Wine menus and liquor stores can be intimidating—so many labels and regions and names, so little time. When the cute waiter comes over and puts you on the spot, you often go with what you know: “Pinot ...

If you ask the wine trade what they drink that no one else does, they always bang on about the same two “good value” things: dry sherry and riesling, especially German riesling. It’s been like this ...

This weekend, many folks will be celebrating the success of our local wines at the Wine Symposium of the Finger Lakes (winesymposiumfingerlakes.com), which takes place in Geneva. Most of the seminars ...

This late harvest riesling from one of the premier Mosel based winemakers comes from ungrafted old vines (some older than 80 years) that are planted on stony, steep hillsides. The wines are balanced, ...

A pistachio exhibition. A herring market. The happy blend of wine and hiking. This list proves that foodies, too, can celebrate Autumnal travel. After years of higher temperatures, kabinett riesling ...

If your knowledge of German wines is limited to riesling, you’re missing out. We’ve made the plea for riesling in the past, and while we won’t give up on rolling that boulder up the hill, that’s not ...

Ever since I started drinking wine I have had a fondness for German Riesling. I want them dry or, occasionally, very sweet. I have never been a fan of the off-dry or semi-dry wines which Germany used ...

In 1752, so the story runs, the town councilors of Bingen (on Rhine) decided to taste the 1751 vintage — or that part picked, pressed, and cellared by the commune — immediately after a routine meeting ...