As the
frequent reader of my Blog you might have realized: I am not too much into
dry Riesling – at least publicly, of course! I suppose there are plenty of writers
with far more expertise and indeed better stomach lining. So there is no immanent
need for my blather about Riesling.
However, today I would like to make an
exception. Last Friday evening I met up with four friends, most of them far
more enthusiastic about this admittedly grand varietal, to drink some German
and French dry "Grand Growth" Rieslings from the vintages 2004 and 2005. Names like Wittmann, Trimbach, Keller, Breuer, Zind-Humbrecht, Dönnhoff, Kühn and Emrich-Schönleber speak for themselves. I suggest, just have a look …


