Before diving in, it's important to note that many wine-producing European nations including Italy, Spain, and Germany, use a ...

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, ...

I have a friend who served in the U.S. 7th Army with distinction as a military policeman at the now shuttered Campbell Barracks in Heidelberg, Germany. During his stint there he developed what became ...

While plenty of people in the wine industry, sommeliers and critics advocate for German wines, that sweet perception lingers negatively for the average wine drinker. So many times I’ve tried pouring ...

It glimmers like liquid gold in a glass. It tastes of the sun and earth, honeyed with sweet citrus and ripe apricot. The Far Niente "Dolce" is like no other wine the diner at Cafe Annie had sipped ...

So many wine labels are so straightforward. Many wines made with Chardonnay grapes simply say Chardonnay on the bottle. That’s certainly the case with most California Chardonnays or Cabernet ...

When it comes to the wines of Germany, most wine drinkers have likely heard of Riesling. Gewürztraminer also has a following. Yet there’s more to the wines of Germany, which has 13 wine-growing ...

DESPITE endless efforts to explain, simplify and demystify, the riddle of German wines endures. Confronted with the bewildering nomenclature of so many German wine labels, many people simply shake ...

The latest vintage of German ice wine is in, but there's not much of it. Just one vineyard was able to harvest grapes for the sweet dessert wine. JENS ZIMMERLE: My name is Jens Zimmerle. I'm the owner ...

Warmer temperatures this winter have apparently stymied production of a special wine in Germany for the first time in recorded history. The German Wine Institute said Sunday that none of the country's ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that umlauts scare away American wine lovers. For whatever reason, bottles with labels bearing those diacritical points, floating above terms like spätlese or ...