Place: France Price: $11.99 Aroma: Lemons, Citrus Peel Taste: Very Short Flavors Detected: Pear, Lemon Jolly Rancher I got this Riesling because I decided to make a food & wine pairing tonight – shrimp and bok choy stir-fry. The recipe recommended a citrusy, off-dry Riesling from New Zealand. The wine store had zero Rieslings from [...]
In: Riesling|Washington|White
22 Nov 2009Place: Washington Price: $13.99 Aroma: Pineapple, peach, melon, lemon peel, grass Taste: Short Body Flavors Detected: Grassy, melon skins, lemony This was another wine chosen purely on the label. I was browsing the Riesling area when this bottle caught my eye. Fun label? Check! Fun name? Check! It also had a little recommended tag and was [...]
Place: Germany Price: $10.99 Aroma: Butter, Toffee, Oranges Taste: Smooth, Bit Sour Flavors Detected: Pineapple Another week, another good Riesling. Although this doesn’t quite compare to the Dr. Konstantin Frank Riesling for me it is a good wine. I am not a fan of sweet wines and the sour bite to this definitely helped cancel out the sweet. [...]
Place: New York Price: $19.99 Aroma: Pineapple, Apple Taste: Dry, Not Sickly Flavors Detected: Apple, Honey, Minerals Yum! This is my favorite Riesling ever – well so far anyways. I pretty much only buy Rieslings because Andy really likes them. They have made me sick to my stomach on more than one occasion, but this one is genuinely good! Even [...]
In: Riesling|Washington|White
8 Mar 2009Place: Washington Price: $12 Aroma: Honey, Peach, Pineapple Color: Golden Taste: Sweet Flavors Detected: Honey, Peach, Pineapple Okay, so I usually end up picking out most of the wine and I like pretty bottles and labels. I picked up this Riesling at this awesome wine store in Virginia called Total Wine. They had something like 8,000 bottles [...]
Place: Germany Price: $5.99 Aroma: Pineapple Color: Very Pale Taste: Very Sweet Flavors Detected: Pineapple Blech. In this case we really did get what we paid for. This is pretty much my least favorite wine ever. It is just too frakkin’ sweet. I gave up my glass in favor of coke zero, which by the way I [...]
Place: France Price: $70 Aroma: Straw, Pear Color: Dark Gold with an Orange Brown Tint Taste: Tart, Very Clean, Distinct Flavors Detected: Tart Apple, Rocky, Dirty Ahh, the wine bargain basement! Since all of Pennsylvania wine is sold in state liquor stores they have lots of specials. Overstocks, wines that are getting too old, etc. It’s like the end of the [...]
Place: Austria Price: $16 Aroma: weak, fail Color: Very pale yellowish green Taste: Acidic, sour, young, crisp Flavors Detected: Lemon, citrus Very clean finish. Does not linger on the palette. We first tried the Anton Bauer Riesling on New Year’s Eve along with a Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc and a Tangley Oaks Chardonnay as part [...]
Wine picked up at random and reviewed. Reviews without preconceived notions.