The grape that can do everything.
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Slate and limestone, dry and sweet, two years young or thirty years mature: no white wine shows where it comes from as clearly as Riesling. We introduce the best bottles – and the people who make them.
Eitelsbacher Riesling Alte Reben trocken
Best-of lists
All lists →Rieslings with fish
- 1Wittmann
- 2Dönnhoff
- 3Künstler
- …and two more
Rieslings for a summer Sunday afternoon
- 1Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken
- 2Josef Spreitzer
- 3Müller-Catoir
- …and two more
Riesling Kabinetts
- 1Joh. Jos. Prüm
- 2Karthäuserhof
- 3Egon Müller
- …and two more
great Rieslings for value
- 1Karthäuserhof
- 2Van Volxem
- 3Emrich-Schönleber
- …and two more
Rieslings under €15
- 1von Winning
- 2Fritz Haag
- 3Schäfer-Fröhlich
- …and two more
mature Rieslings
- 1Maximin Grünhaus
- 2Schäfer-Fröhlich
- 3Hirsch
- …and two more
Understanding Riesling
Read the essentials dossier →Acidity as the backbone
Riesling ripens slowly and keeps its acidity. That acidity keeps it fresh, carries residual sweetness and lets it age for decades.
Origin in the glass
Slate, quartzite, limestone, red sandstone: hardly any grape translates its soil so directly into flavour.
From dry to nobly sweet
Kabinett, Spätlese, Großes Gewächs – what the terms on the label really mean.
From our selection
All 30 wines →Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg Riesling Kabinett
Van Volxem Riesling »Alte Reben« trocken
»Tonschiefer« Riesling trocken
»Butterfly« Riesling feinherb
Wineries
All 25 profiles →Joh. Jos. Prüm
Bernkastel-Wehlen, Mosel
Karthäuserhof
Trier-Eitelsbach, Ruwer
Egon Müller
Wiltingen, Saar
Dönnhoff
Oberhausen an der Nahe, Nahe
Van Volxem
Wiltingen, Saar
Emrich-Schönleber
Monzingen, Nahe
Wittmann
Westhofen, Rheinhessen
Peter Jakob Kühn
Oestrich-Winkel, Rheingau
We don't give scores of our own. We quote the critics, say what we ourselves found in the glass, and ask honestly whether the price is right.
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