Author Archives: Stuart

New York Riesling Diary: Day 6 – Dear NSA, Dear GCHQ (Part 1 – An Invitation)

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Stuart

Dear General Keith Alexander (Director of NSA), Dear James Clapper (National Director of Intelligence), Dear Sir Lain Lobban (Director of GCHQ), Listen up, because here comes something exciting, positive and new! Along with a large part of the world’s population … Continue reading →

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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 14 – Maybe I’m amazed…by Luxembourg

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Stuart

Great Mosel Rieslings grow on slate, have a racy acidity and taste most exciting when some natural grape sweetness was retained. Well, yes…sometimes. I’d known that Riesling is also grown on limestone in the German Obermosel, or Upper Mosel, and … Continue reading →

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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 11 – “Wein lesen”, Wine Reading and their Interdependence, by Caitlin Harrison

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Stuart

As a fiercely passionate student of wine, I, Caitlin Harrison, in a moment of panic and indifference for my direction in life, decided to quit my longstanding career in restaurant work to throw myself fully into what any normal 28 … Continue reading →

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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 5 – When I knew I must be somebody, but I didn’t know who the hell I was

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Stuart

Yesterday evening was mad, bad and exciting all at once. When I arrived at the ‘Tasting on Thin Ice’ organized by Lenz Moser ( the man behind TxB Wine Imports in Germany and the globally distributed ‘Laurenz V.’ brand of … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 16 – Wonderful Sweet non-Riesling (thanks to the NYWC Sherryfest)

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Stuart

“What are you doing here Stuart? This isn’t Riesling!” someone called out to me across the room this afternoon at The Astor Center in New York Wine City (NYWC). I was there attending the NYWC Sherryfest Grand Tasting. As if … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 12 – Zen and the Art of not becoming “insanely busy” when writing a Book against a Crazy Deadline

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Stuart

Writing this book (BWWOE – The Riesling Book, for Abrams in NYC) against a crazy deadline ought to be sending me insane, but thankfully it isn’t. One  reason for that is that most days I make great progress with it … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 8 – Mac Forbes: Otherwise Australian

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Stuart

Sometimes the Great God of Wine knows it all so much better than I can ever hope to do and gives me a helping hand. The last days I was struggling to finish the Australian chapter of my forthcoming book … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 1 – Back in my NYWC Book Writing Cell

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Stuart

Today I was back at the small desk in my New York Wine City (NYWC) writing cell and I had my head down all day in order to complete the Northern Michigan chapter of ‘BBWOE The Riesling Book’ and make … Continue reading →

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On the Riesling Road: Day 5 – Hot Ontario!

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Stuart

When I went out for my run early this morning here in Jordan it seemed fairly cool – although distinctly warmer than in Northern Michigan where I was before I came to the Niagara Peninsula. When I got back half … Continue reading →

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On the Riesling Road: Day 3 – And that was in Michigan???

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Stuart

Michigan sounds like a disaster zone to most of America, indeed, to most of the world, because everybody thinks about bankrupt Detroit and not about the North where some of the best Rielsing wines in America are produced. I have … Continue reading →

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