Category Archives: STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 8 – Almost Famous on a Good Night
Yes, for those of you who are familiar with German TV, that is Thomas Gottschalk sitting next to me. I should have posted this photo of our meeting in the great Berlin wine bar ‘Weinstein’ right after it happened, but … Continue reading
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 4 – Rockstar Wine Guys, Real Rockstars ‘n’ Riesling
I still don’t know what I was waiting for / And my time was running wild… I had to do a lot of work to this image to make it look like what it actually is, an old photo of Rod … Continue reading
Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 0 – All Edges and Indecipherable
I just got off the plane from New York and I’m feeling a bit disorientated, which is my excuse for presenting this enigmatic image as proof that my Riesling Diary continues its twisting and turning path, now from Berlin for … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 28 – The Eternal City of Destruction and Construction
Pictured above is the junction of 2nd Avenue and East 7th Street in Manhattan where on Thursday afternoon a gas huge explosion lead to a fire that consumed three entire buildings, the ruins of which can be seen in the … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 11 – Flashback to Singapore, or how Iggy’s Restaurant Blew My Mind
Some stories absolutely demand the right photos before they are told, and those photos only arrive much later, then it can be difficult to use them for a blog posting, because blogging is theoretically all about the moment. OK, it’s … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 8 – That Strange and Rare Substance Called TRUTH
Yes, this blog is all about that strange and rare substance called truth. Sometimes, I feel as if truth has become something seriously dangerous to be found in possession of. Political leaders of all persuasions, but particularly those of a … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 5 – Is this the ROCKY HORROR RIESLING SHOW? No, it’s FLX Sweet Surrender!
After KISTLER MY ASS (scroll down to see my previous blog posting) is this now the ROCKY HORROR RIESLING SHOW ??? No way! These are just some of the nobly-rotten grapes from which Red Tail Ridge winery in the Finger … Continue reading
New York Riesling Diary: Day 1 – “Kistler sucks!” or the Painful Truth about High-End Bullshit Chardonnay (and an Exciting Alternative)
I got some flak for writing the words Bullshit Chardonnay in my recent book ‘Best White Wine on Earth – The Riesling Story’ (Stewart, Tabori & Chang). Some people, including those of high intelligence with a well-developed sense of irony, … Continue reading
Finger Lakes Riesling Diary: Day 4 – FLX Dream Teams
You could say that writing how certain wine winemaking teams have done something for an entire region like the Finger Lakes (FLX) in Upstate New York is just stating the obvious: producing wine in any quantity in any wine region … Continue reading
Finger Lakes Riesling Diary: Day 3 – My Great Eye-Opening in the Land of Ice and Snow
I’m sure that many of you think, that after 30 years of doing the Riesling Thing as intensely as I have, I’ve got nothing to learn from another trip to a wine region like the Finger Lakes (FLX) in Upstate … Continue reading