Category Archives: Wine Telegram
My Wine Telegram 128 – finally, the Long Night of German Wine in NYC
“So you found a home in New York,” Paul Grieco said to me as I sat in a corner of Restaurant Hearth (www.restauranthearth.com) with a glass of Mosel Riesling from Weiser-Künstler lost in thought +++ I was thinking back 24 … Continue reading
My Wine Telegram 127
If you think that I’m sometimes crazy then look at winemaker Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon winery of Santa Cruz in California (above) with whom I recently spent a fascinating afternoon in the Waterbar/San Francisco talking about whether terroir and … Continue reading
My Wine Telegram 126 with an urgent question to Renate Kunast
a whole week later I’m still trying to recover from the bolt of lightning which hit me as I walked down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan +++ an SMS from Uerzig in the Mosel told me that the Green Party of … Continue reading
My Wine Telegram 125
Upon returning to Berlin from many long and intense days of tasting the 2010 vintage German wines and I felt seriously confused +++ although there are plenty of good 2010s and some great wines, just what are the “typical” characteristics … Continue reading
My Wine Telegram 122
First of all a Big Thank You to everyone who watched WEINWUNDER DEUTSCHLAND on BR3 over the holiday period and particularly to those who emailed me or otherwise took the trouble to send your best wishes, express your excitement about … Continue reading
My Wine Telegram 121
Anyone who watched the fifth episode of my TV series WEINWUNDER DEUTSCHLAND on BR3 at 16:30 Central European Time on Sunday, 2nd January (you can also see it at www.br-online.de) knows that in 2009 I produced my own wine +++ … Continue reading
My Wine Telegram 119
Until now many people have known me as the British wine journalist living in Berlin, others as the wine columnist of the FRANKURTER ALLGEMEINE SONNTAGSZEITUNG or as the author of many books on wine (mostly in the German language), but … Continue reading
My Wine Telegram 118
I „only“ write about wine, but again and again one thing leads to another and before I know it I’m a long way from home and from wine. My wife and I returned from a wine tour through Hungary and … Continue reading
My Wine Telegram 117
The picture above captures the magic moment on Friday morning in Bernkastel-Kues/Mosel when Hendrik Hering (SDP), the Minister in the state of Rheinland-Pfalz responsible for winegrowing and roadbuilding recieved the prize for HYPOCRITE OF THE YEAR 2010 +++ Hering won … Continue reading