- Stuart Pigott
Stuart Pigott (born
May 26 1960 inOrpington ,Kent ) is a Britishwine critic andauthor who has lived inBerlin since 1993. [http://www.stuartpigott.de/stuartpigott/uebermich Stuart Pigott.de: "Über mich"] , accessed on March 16, 2008] Pigott mostly writes in German, and focuses onGerman wine . He writes for the specialist magazines "Feinschmecker" and "Weingourmet" as well as the Sunday edition of the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ".Biography
Between 1979 and 1986, Pigott studied various art-related subjects off and on at Goldsmiths College of Art,
St. Martins School of Art and theRoyal College of Art . He ended up with a Master's degree in the History of Culture. During his studies he started as a wine writer, and published his first piece in "Decanter" magazine in 1984.He moved to Berlin with his wife,
sommelier and later food writerUrsula Heinzelmann , in late 1993 and published his first German-language book in 1994. From early on, he joined fellow British wine writer Hugh Johnson in taking a critical view towards the mass production mentality that prevailed in parts of the German wine industry, and thus became popular with more quality-oriented producers. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19960825/ai_n14069634 The Independent, August 25, 1996: German wine-makers given a taste of vintage British scorn] , accessed on March 16, 2008]Taking his inspiration from
Hunter S. Thompson andTom Wolfe , Pigott has in recent years tried to emulate the style ofGonzo journalism in the wine area. He has published a number of free educational wine videos in the "Gonzo" style on the Internet.tuart Pigott's five commandments
As part of his educational material, Pigott uses the following five commandments on wine: [PDFlink| [http://www.stuartpigott.de/sixcms/media.php/664/Meine%20Weinschule-Gesetze.pdf Stuart Pigott.de: "Stuart Pigotts fünf Gesetze des Weins"] , accessed on March 16, 2008]
# A wine is as good or bad as it tastes and smells to you.
# For wine, there is no connection between price and quality.
# Wine is not nearly so complicated or delicate as generally assumed.
# There are no wrong words to describe wine.
# There is only one error that is possible to make in connection with wine: to ruin other people's pleasure.ources
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