Category Archives: STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL

What is this off-the-wall image which has already appeared a number of times on STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL, and what exactly does it mean? I’ve frequently been thrown that Q and it certainly demands an A, but to do that … Continue reading →

Welcome back to the Great Riesling Numbers Game! Every few days the next load of stats arrives and make my jaw drop again. On the eastern side of North America the largest area planted with Riesling seems to be in … Continue reading →

It’s time to stop and think hard about Riesling, also Riesling in California where I took this photo early one October 2005 morning on my way to work the crush at the Riesling-free Scherrer Winery in Graton/Sonoma. Changing sides or … Continue reading →

  MAYBE I’M AMAZED? Justin Christoph just sent me another comment on the beginning of the Summer of Riesling 2012: http://youtu.be/KlEhMR59Gdc I could be dry, I could be sweet I could be loess, I could be slate Your time has … Continue reading →

Here is Justin Christoph’s amazing first comment on the beginning of the Summer of Riesling 2012: Acidity screaming Acidity screaming I’ve never seen you look like this without a Riesling Another harvest fallen through Another vintage passes by you I … Continue reading →

“Summer of Riesling” begins today, June 20th, in the USA & Germany! “Sommer of Riesling” fängt heute am 20. Juni in den USA & Deutschland an! I hereby declare the Summer of Riesling Germany open simultaneously with Paul Grieco’s declaration … Continue reading →

Dr. Jochen Simens was editor of the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper before he took over the ex-Bert Simon wine estate in Serrig on the Saar in 2006 and turned it into Weingut Dr. Siemens. His Rieslings from the 2011 vintage are … Continue reading →

“The Cantonese are the only Chinese people who cook with fish sauce,” said Charles Phan brightly. That sounded like a simple observation from the founder and master chef of the Slanted Door restaurant in San Francisco, but it’s implications go … Continue reading →

Whether you already know it or not I have to introduce you to one of my favorite places on Planet Wine. Forget where you are now, what you’re doing, how it looks and how you feel. The sun is low … Continue reading →

Although I enjoy cooking I’m really not a talented cook. Even worse, because I get too little practice, when I do cook I tend to feel nervous. A glass of Riesling often helps me then, but I rarely feel confident … Continue reading →