Riesling grapes originates from the Rhine region in Germany.Riesling grapes are aromatic and high in acidity and are used to make sparkling white wines that are sweet, semi sweet and dry.

Ari Bendersky: Understanding German Riesling: It’s Not All Sweet

Riesling is possibly the most misunderstood grape varietal in the wine world. It runs the gamut from super-sweet dessert wines to bone-dry bottles that you could even pair with a steak.

Riesling in Alsace…

Riesling photo: maifel2001 Riesling is arguably the world’s finest white wine grape, and it is certainly the raw material for the finest wines of Alsace. (This is perhaps a subjective statement…Riesling and Gewurztraminer are so …

Everything you need to know about riesling

it might sound strange but rotten riesling grapes produce great dessert wines. natural fungus called botrytis is encouraged to grow on the grapes. in turn, this sucks the water out of the grapes, concentrates the sugars and creates its …

German Riesling – Prudence

It’s in Germany where Riesling is the lynchpin of the white-wine industry. German wines have not had good press in the last 20 years or so and people often mistake good-quality white wine made from the Riesling grape with German …

Making Riesling: At the Mercy of Nature

An explanation of how riesling production is at the mercy of nature. The range of the grape is astounding–it can produce dry wines (kabinett), semi-dry wines (spatlese), sweet wines (auslese), really sweet wines (beernauslese) and really, really sweet wines (trockenbeernauslese). The hard part: they can all come from a single vine. The other hard part: spelling “trockenbeernauslese.”