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Finally here are the eagerly awaited results of the blind tasting of 12 dry Rieslings from the Rheinhessen region of Germany plus three ringers (same grape, same vintage, also dry) which took place on the evening of Wednesday, November 28th … Continue reading →

Last night I unknowingly walked right into the as yet unopened new home of New York’s self-proclaimed “Schnitzel Mafia”, a bar called The Third Man in a very funky (read low-rent) location in Alphabet City. According to the story titled … Continue reading →

This morning I’m seriously KO after the exertion of organizing yesterday evening’s tasting of dry Rieslings from the Rheinhessen region of Germany at Trestle on Tenth (thank you guys for the great support!) But when I think about talented young … Continue reading →

Of course, you’re wondering what three young German winegrowers holding glasses of red wine are doing adorning episode two of my New York Riesling Diary. Well tonight at 6pm at Trestle on Tenth (Tenth Avenue and 24th Street) the American … Continue reading →

Finally I made it to New York for two months of intensive Riesling meditation and group therapy. I’m writing this seated at the window of my room in the Jürgen Fränznick’s apartment in the East Village watching the rain trying … Continue reading →

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhOm5OsOt0k&feature=youtu.be Click on the above link to see the film about Riesling I shot this summer and fall in New York, Berlin and the Rheingau. I may be no Stanley Kubrick, no Quentin Tarantino or Frederico Fellini, but with the … Continue reading →

Take the STUART PIGOTT RIESLING GLOBAL Acid Test now to find out the acid truth about wine, the whole world of taste, and to discover your own personal acid limit! Some people clearly long for an acid-free world even more … Continue reading →

Hey guys, I don’t want to make life uncomfortable for you, but there are some hard facts I think you need to face up to, because at the moment some of you are being cheated by the wine industry. Those … Continue reading →

I guess that for most of you the city of Dresden in the ex-communist East of Germany is not one of the places you’d expect a delicious dry Riesling to grow. I guess that for most of you Dresden is … Continue reading →