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 ...

For the fourth year in a row, riesling enthusiasts in the United States—and no grape breeds devotion quite like riesling—appropriated the entire summer to celebrate their favorite wine. The Summer of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...