Wine Blogging Wednesday #45: Old World Riesling

A few days ago, I told you about WBW#44 with the theme of French Cab Franc. While I generally like to participate in this event, a nasty flu prevented that from happening. The theme next month is something near and dear to our hearts here at Chehalem: Riesling from the Old World.

As many of you know, Oregon is quite a good climate for Riesling and despite its public relations problem in the recent past, Riesling is making something of a come-back. As recently as February Michael Franz made a compelling case for Riesling as the world’s greatest white variety. The Northwest has led the charge, trying to create Rieslings as compelling as our counter-parts in the Old World.

And we are getting close. Our Riesling is definitely in the spirit of many of those from the Alsace: crisp and dry with brilliant acidity and minerality. It pairs well with a wide range of foods but also stands well on its own. Perhaps I will do a tasting, throw one of ours in and see how we fare.

So I encourage you all to buy a bottle of Riesling from Alsace, Germany or Austria and write about it. I will do the same and see how many Chehalemites I can convince to contribute.

- Daniel