German Wine

Selbach Riesling Dry – Creepy Fish, Tasty Wine

I'm a big fan of a good, dry riesling.  And I'm an even bigger fan of a good, dry riesling that is bargain-priced.  This...

Leitz Rüdesheimer Riesling – Dry and Delicious

Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and my email inbox is overflowing from the wine PR folks pitching their Thanksgiving wine stories to me.  And everywhere...

Wittmann 100 Hügel Riesling Trocken – Prickly Goodness

A few months ago, while on a bar crawl with some colleagues, I stopped into a bar in Cincinnati called Rhinehaus.  I was...

Balthasar Ress, Von Unserm Riesling, Dry and Delicious

Like many European wine producers, Balthasar Ress has a long history dating back to the late 1800's.  Before beginning wine production, there were...

Max Ferd Richter Veldenzer Elisenberg Riesling Kabinett

I regularly encounter folks who say they don't like riesling.  As I've said before, I think riesling is misunderstood by too many people.  Yes,...

Wittmann Trocken Riesling

The Wittmann family behind this wine has a history of wine production in southern Rheinhessen, Germany that goes back to before the United...

Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken

I was complaining just a couple weeks ago about the long names that appear on German wines and I think I just found a...

Weingut Max Ferd Richter Mülheimer Sonnenlay Riesling Kabinett

Attention German wine producers.  Please see the title on this review, which happens to be the name of a wine from your country.  If...

Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler Riesling

Tonight we have a double-header review, with two different rieslings from Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler.  These two fall slightly above our typical price limit, but it's...

G.H. von Mumm 50° Riesling Trocken

With terms like spatlese, kabinett, auslese, trocken, halbtrocken, combinations of those terms and more, there is a definite learning curve to understanding German riesling...