Wegeler PURE Riesling 2006

I’ve never really gotten in the habit of drinking much German wine. Partly because I’ve always drunk more red than white. And partly because of all the uncertainty around sweetness, especially in my early wine-drinking days when I turned my nose up at any hint of sweetness, thinking that made me more sophisticated. More than [...]

July 24th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Price: 11-15 bucks, Tasting Notes | 4 comments. Add yours.

Helfrich Riesling 2007 Alsace

Producer: Helfrich

Grapes: 100% Riesling

Appellation: Alsace (AOC, France). This region of France has been handed back and forth between France & Germany numerous times depending on who won the last war. So many of the names don’t sound very French. If you generally avoid Riesling because you’ve tried German ones and found them too [...]

December 29th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Price: 11-15 bucks, Tasting Notes | One comment. Add yours.

Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2008

Producer: Charles Smith Wines

Grapes: 100% Riesling

Appellation: Columbia Valley (though from a single vineyard; see below)

Vineyard: Evergreen Vineyard, a 452 acre vineyard planted to 10 different white varieties and farmed by Milbrandt Vineyards. It is rather young, having been planted in 1998. The vineyard currently falls under the large Columbia Valley AVA, [...]

November 19th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Price: 11-15 bucks, Tasting Notes | 5 comments. Add yours.
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