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{{short description|British wine critic and author (born 1960)}}
{{For|the British archaeologist (1910–1996)|Stuart Piggott}}
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'''Stuart Pigott''' (born 26 May 1960 in [[Orpington]], [[Kent]]) is a British [[wine]] [[critic]] and [[author]] who has lived in Berlin since 1993.<ref>[http://www.stuartpigott.de/stuartpigott/uebermich Stuart Pigott.de: ''Über mich''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317043658/http://www.stuartpigott.de/stuartpigott/uebermich |date=17 March 2008 }}, accessed on 16 March 2008</ref> Pigott mostly writes in German, and focuses on [[German 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, University of London|Goldsmiths College of Art]], [[St. Martins School of Art]] and the [[Royal 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)|Decanter]]'' magazine in 1984.

Pigott moved to Berlin with his wife, [[sommelier]] and later food writer [[Ursula Heinzelmann]], in late 1993 and published his first German-language book in 1994. From early on, he joined fellow British wine writer [[Hugh Johnson (wine)|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.<ref>Karacs, Imre, ''The Independent'' (25 August 1996). [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19960825/ai_n14069634 "German wine-makers given a taste of vintage British scorn"], accessed on 16 March 2008</ref>

Taking his inspiration from [[Hunter S. Thompson]] and [[Tom Wolfe]], Pigott has in recent years tried to emulate the style of [[Gonzo journalism]] in the wine area. He has published a number of free educational wine videos in the "Gonzo" style on the Internet. In the semester 2008/2009 he took lessons at the University of Applied Sciences in Geisenheim comprising the [[Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute]].<ref>[http://www.campus-geisenheim.de/1-2009-Campus-Geisenheim-Newsletter.2919.0.html Campus-Geisenheim-Newsletter]</ref>

==Stuart Pigott's five commandments==
As part of his educational material, Pigott uses the following five commandments on wine:<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stuartpigott.de/sixcms/media.php/664/Meine%20Weinschule-Gesetze.pdf |title= Stuart Pigott.de: ''Stuart Pigotts fünf Gesetze des Weins'' |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080920200541/http://www.stuartpigott.de/sixcms/media.php/664/Meine%20Weinschule-Gesetze.pdf |archive-date= 20 September 2008 }}, accessed on 16 March 2008</ref>

# 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.

==See also==
*[[List of wine personalities]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.stuartpigott.de Stuart Pigott official site] {{in lang|de}}

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[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:British wine critics]]
[[Category:British male journalists]]
[[Category:British expatriates in Germany]]
[[Category:People from Orpington]]
[[Category:Journalists from Berlin]]
[[Category:Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London]]
[[Category:Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung people]]

Stuart Pigott - Revision history

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