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 ...

If you haven’t had a good Riesling in a while, take a good look at the wine lists of some of your favorite restaurants. Riesling is definitely on the rise and more and more sommeliers are including ...

But French grapes are by no means to be ignored. Burgundy’s supposedly “lesser” white wine grape Aligoté, once awfully tart, ...

Part of the fascination of visiting PA Wine Land is enjoying the many different wines made from many different grape varieties. A wine made from two or more different grapes is called a “blend,” while ...

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 ...

Last week marked the first anniversary of the official worldwide observance of March 13 as the birthday for riesling, the noble grape of Germany that’s such an important chapter in the biography of ...

Favourites among the quirkier vine varieties. A shorter version of this article, with fewer recommendations, is published by ...

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 ...

Riesling is a magnificent grape but a something of a challenge for the consumer. If you ask one of the grape’s many devoted admirers, they will tell you that Riesling is the noblest white grape in the ...