She, and many others, have been saying this for years. From a technical perspective they have a strong point. Of course, how much you like it is entirely subjective.
I suspect part of the problem is image as well as very confused, not to say deceptive, marketing (“beware the bereich” as someone more learned than I put it). A quality system based on sweetness is perverse. (Next will be Napa quality designation based on ABV).
The Greatest white grape? Debatable, hence this thread. Clearly one of the greats. And undeserving of its general indifferent reputation in the broad market. Palates are probably changing too, with increased consumption of high octane drinks like cocktails and Napa Cabs and their ilk, and increasingly spicy food - vichyssoise with scotch bonnets can’t be far away - may be numbing peoples’ palates to more refined flavours.
Not this again!
This is one of the most preposterous opinions that I see on this board, and it pops up with some regularity.
First of all, I would perhaps agree that it might be in the top five, but only if you exclude all red wines.
Also, arguing that something from Germany is inherently superior to all other examples of its species is, as they say, “bad optics.“
I dunno. There’s a lot of great riesling being made these days, almost too much. I think among different grape varietals, riesling has probably had some of the great benefit from climate change.
Riesling used to be really big and people like Jancis keep trying to resurrect it.But to paraphrase Yogi, if people don’t want to drink it, you can’t stop them. In the 70s, when I worked for a wine store, we sold '71s like there was no tomorrow. California rieslings sold well. Then more and more people started to make chardonnay here in California. Italian white wine became something drinkable. People on low carb diets eschewed the residual sugar.
There are lots of theories about what happened to riesling…kinda like what happened to Sherry and Port.
Aromatic whites are becoming more popular but is riesling along for the ride??
The argument for riesling is great. Goes well with the kind of food many of us eat. Enjoyable on its own. A friend of mine used to call it ‘hammock’ wine.