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Now, then, here is a fact which truly deserves your attention: in 2010 New York's Finger Lakes region had a warmer growing season than either California's Napa or Sonaoma Valley. Perfect for red wines. And good Riesling was made, too.
In a general meeting yesterday the VDP determined the continuation of its own classification of wines. The new classification will come into effect with the 2012 vintage.
Riesling AC hosted a blind tasting of twelve 2010 Rieslings from Germany recently and following are tasting notes of these wines.
Although grown in almost all wine producing regions on this planet, Riesling prefers a particular microclimate of long hours of sunshine at moderate temperatures during the day (to ripen satisfactorily) and cool night temperatures (to maintain its refreshing acidity).
At a tasting of VDP Rieslings last September I thoroughly discredited myself amongst a group of Masters of Wine by being unable to show any excitement for the wine considered to be the holy grail.
A gasp of relief. In 2011 most German growers were able to pick more grapes than they were able to get from their coulure-riddled vines in 2010, when yields had been historically low.
After two hundred years of grape jelly the Finger Lakes AVA has turned into a serious wine region known for quality wine. Riesling, in particular.
Bergrettung means "mountain rescue", but rather than referring to a helicopter team looking for lost vintners in steep Mosel vineyards it is the name of a project brought into being in order to save the mountain itself.
When winemakers talk about their wines they inevitably also mention the weather. When German winemakers are going to talk about their 2011 wines the weather may become the dominating topic.