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Riesling Road Trip: Day 1 – The Longest Day in LA

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Stuart

Is it a truck, is it a whale? No, it’s the Riesling Road Trip mobile tasting room. I begin with a picture of the largest of the vehicles with which I’m traveling Coast to Coast, LA to New York Wine … Continue reading →

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On the Riesling Trail: Day 15 – Only One Day before the Great “Adventure” of the Riesling Road Trip begins!

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Stuart

I’m full of sympathy if you’re wondering how these palms and this beach could possibly have a Riesling Message for the citizens of Planet Wine, but here they are directly outside my hotel window in Venice Beach/LA. Their significance is … Continue reading →

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Guest Column /Gastkolumne: ‘Wonnegau Story: Keller’ by / von Thorsten Jordan

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Stuart

At the wheel in the photo is Klaus Peter Keller of Weingut Keller in Flörsheim-Dalsheim, and in another sense he was also at the wheel of the transformation of the Rheinhessen region of of Germany during the last decade. Which … Continue reading →

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On the Riesling Trail: Day 12 – A Close Encounter of the Third Kind with Great Californian Riesling

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Stuart

In the intense sunlight out of a blue sky the yellow of the grass and the deep blue of the pines had a clarity you won’t find anywhere in Europe no matter which time of year it is or which … Continue reading →

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Guest Column / Gastkolumne: ‘Wonnegau Story – 2013’ by / von Thorsten Jordan (Part / Teil 2/4)

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Stuart

Here is the second of four installments of 18 year old Thorsten Jordan’s guest column about the Wonnegau area of Rheinhessen, once the home of Liebfraumilch, now one of the most dynamic wine growing areas of Germany, indeed on Planet … Continue reading →

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On the Riesling Trail: Day 5 – Beyond Benny Hill and Monty Python in Oregon, Britain and Kenya

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Stuart

When I’m on the Riesling trail one thing always leads to the next and before I know it I’m God knows where. The picture taken late last night shows how before my very eyes Kirk Wille of Loosen Bros USA … Continue reading →

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On the Riesling Trail: Day 4 – When the going get’s weird in Oregon, then the weird turn pro in Oregon

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Stuart

Right from the first time I heard about the Riesling Road Trip which begins in LA on June 19th and will transport me via the land route to New York Wine City (NYWC) on June 27th, I’ve been worried that … Continue reading →

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On the Riesling Trail: Day 2 – Rocking Washington Riesling

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Stuart

It’s easy to make sense of the wines of Washington State in the glass. Mostly they taste pretty good and sometimes they taste amazing – this is possibly the most consistent and best value for money state in the Union … Continue reading →

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Guest Column / Gastkolumne: ‘Wonnegau Story’ by / von Thorsten Jordan (Part / Teil 1/4)

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Stuart

Complaints that there isn’t enough German language material on this site are frequently made, and not without good reason.  When it started back is 2007 (albeit in a very different form) there was as much German language content as English … Continue reading →

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New York Riesling Diary: Day 11 – Gonzo (High Definition Video) Wine Journalism

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Stuart

My notebook and pen used to be the most important tools of my unusual trade, closely followed by the device upon which I typed my stories. However, recently an important change took place and I began to regard the video … Continue reading →

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