Comments on: 2005 German Rieslings – Episode #169

By: John J.

John J. — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:39:51 +0000

qotd: at the moment the savagnin grape, especially the vin jaunes. although, i can feel corvina is gonna be the next one i get hooked on.

Gary, would be great to see you do a vin jaune episode on here

By: Phredd

Phredd — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:17:43 +0000

Love the rieslings. Maybe my favorite grape. S.A. Prumm Essence is one of my always-on-hand wines. Not as good as the ones you tried here, but easy to get and a very nice QPR.

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:30:43 +0000

Awesome episode. Very informative and will get me to try Rieslings. Nice toss at the end =)

By: Todd Smith

Todd Smith — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:05:37 +0000

Solid episode. It’s been a while since I had a Riesling but my mouth is watering for one right now. QOTD – Lately it’s been 05 Baudry Chinon Les Grange and 05 Ladoucette Pouilly Fume, some 05 Palacios Bierzo and 04 Atalayas Ribera del Duero – still finding lots of great 04’s in Spain and Italy.

By: GrapeStuff

GrapeStuff — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:40:35 +0000

Great episode GV! I adore riesling, its really the grape that got me turned onto wine. QOTD: Drinking a lot of syrah right now, but this episode has inspired me to go and stock up on some of the ‘05 rieslings in the next couple weeks. I knew the ‘05 was supposed to be amazing, and it looks like it is. I think I will go for some of the lesser known labels, as it appears “even Poppa Smurf” coulda made good German riesling in 2005. Cheers, GV!

By: David

David — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:53:26 +0000

Just an FYI it’s pronounced “spate lazey” in German.
Love Riesling!
David

By: Spitfire

Spitfire — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:44:21 +0000

Ok, I’m catching up after that Saints loss. I love Riesling. I wish you wouldn’t talk about it much either because I don’t want the prices to freaking skyrocket.

QOD: Zin. I can’t believe it because I really hated it a while back.

By: Smith MBA

Smith MBA — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:43:48 +0000

Gary,

I just came back from VayK and am catching up on the back episodes. Take the time off and don’t do the show. If you don’t take a break I will punch you in the face with a lemon pie. Enjoy the time off and get a tan man.

By: Jahlove

Jahlove — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:09:37 +0000

Thank you for this episode! I’m so tired of arguing with my friends over German Riesling and the whole sweetness perception. The best white wine I have ever had was a German Riesling. And I mean it’s not even close. And I’m not particularly a fan of sweet wines. One thing I wanted to ask you about though is your preference for drinking them young. I mean some of these wines have like 10-20 year drinking windows. Do you think drinking or at least judging them at this stage can be a tad unfair. I mean that disjointed, closed bottle might evolve into something more memorable down the line. No?

By: thomas korent

thomas korent — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:41:18 +0000

I am currently on a Sauvignon Blanc trip – this grape is so interestingly different, depending on where you plant it. I’ve lived in Friuli (northeastern Italy) for 2 years and they make lovely Sauvignons there (especially the “collio”), but I’ve also had some from New Zealand (Cloudy Bay, or the one from the Ornellaia – founders, Campo di Sasso), Chili (tried that Casa Lapostolle Gary recently commented on) and I’m still not tired of it, because everyone of those goes in a completely different direction.
By the way, Gary: you think German Rieslings are Grand in 2005 – for the sake of the whole wine community: try some Austrian Whites! Rieslings, GrÃ¼ner Veltliners, Pinot Blancs – they are amazing and already hard to find!