I have now known Dirk Richter of his own family's vineyard in Germany's Mosel valley for almost ten years. Sotiris Bafitis my rep and the owner then of his own import company brought him by back in 2002-2003( ? ) : I can't remember exactly now the time. Anyway, that's when Sotiris represented the RICHTER wines of Dirk's family and they were sold to him by Langdon Schiverick that Sotiris brought by at least once to Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits ( 3423 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Washington D.C. 20008 Tel:202-363-4265 Tel:202-363-4265 sales@clevelandparkwine.com www.clevelandparkwine.com ) where I manage the wine department.
I have had Dirk in the store at least five or more times now and I will write a blog at chatwine.blogspot.com with more actual information on his most recent visit with Sotiris Bafitis last week ( late May 2010 on a Tuesday afternoon May 24th, 2010 I believe? ) and we tasted the current selections that are now sold through Voila Imports with Olivia and her husband at the helm.
However, being an artist this is my art blog and I took these pictures quickly as I tasted, chatted and caught up with Dirk that I had not seen for years. It was an entertaining as well as informative visit. Kirk seemed a bit pressed for time, perhaps a bit impatient, stern and definitely more business-like than social. I would have liked a bit more of the social as it has been so long and I like old memories to return and come alive for me as another way to re-nourish contacts and stir the soul and flame the senses ... I will buy your wines anyway because they are always excellent Dirk : you don't have to worry about that. I will give Sotiris the order really soon for June.
So enjoy these artsy photos that I have taken and I will comment a bit more on them as I have time.
In the meantime it is Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 at 8:59 AM here at home and I will post this now and return later today to add some more. I do think that the pictures speak a lot for themselves. Many of them are taken through my Reidel wine-tasting glass with Dirk's fine German Mosel Rieslings in them at the bottom, I love attaching the two - wine and the wine that he makes, the glass and the bottle and the label all together to show the relationship that they all share together. Cheers, TONY
These pictures that follow here look a whole lot alike but they are all separate shots and all reflect subtle shifts of expression as Dirk did move some as I snapped quickly away within a period of less than a minute I believe ...
I like how the bright white ceiling lights on our ceiling above are reflected on the Reidel win-tasting glass and how I use them to frame Dirk's face to separate it and contain it and make one focus more on it than usual. It helps me to see more details on Dirk's face.
Cheers Dirk and Sotiris and thanks for coming by. The wines showed brilliantly as usual and I look forward to having them back in the store as we have now been out for at least two months. Oops! I can remedy that, however and will ...
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