Category Archives: ROCK STARS OF WINE AMERICA
“I dwell in possibility” – Nancy Irelan, FLX Rebel Winemaker with a Cause
Since early March 2019, when I began work for the Gut Hermannsberg (GHB) wine estate in Niederhausen in the Nahe region of Germany, the focus of this blog has certainly shifted. Here’s proof that it is by no means limited … Continue reading
Berlin Wine Diary: Day 5 – The Big Virginia Story, including Trump Winery (owned by the family of President Trump)
My big story about the wines of Virginia on the East Seaboard of the USA was just published on JamesSuckling.com and ought to cause a stir for a variety of reasons. It is not only the first in-depth report on … Continue reading
Eppstein Wine Diary: Day 9 – READ THIS BOOK! Bianca Bosker’s CORK DORK is the Best and Most Innovative Wine Book of the 21st Century!
Maybe this is the first time that the category’s existence been openly declared, but I have no doubt that something worthy of the name New Wine Journalism is out there and that it came into existence shortly after the last … Continue reading
New York Wine Diary: Day 2 – Is Michel Rolland of Bordeaux the Darth Vader of Wine?
What is that spooky sound that reminds me of someone breathing through a helmet? Part 3 of my series on red Bordeaux – BDX: Falling in Love Again? – was just published on GrapeCollective.com and in it I wrote that … Continue reading
New York Wine Diary: Day 1 – New York / New York (FLX)
I just made it to New York City (NYC), but of course the photo above isn’t of NYC, or even what I call New York Wine City (NYWC). Instead it shows a particularly spectacular part of what I sometimes call … Continue reading
Eppstein Wine Diary, Day 1: The Fast Approaching Danger and My Big Decision Part 2
In case there’s any doubt, I wrote the following lines as a friend of America and a strong believer in the principals enshrined in the American Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Today (Sunday, January 29th) I have added an … Continue reading
Bordeaux Wine Diary: Day 4 – The Blank Sheet
I’m sitting in an office that looks like countless other offices in rural France – cream colored walls, filling cabinets and desks, a framed map of the company property on the wall – but I’m not just anywhere in rural … Continue reading
Berlin Wine Diary: Day 1 – WATCH YOUR BACK the Riesling Movie (Part One)
Although work on my movie was completed several months ago my thoughts have returned to it, because my producer and I recently submitted it for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. We feel this would be an ideal venue for it … Continue reading
New York Wine Diary: T minus 5 Days – My BDX Re-Search
My New York days are numbered and I am busy packing up all my stuff, part of which is going back to Berlin where I will spend the winter and part of which is going into storage here in NYC … Continue reading
FLX Wine Diary: Day 1 – Knapp’s Reinvention and the 2016 FLX Wine Harvest
I just arrived in the FLX (Finger Lakes in Upstate New York) where the wine harvest has been briefly interrupted by some rain showers that are actually a welcome change from the long dry summer. It would take several inches … Continue reading