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New York Wine Diary: Day 2 – Is Michel Rolland of Bordeaux the Darth Vader of Wine?
What is that spooky sound that reminds me of someone breathing through a helmet? Part 3 of my series on red Bordeaux – BDX: Falling in Love Again? – was just published on GrapeCollective.com and in it I wrote that … Continue reading
New York Wine Diary: Day 1 – New York / New York (FLX)
I just made it to New York City (NYC), but of course the photo above isn’t of NYC, or even what I call New York Wine City (NYWC). Instead it shows a particularly spectacular part of what I sometimes call … Continue reading
Berlin Wine Diary: Day 4 – In Wine There is Freedom
What the hell has wine got to do with the current trend to nationalism and authoritarianism of myriad kinds that’s sweeping the West and some parts of the East too? This isn’t a rhetorical question I’m posing to introduce some … Continue reading
Eppstein Wine Diary, Day 1: The Fast Approaching Danger and My Big Decision Part 2
In case there’s any doubt, I wrote the following lines as a friend of America and a strong believer in the principals enshrined in the American Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Today (Sunday, January 29th) I have added an … Continue reading
Bordeaux Wine Diary: Day 1 – The Fast Approaching Danger and My Big Decision Part 1
Although it feels strange to be posting this from Bordeaux this is perhaps not so inappropriate, since Marine Le Pen of the Front National is a candidate in the French Presidential election later this year. I should point out that … Continue reading
Eppstein Wine Diary: Day 12 – Who is My Riesling Heroine of 2016? Read on and Find Out!
Who is my Riesling Heroine of 2016? Who is hiding behind those hands? Read on and find out! The title of Riesling Heroine / Hero that I award each year, no less than my choices of the best dry, medium-dry, … Continue reading
Berlin Wine Diary: Day 8 – My Best Rieslings of 2016
As each year this is the season when I pick my Riesling wines of the year in each of the four categories of the IRF Riesling Taste Profile: dry, medium-dry, medium-sweet and sweet. This year the best sweet Riesling is … Continue reading
Bordeaux Wine Diary: Day 4 – The Blank Sheet
I’m sitting in an office that looks like countless other offices in rural France – cream colored walls, filling cabinets and desks, a framed map of the company property on the wall – but I’m not just anywhere in rural … Continue reading
Berlin Wine Diary: Day 1 – WATCH YOUR BACK the Riesling Movie (Part One)
Although work on my movie was completed several months ago my thoughts have returned to it, because my producer and I recently submitted it for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. We feel this would be an ideal venue for it … Continue reading
New York Wine Diary: T minus 5 Days – My BDX Re-Search
My New York days are numbered and I am busy packing up all my stuff, part of which is going back to Berlin where I will spend the winter and part of which is going into storage here in NYC … Continue reading