Category Archives: STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL
New York Riesling Diary: Day 3 – Sorry, but this is NOT a Single Subject Blog
Sorry, but this is not a Single Subject Blog, even if it has been listed as a finalist in that category of this year’s Wine Blog Awards. The whole point of STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL is using Riesling as as … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 2 – I don’t need a Medal, a Prize or even a Wine Blog Award!
I’ve just been nominated for a blogging award – more details of that below – which has made me to do some serious thinking about what I’m up to here at STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL. First of all, right from … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 1 – My First Step on the longest Riesling Journey
Yesterday evening I returned to my Room with a View at the Hotel of Hope in the East 7th Street of New York Wine City’s (NYWC) East Village and immediately hit the Riesling trail. By a minor miracle I walked … Continue reading
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 2 – Let it Grow!
When I arrived at the two parcels of vines which my team and I planted at Weingut Klosterhof Töplitz in Töplitz/Brandenburg yesterday this is what I found. Just 16 days after planting almost 100% of the nearly 1,000 Pinotin vines … Continue reading
On the Riesling Road: Day 2 – Cellar Extension and Consciousness Expansion
I’m just a humble citizen of Planet Wine and a Riesling Fellow Traveler who’s repeatedly damned to adopt the mantle of a prophet. OK, in this case that’s like me complaining that the forest is burning down after having been … Continue reading
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 12 – Crazy Alsace Riesling Stats
I found this funny sign – I’m in complete agreement with it, of course! – in the tasting room at Maison Trimbach in Ribeauville/Alsace where I had an amazing vertical tasting of Clos Ste. Hune and Cuvée Frédérik Emile dry … Continue reading
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 5 – Success for my Team, my Hoe and I in Töplitz/Brandenberg
Thanks to the élan and professionalism of my team the planting of my two parcels with just short of 1,000 Pinotin vines in the historic vineyard of Töplitz/Brandenburg went like a dream. Instead of needing two days, they raced through … Continue reading
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 4 – Today is the Day I plant “my” Vineyard
Yes, today is the day! Today is the day that I plant “my” vineyard in Töplitz just outside Berlin on the southwestern side in the state of Brandenburg. Sadly, even with the assistance of global warming Riesling won’t ripen there … Continue reading
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 2 – Wine of the Month May
2012 Westhofener Riesling trocken from Rupper-Deginther for just Euro 6! Sorry Riesling friends in America, Japan and a bunch of other countries. You can’t just pop out to the neighborhood liquor store and buy this delicious dry Riesling from Jungwinzer … Continue reading
On the Riesling Road: Day 5 – The Great Wines and Identity Crisis of Alsace
Normally I don’t expect you to share my enthusiasm for the intricacies of the plant world, but I had to show you this wild tulip Tulipa sylvestris growing in the Grand Cru Hengst vineyard cloase to Wettolsheim/Alasce. It was a sign … Continue reading