Read the Reflection to find out one of my Rieslings to live. Have you got one or more?
As you might have already guessed, I don’t do normal selfies. Instead, I point my camera in a mirror, in this case the mirror in the belly of the Riesling Whale, aka the retro-fitted 20ft shipping container that is the Riesling Road Trip’s mobile tasting room. The team and I have had a much needed quiet day in Charleston/SC before this evening’s event in the city, although far for me this was anything but R&R , because I had to write another piece for the Sunday edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung where my weekly wine column appears (you have to buy the newspaper to read it, because it doesn’t go online). However, the Riesling Whale was packed up, see below, and is getting a well earned sleep until tonight’s event here in Charleston.
The response to our tasting yesterday evening at Edmunds Oast brew-pub on the edge of Charleston combined with that to the event in Savannah/GA convinces me that Riesling and the charming Southeast of the US are a marriage made in heaven. I’m amazed how at home I feel in this world, and feel rather stupid for not having taken this part of the country seriously before (for no good or bad reason). I’m therefore already working on plans to return here later in the year to do some events specifically for BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH. The combination of relaxed, sophisticated and hedonistic at dinner in the Two Boroughs Larder on Coming Street in Charleston (www.towboroughslarder.com) yesterday evening was awesome. My spicy octopus was delicious with the dry 2012 Westhofener Riesling from Wittmann in Rheinhessen, and the 2011 Spätburgunder ‘Alte Reben’ from Bernhard Huber in Baden matched the steak perfectly. The café type ambiance was a daring move for a restaurant serving food of this quality, but it worked really well. Then I ended up drinking a glass of Malmsey at a place called Macintosh on King Street and had to hit the sack fast after that. Even when the mission is German Riesling & Co. 6 days on the road takes its toll!
PS a timetable of events around the publication of BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH will be published here in about a week’s time, so stay tuned to this Riesling Station!
