Category Archives: STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL

Here is Thomas Struck, director of the Culinary Cinema program of the Berlinale Film Festival relaxing after the end of yesterday evening’s world premier of the movie ‘Red Obsession’ in Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau and the dinner which followed in the mirror … Continue reading →

These Riesling vineyards are in the Clare Valley of South Australia, which on paper is warmer than the Barossa Valley. To find out how that works read on… No numbers are more fundamental to winegrowing than heat summations. These numbers (there … Continue reading →

The idea of winegrowing in Hamburg probably seems pretty crazy. Isn’t Germany a cool place and surely Northern Germany is even cooler, maybe even actually cold in comparison to the winegrowing regions further south in the country? In the seminar … Continue reading →

Great Riesling from Slovakia? These were not the first impressive Rieslings I ever tasted from Slovakia (that was the 2001 Château Béla), but the three 2011s I tasted yesterday evening from the Elesko Winery close to Modra, a short drive … Continue reading →

Of course, drinking good Riesling from one of Germany’s 13 wine growing regions is only one way of gazing deep into the German soul. Another way is to seek out a serious Torte such as this Schwarzwälderkirschtorte made by my mother-in-law … Continue reading →

I would have written this a lot sooner if certain realities like tax returns, paying bills and writing newspaper columns hadn’t demanded my attention so urgently after returning to Berlin. However, that didn’t delay the realization that everything in Berlin … Continue reading →

Although I’ve made it back to Berlin physically and I’m writing this at my “home” desk surrounded by familiar stuff, my head is still full of a hotch-potch of New York things like this sign which says everything about my … Continue reading →

Goodbye New York Wine City (NYWC). I shall try not to be sad as my plane takes off from JFK this evening and I hope that you won’t either. You were so full of surprises, including many wonderful Riesling surprises, … Continue reading →

My two months in NYC are drawing fast to a close and it seems appropriate that finally I get a short blast of icy winter weather. While I’ve been staying at the Hotel of Hope in the East 7th Street … Continue reading →