Riesling wine is typically associated with Germany (from where the grape originates), or Austria or the hilly and chilly regions of Alsace in eastern France. This aromatic and high acidity white grape ...

If you seek fresh, distinctive, food-friendly white wines, now is the time to discover what chefs, sommeliers and a few aficionados have enjoyed for years—the pleasure of Riesling. Riesling is on the ...

Riesling may be a mature 591 years old this year but it must have the insecurity complexes of a teenager. Despite doing all it can to show its diversity over centuries, many consumers still equate it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I tell the stories behind all things wine, drinks, food, and travel. Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Riesling! Wines of Germany ...

Though Germany has 13 official wine regions—most of which produce riesling—the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer (or unofficially, Mosel) is the most popular, and riesling its star. The region draws its name from the ...

Twenty of us sat around two square tables at Fat Cat Pizza, each with four glasses of pale, fragrant Riesling — ready to taste. But before we got down to the wines, Mark and his partner Mike Pelletier ...

Riesling is not the most popular white wine grape in the world. In fact, it places third after Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, but it remains the most planted variety in Germany and the Alsace region ...

Riesling is a polarizing grape variety, either loved or hated. But Germany’s national grape gets a bad rap. Folks think all riesling is sweet, but many of today’s rieslings are a dry bunch, fermented ...

The variety was one of the first to produce exceptional wines in Canadian vineyards, thanks to early efforts from Cave Spring, Thirty Bench and Vineland Estates in Niagara and Gehringer, Gray Monk and ...