Riesling

Along with JJ Prum and Markus Molitor, Hermann is one of the finest wineries of Germany’s Mosel Valley. All of the family’s vines are ungrafted and grow on super-steep, slate and rock-covered, slopes looking down on... Read More

Lower ABV Christian Hermann had four 100 point 2023 Rieslings in Wine Advocate and puts that same level of attention into this, his ridiculously inexpensive, mind-blowingly good, QBA. As Advocate says in the 93 point review, it’s... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV We have two vintages of this wine and you NEED them both! From ungrafted vines on red slate with super high acidity (9.3 g/l) balanced by 64 g/l RS. As Wine Advocate says in the 94+ point review, it “opens... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Richer AND lighter than the 2021 also on the shelf, this is almost too easy to drink now solo or with spicy or salty foods. It will get better for decades. The Advocate describes it well in the 94 point review,... Read More

Lower ABV Gloriously dry, crisp, and DRY Riesling. It's full of classic, tangy, Riesling fruit flavors - early season peach, fresh tangerine, lime and lime zest - matched by aromatic fruit blossom and wet river stone minerality.... Read More

Perhaps our favorite dry Riesling in the shop today from Austria's greatest Riesling site: a stony basalt ridge first called Hellenstein (hell stone) because of its rocky soil and the way the sun burns like hell during the... Read More

Lower ABV From cooler sites in eastern Los Alamos Valley and Santa Ynez, this is a lovely, fresh, and summery Riesling. The peach and lime juice and zest aromas lead to a crisp palate of stone fruit and lime curd with just a tiny... Read More

One of the Mosel's most lauded winegrowers crafts this dry Riesling from 60-90 year-old vines across the region. It's fully ripe, incisive, and finishes long, dry and firm. Will improve for 10+ years. As Suckling says... Read More

This dry Auslese Riesling comes from deep grey slate on a super steep, south-facing, slope. The 2018 “two star” bottling is, as Wine Advocate says in the 95+ point review, “pure, precise and flinty on the nose... Read More

One of the Mosel's greatest winemakers and greatest sites come together to great a dry wine than can only be called...well, Great! Already exciting to drink, give this another half dozen years if you can and enjoy for 30... Read More

If Riesling makes you think sweet or, at least, fruity, this is going to be an eye-opener! While there's a nice dollop of citric Riesling fruit, this is really about the stony, savory, side of Riesling. As Wine Enthusast says,... Read More

Lower ABV THE benchmark Australian dry Riesling year after year. This is 100% Riesling grown at 1,400-1,600 feet elevation on thin, infertile, soils in southeastern Australia’s cool Eden Valley. Most of the wine ferments... Read More

Lower ABV Mathias Ruttenstock burst onto the Austrian wine scene a decade ago on the strength of his award-winning Grüner Veltliners, which remain the winery’s focus. But he also works magic with this plot of 45+ year-old... Read More

Lower ABV Best known for frothy sparkling wines and gutsy Gruner Veltliner, the Steininger family is quietly crushing it with Riesling these days. This is a lovely introduction to the purity, energy and perfect balance of ripe... Read More

Organic/Bio Intense. That’s the very first word that comes to mind when tasting this bone dry, multi-layered, Austrian Riesling. Like the best dry Rieslings from Australia’s Clare and Eden Valleys and Germany’s... Read More

Lower ABV Wachau whites always have plenty of finesse and subtlty but also an undeniable power, and that combination is certainly on display here. As Wine Enthusiast says in the 93 point review, There is plenty of substance to... Read More