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reez ling

  • n  white grape grown in Europe and California
  • n  fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California
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  • Give Dry Riesling a Try
    Too many people dismiss riesling as a sweet and simple white, but nothing could be further from the truth. by David Kirkpatrick Riesling is perhaps the most underappreciated of the noble grape varieties. Too many people dismiss it as a sweet and simple white, but nothing could be further from the truth.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
    June 12, 2013 - Boise Weekly
Quotes

  • Matt Millen in Detroit Free Press
    I don't know what good wine is,Millen said. "When I first got into broadcasting, my partner was Tim Ryan. Tim thought of himself as a wine connoisseur, and he'd say, 'Now this is a Riesling from 1976, it has a light.'"
  • Bryan Brown in Pittsburgh Post Gazette
    The challenge for us is to broaden people's horizons on what Australia has to offer,said Francine Bryan Brown, public relations director of Wine Australia USA, an industry-funded promotional board. "We've had great success with riesling,...
  • Andrea Immer Robinson in San Diego Union Tribune
    I think as the sales of sauvignon blanc and riesling have started to skyrocket, and with pinot grigio going strong, their popularity has opened up the American palate to the idea of a more crisp wine driven more by acidity and refreshment,...

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