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Feature Article
While many wine consumers still associate Riesling with a sea of simple sugary wines exported to North America in the 1970s, savvy connoisseurs are snapping up terrific terroir-driven Rieslings from cool climates like Michigan.
Riesling Rebirth: a new beginning in North America for a noble grape
One of the world’s greatest grape varieties would be a huge success with American wine consumers, if only winemakers had the confidence to plant more of it.
by
Dan Berger
November 8, 2006
Around the turn of the last century, the auction houses in London were as active in selling wine as today. And the most in-demand wines of the day were not exalted Bordeaux, esoteric Burgundy, or even dessert wines like Château d’Yquem.
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