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Wine Review: Umpqua Innovations

Oregon’s Umpqua River Valley AVA, situated between the better-known Willamette Valley to the north and the Ashland-anchored Rogue Valley AVA to the south is rural, wild (as in surrounded by wilderness...

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Budget Wine Review: Loosen Bros. “Dr. L” Riesling Mosel 2016

Who is Dr. Loosen you ask? Ernest Loosen, a n’er do well college student studying archaeology, was called home in 1988 when his father became ill. A middling, deeply indebted winery and vineyard along...

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Budget Wine Review: Nik Weis St. Urbans-Hof Estate Old Vines Riesling Mosel 2016

Nik Weiss represents his family’s third generation at the helm of St. Urbans-Hof, which was granted VDP classification in 2000. Intensely aromatic, impressive flint, nectarine and apple with lime and...

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Stirm Wine Company: Peeling Back the Layers of Riesling

In the world of natural wine making, discovery, the quest for something new, is the constant theme that comes up in conversations with winemakers. Ryan Stirm is no exception. “Exploratory, peeling back...

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A First Taste of Michigan Wine: St. Julian Winery Riesling Reserve Lake...

I have just arrived in Michigan for my first taste of Michigan wine. While provisioning from the local supermarket I came across this bottle as my introduction. And appropriately so. St. Julian is the...

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Wine Review: Verterra Dry Riesling Leelanau Peninsula, Michigan 2018

Wines of distinction offer more than a pretty face—they have depth and something indefinable about them. It’s easy to see why this Reisling is a perennial award winner. Precise peach aromas with a halo...

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Left Foot Charley Missing Spire Riesling Michigan 2018

Dry Riesling is all the rage in Northern Michigan’s Traverse City, the beating heart of this burgeoning wine region. But Riesling earned its reputation as a noble grape in Germany where sweeter styles...

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Wine Review: 30 Bench Winemakers Riesling “Wild Cask” Beamsville Bench...

Although 30 Bench makes several red, white, and sparkling wines, it’s their Riesling that shines. Winemaker Emma Garner produces several, small-lot bottlings sourced from various locations in their...

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Wine Review: Dr. Basserman-Jordan Riesling Trocken Pfalz 2018

I enjoy dry Riesling because of its textural complexity. When well made, it has biting acidity but enough round, warm, generous fruit to hold the acid in check, and a layer of cool, phenolic grit that...

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The Puzzle of Riesling

Eric Asimov takes up one of the enduring mysteries of the wine world. The dry white wine can’t seem to win fans. Are wine lovers generalizing from bad wines, or is riesling’s appeal profound but too...

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