22.9.13 Slow Food Cheese in Bra/Piedmont: German mountain cheese and Riesling

A pittoresque medieval small town in Piedmont full of cheeses from all over the world – from September 19th until 23rd the Cheese once again turned Bra into a taste of paradise. Even better: for 90 minutes mountain cheese and top Riesling wines from Germany were in the spotlight of a workshop I have been organising and moderating. As is the case with Slow Food in general and the Cheese (which is taking place every second year, alternating with Salone del » Weiterlesen…

14.-16.7.13 Riesling Rendezvous in Seattle/USA

I know folks – I should have told you about this event long ago. Somehow I thought Riesling Rendezvous, this great gathering of Riesling producers, writers and sommeliers organised by Château Ste Michelle and Weingut Dr. Loosen didn’t fit into the cheesy subject of this blog. Today though, while hosting a workshop on the pairing of smoked salmon and Riesling, I suddenly realized how wrong I was. » Weiterlesen…