Riesling suffers from a lack of consumer confidence, dismissed categorically as too sweet
While besotted sommeliers and wine writers praise riesling’s purity of expression and fluidity of style, consumers usually dismiss it categorically as too sweet.
Riesling producers today can only dream of such acceptance. Sales have been sluggish for years. Aromatic and fruity styles of white wine are out of fashion, even at Canadian wineries that make great expressions of riesling. Only gewurztraminer has less street cred in Canadian vineyards. The riesling grape can produce invigoratingly fragrant and flavourful wines with a variety of personalities because of regional styles as well as harvest and winemaking decisions. That chameleon-like character is the reason wine geeks love riesling; maybe there’s still hope that passion can be passed along to the masses. Here are six enjoyable rieslings that show a range of flavours and sweetness levels to try.
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