Author Archives: Stuart
Stayin’ Alive – Part 1: The 21st Century Climate Challenge
By Paula Sidore & Stuart Pigott Here is the first half of the presentation that Paula Sidore (pictured above) and I made at the ProWein 2020: ProWein International Media Summit at the Geisenheim Wine University in the Rheingau/Germany on the … Continue reading
Book Review: Anne Krehbiehl MW’s The Wines of Germany
The Wines of Germany by Anne Krebiehl MW was just published by Infinite Ideas Books in London (30 Pounds Sterling, ISBN 978-1-906821-85-2), is the first new book on German wines in English in quite a few years and it deserves … Continue reading
The Truth about Michigan, or the Coolest Places on Planet Wine are Warming the Fastest
I’m not trying to become some kind of climate prophet, but my work for Club of Stones reporting on the wines from the stony places around Planet Wine keeps confronting me with shocking new evidence of the reality of climate … Continue reading
The Death Throes of Cool Climate in Old Europe Continue!
This photograph shows “sunburned” Riesling grapes in the Mosel Valley immediately after the second extreme heat wave of 2019 Germany in late July. No less than the melting ice cap of Greenland or the catastrophic damage just caused in the … Continue reading
Cool Climate is Dead in Old Europe
I just attended the wonderful and stimulating FLXcursion global Riesling conference in the Finger Lakes (FLX) region of Upstate New York where I also presented a seminar on Tuesday, 23rd July. I got a lot of requests to post at … Continue reading
Weinstein in Berlin: Part 1 – Obituary for a State of Mind
When I was a child in England I hated it when my parents, grandparents and other adults repeated expressions like „practice makes perfect“ or „all good things come to an end“ to me. That it happened frequently only increased my … Continue reading
Riesling Ambassador
Riesling is the key! Photograph by Alexandra Stellwagen Here is my new autobiographical text explaining what happened to me and my work during the last years. You will also find it if you click on the Riesling Ambassador button above. … Continue reading
GHB Diary 5/2019 – The 35th Anniversary of My New Life: Part 2
Today is my 59th birthday and to celebrate that here’s the story of the crucial moment in my life as a wine journalist. Leonard Humbrecht, how can I thank you properly? What was that „pungent“ taste I found in the … Continue reading
GHB Diary 4/2019 – The 35th Anniversary of My New Life: Part 1
This is the first posting on my blog under my new masthead and this is Part 1 of the most important story I have to tell. / Es tut mir leid aber Sie müssen eine Weile auf die deutsche Übersetzung … Continue reading
GHB Diary 3/2019: Lieber Nahe als Ferne / Love the Nahe
Die Wettervorhersage für Sonntag, den 7. April ist 17° C mit Sonne und ich habe ein Vorschlag für den Tagesprogramm: Niederhäuser Weinfrühling an der Nahe / The weather forecast for Sunday, 7th April is 17° C with sunshine. I suggest … Continue reading