherclosetogether It really ought not to be a very original observation at all, but wine is sometimes a crowd phenomenon. This struck me very forcefully when I was at the Kosher Food & Wine Experience at the Chelsea Piers/NYWC two … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 16 – Rieslingfeier Returns to New York Wine City!
Two years ago Stephen Bitterolf of the vom Boden wine importing company took a daring decision and launched the Rieslingfeier festival celebrating German Rieslings in New York Wine City (NYWC). Last night this year’s Rieslingfeier began with a dinner at … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 14 – I’ve Nothing Against Elegant Chardonnay, but I Hate “Bullshit Chardonnay”
Yesterday I was at a very interesting blind tasting hosted by Patz & Hall winery of Sonoma/California at Corkbuzz Wine Studio in New York Wine City (NYWC). Called “site matters”, it was divided into two halves and it was the … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 10 – Joelle Thomson on New Zealand’s 3rd National Riesling Tasting
Joelle Thomson (the women with the Riesling back turned to the camera) is a journalist, wine writer and author of 14 books about wine in New Zealand. She was first bitten by the Riesling bug in 1994 and has never … Continue reading