The 2005 Schmitt Sohne Relax Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Riesling ($10) has a strikingly cool blue bottle that gives ... icon and plenty of German terms on the front label. It's the most unusual of the ...

Before diving in, it's important to note that many wine-producing European nations including Italy, Spain, and Germany, use a ...

Since many winemakers don't say how sweet a wine is on the label ... from blue and gray slates. Busch is known for adhering to natural wine principles and typically vinifies wines dry.

It was my first opportunity to taste a few 2009 German Rieslings ... Next up was the Riesling Kabinett Mosel Prüm Blue 2009. Made entirely from estate fruit, this replaces the Blue Slate label. It’s ...

Printing was expensive so the label with the blue nuns on the label went out ... to the damage done in the late 1980s to German and Austrian wines in general when a small number of unscrupulous ...

Let’s face it, unless you're fluent in German, trying to decipher a German wine label can be daunting ... Germany's top estates committed to producing wines of the highest quality.

While all German grape varieties can be used, the ones most commonly used are Riesling, Pinot Blanc ... on lees (most producers far exceed this), label must contain grape variety and vintage ...

Many people are convinced that they do not like the wines. Are they simply a niche interest, or is their obvious appeal yet to be widely understood? By Eric Asimov Wine writers can be tireless, or ...

While German wines were once considered amongst the best on earth, a couple of world wars and then the proliferation of sickly semi-sweet Liebfraumilch wines sold under the Blue Nun label in mass ...