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Of course not! As the above photo proves. It’s not even wine that’s being poured into my glass, but apple juice. I took the photo June 22nd, 2007 and in Oslo/Norway during a trip searching for the most northerly wines … Continue reading →

Above is the first photo (thank you Carla Rzeszewski of The Breslin!) of my right forearm since Nuco of North Star Tattoo (www.northstartattoo.com) on East 7th Street decorated it with s piece of my florid handwriting back on November 28th. … Continue reading →

Riesling is rightly regarded as an aromatic white wine, and  the most important aspect of its aroma is no less rightly described described as being fruity. That’s nothing new. A century ago the leading experts described Riesling as being the … Continue reading →

  I make no apologies for returning to the subject of the dry Rieslings of the Rhienhessen region where you can see Klaus-Peter Keller of the Keller estate in Flörsheim-Dalsheim selectively harvesting Riesling grapes in the vineyards of Nierstein. Honestly, … Continue reading →

OK, it smells good, but it’s only wine…only Riesling. With these and similar words those lacking in awareness or imagination seek to dismiss not only the global Riesling phenomenon as insignificant, but try to reduce wine of all kinds to … Continue reading →

Once again I have to put back the story of Riesling and the mystery of aroma for another day, because as they say in America “stuff happens”. At short notice I reorganized my schedule for yesterday evening so that I … Continue reading →

Today was a very busy day, also thanks to Bruce Jack chief winemaker of the Accolade Wines South Africa group, which includes the Flagstone winery he founded. We first met a decade ago when Flagstone had not yet become part … Continue reading →

As the blackboard at Edi and the Wolf on Avenue C at East 7th Street where I had dinner last night boldly declares there is Wahrheit im Wein,  truth in wine. I like this ancient saying precisely because it’s highly … Continue reading →

There it is, a typical Riesling landscape, also a typical German wine landscape with those famous steep vineyards and a river at their foot, or? The Bremmer Calmont vineyard in the Mosel Valley pictured above is probably the steepest in … Continue reading →

If I’m lucky then tomorrow when I reach the one week mark there will be a dull and inexplicable BOOM over the city which the people will hardy notice because of all the other nice, but which will make the … Continue reading →