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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 4 – Today is the Day I plant “my” Vineyard

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Stuart

Yes, today is the day! Today is the day that I plant “my” vineyard in Töplitz just outside Berlin on the southwestern side in the state of Brandenburg. Sadly, even with the assistance of global warming Riesling won’t ripen there … Continue reading →

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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 2 – Wine of the Month May

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Stuart

2012 Westhofener Riesling trocken from Rupper-Deginther for just Euro 6! Sorry Riesling friends in America, Japan and a bunch of other countries. You can’t just pop out to the neighborhood liquor store and buy this delicious dry Riesling from Jungwinzer … Continue reading →

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On the Riesling Road: Day 5 – The Great Wines and Identity Crisis of Alsace

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Stuart

Normally I don’t expect you to share my enthusiasm for the intricacies of the plant world, but I had to show you this wild tulip Tulipa sylvestris growing in the Grand Cru Hengst vineyard cloase to Wettolsheim/Alasce. It was a sign … Continue reading →

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On the Riesling Road: Day 4 – Finally I catch up after the complete failure of the WiFi in my Colmar/Alsace hotel

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Stuart

What the fuck!? On my first day in Alsace was I was riding high and rolling with the punches. My first tasting at Zind-Humbrecht close to Turckheim blew my tiny little mind, but then the WiFi in my Colmar hotel failed … Continue reading →

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On the Riesling Road: Day 1 (Part II) Zind-Humbrecht changes my Riesling World again!

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Stuart

I was sure that I was holding the bottle firmly, but suddenly it hit the stone floor and smashed between my feet in the reception room of Domaine Zind-Humbrecht just outside Turckheim/Alsace. Olivier Humbrecht disappeared for a moment, then reappeared … Continue reading →

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On the Riesling Road: Day 1 (Part I)

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Stuart

On the Riesling Road you find beauty and mystery, or maybe they find you? But it depends on being open for them, on opening the doors of perception as far as you can. Yesterday evening I was in Munich for … Continue reading →

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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 22 – CELEBRATING THE FIRST EXCITING YEAR OF STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Stuart

It’s hard to believe, but true. One year ago today my website turned inside out and became STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL. At the time it didn’t seem like such a big deal, struck me as a gentle reorientation, but if … Continue reading →

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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 20 – The undying Myth of the complicated and unreadable German Wine Labels

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Stuart

Alongside the great Riesling Myths that the wines of my favorite grape are always sweet and Germanic is the additional Riesling Myth that their labels are inevitable complicated and unreadable. Many wine consumers and even some wine journalists have spotted … Continue reading →

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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 17 – Crazy Riesling (and Other) Stats – The Astonishing Truth about Californian Wine

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Stuart

  I have to thank the man pictured above, Frank Schoonmaker, for an important piece of forgotten wine truth which I bumped into the other day. I’m something of a living fossil, but even I’m not old enough to have … Continue reading →

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Berlin Riesling Diary: Day 13 – The Long Night of German Wines Berlin (April 20th, 2013)

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Stuart

I can’t show you how the Long Night of German Wines (Lange Nacht des deutschen Weins / LNDW) Berlin will look like this year – the 16th year! – because I and everybody else who attends will only find that … Continue reading →

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