Ep 088: The Grape Miniseries: German Riesling w Expert Stuart Piggott (Part 2)

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🗓️ 2 November 2013

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This week is a continuation of Episode 87, but this time it's all about the most confusing but rewarding aspect of Riesling: German Riesling. Expert Stuart Piggott and I discuss the highest quality regions, sweetness and dryness scales, and how to shop to get what you want. Another don't miss episode!

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0:00.0	MC Ice, guess what?
0:02.0	Today's podcast is brought to our listeners by audible.com.
0:05.0	Yep, and they can get a free audiobook download at
0:08.0	W.W.
0:11.0	www. Audible Trial.com, forward slash wine for normal people there's over a hundred thousand
0:14.7	titles to choose from and those are for your iPhone Android Kindle or MP3
0:19.0	player go get a buck Let's get to the show.
0:30.0	Thanks for downloading wine for normal people radio. The podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:35.0	I'm Elizabeth Schneider, a certified silye, and certified specialist of wine.
0:39.0	And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
0:42.0	All right, it's good to be back.
0:45.0	You're not back quite yet.
0:47.0	What do you mean?
0:48.0	This episode is a continuation of my conversation with Stuart Pigget,
0:53.4	Reesling expert and author of an upcoming book
0:56.3	on all things Reesling do out in spring of 2014.
1:00.6	Oh, that's right, the two-parter. Yes, it is. And it was important that we do a two
1:04.8	parts because the first part was all about Reisling from other parts of the world,
1:08.9	and this covers the motherland of Reisling. Germany, probably the most complex area for Riesling in the world
1:16.0	because it's so varied by place and by sweetness level and we break it all down in this podcast.
1:23.4	Please tell me it's full of dork out moments.
1:26.8	Oh, it's full of dork out moments and more.
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