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Weingut Achim Jähnisch
Weingut Achim Jähnisch

A Riesling with a distinct northerly character, from the sunny Baden region in Germany: Weingut Jähnisch Staufener Schlossberg 2007.

How Riesling ages
Brauneberger Juffer '08
Stefan Steinmetz's boots

Same vineyard, different wine: the 1-star Brauneberger Juffer Spätlese 2008 from Steinmetz.

Dashe Dry Riesling 2007
Dashe Dry Riesling McFadden Farms 2007

Notes of bruised leaves, faint citrus aromas and a bit of tarragon: Dashe Dry Riesling McFadden Farms 2007.

Riesling Taste Profile
Riesling Taste Profile

Turn that bottle:
the (come)back label.

Mosel Wine Merchant
Mosel Wine Merchant

Mosel Wine Merchant published their very informative 2009 book, available as a free download.

Ravines Wine Cellars
Ravines Wine Cellars

Dry elegance from the Finger Lakes: Ravines Wine Cellars make Riesling with firm acidity and fine minerality.

Gunderloch
Gunderloch

Weingut Gunderloch owns vineyards in the famous Roter Hang in Rheinhessen. How does this red soil affect their Rieslings?

A Riesling tragedy
Reinhard Knebel
Winninger Hamm Riesling Kabinett Feinherb 2005

Winninger Hamm Riesling Kabinett Feinherb 2005. A light, yet very complex Kabinett from the Mosel's slatey grounds.

Klaus Zimmerling
Klaus Zimmerling Riesling 2007

Organically farmed with low yields of 20 hl/ha: Zimmerling's powerful Riesling 2007.

Schäfer-Fröhlich
Schäfer-Fröhlich

Refreshing fruit with a mineral verve. The Riesling Kabinett 2007 from Schäfer-Fröhlich. A Kabinett gem!

Henrik Möbitz
Henrik Moebitz

Möbitz no longer offers Riesling in Baden's warmer climate, but makes stupendous Pinot Noir, Gewürztraminer and Weissburgunder.

Riesling
Wine storage - living in constant fear
Albert Boxler
Albert Boxler

The old vines make an early appearance in the Riesling Vielles Vignes 2005.

Karthäuserhof
Karthäuserhof

A harmonious and elegant bricolage of the most exciting smells and flavors: Kronenberg Auslese 1979.

Jasper Hill
Jasper Hill

Biodynamic Riesling harvested at very low yields: Jasper Hill's Georgia's Paddock Riesling 2005.

Clemens Busch
Clemens Busch

Same wine, just different: AP numbers 02 and 07 of the Riesling Kabinett Trocken 2007.

Riesling
Hans Wirsching
Weingut Hans Wirsching

The '92 and '93 vintages of the Iphöfer Julius-Echter-Berg Riesling Spätlese compared.

Riesling
Scallops in Riesling
Scallops in Riesling reduction

The recipe is simple, the meal rich and deeply satisfying. Served with Riesling Kabinett trocken 2007 from the Mosel.

Weingut Muster
Weingut Muster

The Sgaminegg Morillon 2002 from Weingut Muster is a complex wine of ripe fruit and brooding spices.

Riesling

Let's age together
Let's age together
Sort fermentations
Short fermentations
Riesling Week

The fifth annual Riesling week starts today (May 18th). Restaurants and retailers around New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Las Vegas and Miami will showcase Riesling's incredible versatility.

A bad feeling
Gastronomica

Climate change breaks the traditional links between wine and place. Gastronomica's climate forecast for Alsace, Mosel and Kamptal.

Striehween
Ulli Stein

At an in-store tasting at Crush I had the opportunity to taste the first straw wine from the Mosel since 1971, made by Weingut Stein.

Another piece of heaven

Weingut Stein from the Mosel bought and rented more parcels of the steep St. Aldegunder Himmelreich vineyard.

Hand of Snooth

Der Kellermeister is now curating the Riesling page on Snooth.com, the world's most comprehensive wine database, featuring millions of reviews and hundreds of thousands of wines. "Symphony with horns", Kellermeister's first guest blog, appeared in Snooth's blog section.

Simply Stein

"Wein-Erbhof Stein" was the official name, "Weingut Stein" said the cork, and the label said just "Stein". The naming was a bit confusing so the brothers Stein decided to officially settle on "Weingut Stein" as the official name of their winery.

Toxic

"Florals and citrus fruit with a slightly toxic finish", thus could read a typical tasting note in the near future. The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $3.9 million grant to develop a robot that will spray vineyards with chemicals too toxic to be handled by humans. That is quite worrisome. Why not spend the money to find a way to reduce the use of pesiticides in vineyards?

Breastfeeding

A. J. Adam An important decision-making group of wine consumers completely forgotten by marketing departments are breastfeeding women. My wife nurses our son but at the same time likes a glass of wine now and then. Forget California. German Riesling comes to her rescue. In this case the immensely complex 2006 Hofberg Riesling Spätlese from A. J. Adam. At a mere 8% alcohol it has almost 50% less alcohol than the average Californian Chardonnay.

Bittersweet

While drinking Knebel's Von den Terassen 2007 I realized that more wines should show bitterness. It's the opposite of "sexy", I suppose. I never liked sexy wines, to be quite honest with you.

On May 9 Hermann J. Wiemer winery is going to offer a vertical Riesling tasting at the winery: 10 years of Dry Riesling. This should be a very interesting tasting as Wiemer has for many years produced some of the finest Rieslings in the Finger Lakes. For more info email the winery.



Kellermeister's bookshelf

Organic / Biodynamic Riesling

Aged Riesling

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