Category Archives: STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL

In England where I grew up and was raised we say, “the proof is in the pudding”, meaning that theories are fine, but the crucial test is how things function in the real world. Last night Bob Madill of Sheldrake … Continue reading →

Yesterday I was busy in NYC with the exuberant and joyful Gay Pride March, then the birthday celebrations of my friend Volker Donabaum (see below), but after reading the news early this morning there was no alternative but to postpone … Continue reading →

There were whales beneath those gentle-looking waves, but finally I thought it was safe to go back into the water. What I mean is that I naively imagined that once I’d return from Riesling Road Trip’s coast-to-coast tour (or was … Continue reading →

FINALLY, WE MADE IT!!! As you can see the Riesling Road Trip made it to Manhattan and by some miracle we were also on time. How could that possibly function? I still don’t understand it that once again I’ve got … Continue reading →

“Amazing yumminess for all,” is the first principal of the Riesling “Gospel” according to Paul Grieco, co-owner of Restaurant Hearth and the Terroir chain of bars in New York Wine City (NYWC). He’s sitting next to me on the back … Continue reading →

If you had told me a week or a year ago that I would be sad to leave Birmingham / Alabama, then I would have laughed. Before I arrived Birmingham meant nothing to me except Randy Newman’s sad song, but … Continue reading →

Early this morning I ran in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the city which survived the double disaster of hurricane Katrina and George W. Bush’s callous lack of interest in the suffering it caused back in 2005. OK, it … Continue reading →

This lunchtime I wasn’t expecting anything particular in Houston/Texas except a (hopefully) interested crowd at our next tasting on the Riesling Road Trip, but without even looking for it I discovered an aspect of contemporary America, which also says something … Continue reading →

Yes, our drive from Phoenix/Arizona to Austin Texas via Marfa/Texas clocked in at 25 hours. 25 hours is a really strange unit of time and if you decide to do it, then I promise that it will do something really … Continue reading →

I was running, as I try to do every morning, and suddenly there it was with nothing else visible to the horizon. The eternal window-shopper in me liked the look of what he saw displayed in the ‘Prada Store’ just … Continue reading →