Riesling Rediscovered : Bold, Bright, and Dry.

ISBN:

9780520962163

Title:

Author:

Haeger, John Winthrop, 1944-, author

Personal Author:

Haeger, John Winthrop, 1944-, author

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 pages)

Contents:

Introduction -- PART I -- 1 THE RIESLING PREDICAMENT -- Box 1: How Is "Dry" Defined? -- 2 RIESLING BEHAVIORS, TYPICITY, AND TERROIRS -- Box 2: What Is Balance in Riesling? -- 3 A HISTORY OF RIESLING, REVIEWED AND AMENDED -- Box 3: A Closer Look at Early "Riesling" -- 4 SWEET AND DRY WINE STYLES -- Box 4: A Rhenish Bias in Favor of "Natural" Wines? -- 5 HOW DRY RIESLING IS MADE -- 6 WHAT DIFFERENCES DO CLONES MAKE? -- Box 6a: Tasting Clones in Oregon -- Box 6b: The Relative Popularity of Riesling Clones -- 7 RIESLING HABITATS IN WESTERN EUROPE -- Box 7a: Making Sense of Vineyard Names, Perimeters, and Reputations -- Box 7b: Viticultural Appellations and Subappellations in Alsace -- Box 7c: Prussian Tax Maps and Vineyard Names in Germany -- Box 7d: Regions, Rieden, and 1öTW in Austria -- Box 7e: Wine Styles and Grape Harvest Dates: Germany versus Austria -- 8 RIESLING HABITATS IN NORTH AMERICA -- Box 8a: American Viticultural Areas and Designated Viticultural Areas in North America -- Box 8b: Chateau Ste. Michelle -- PART II -- INTRODUCTION TO SITES AND PRODUCERS -- RHINE BASIN -- Alsace -- Altenberg and Thalberg de Bergbieten -- Engelberg -- Geisberg, Osterberg, and Kirchberg de Ribeauvillé -- Grafenreben de Zellenberg -- Kastelberg and Wiebelsberg de Andlau -- Kitterlé, Saering, Kessler, Spiegel, and Belzbrunnen de Guebwiller -- Muehlforst de Hunawihr -- Rangen de Thann and Clos Saint-Urbain -- Rosacker and Clos Ste-Hune -- Schlossberg -- Schoenenbourg de Riquewihr -- Sommerberg -- Clos Windsbuhl -- German Rhine Regions -- Rüdesheimer Berg Schlossberg -- Haardter Bürgergarten -- Oestricher Doosberg -- Nieder-Flörsheimer Frauenberg -- Monziger Frühlingsplätzchen and Halenberg -- Freinsheimer Goldberg -- Kiedricher Gräfenberg -- Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle -- Königsbacher Idig.

Laubenheimer Karthäuser -- Birkweiler Kastanienbusch -- Pündericher Marienburg -- Westhofener Morstein, Aulerde, Kirchspiel, and Brunnenhäuschen -- Niersteiner Pettenthal -- Meddersheimer Rheingrafenberg -- Kallstadter Saumagen -- DANUBE BASIN: LOWER AUSTRIA -- Wachau -- Weissenkirchener Achleiten and Klaus -- Viesslinger Bruck -- Dürnsteiner Kellerberg -- Wösendorfer Kirchweg -- Schütt -- Loibner Steinertal -- Tributary Valleys of the Danube -- Senftenberger Ehrenfels -- Getzersdorfer Engelreich and Berg -- Gaisberg -- Steiner Grillenparz -- Heiligenstein -- Gedersdorfer Mosburgerin -- Senftenberger Pellingen -- Silberbichl -- Langenloiser Steinmassl -- ADIGE BASIN: ALTO ADIGE -- Kaiton -- Unterortl -- Untersteiner -- EASTERN NORTH AMERICA -- Argetsinger Vineyard -- Bowers Harbor Vineyard Block II -- Cave Spring Vineyard -- Dr. Konstantin Frank's Keuka Lake Vineyard -- Falling Man Vineyard -- HJW Vineyard -- Molly Devine Vineyard -- Nadja's Vineyard -- Rosomel Vineyard -- Sheldrake Point Vineyard -- Terminal Moraine Vineyard -- WESTERN NORTH AMERICA -- Okanagan and Similkameen -- Mulberry Tree Vineyard -- Schales Family Estate -- Stoney Slope Vineyard -- Tantalus Estate Vineyards -- Washington and Oregon -- Brooks Estate Vineyard -- Corfu Crossing Vineyard -- DuBrul Vineyard -- Elk Cove Estate Vineyard -- Evergreen Vineyard -- Figgins Estate Vineyard -- Hyland Vineyard -- Solstice Vineyard -- Wascher Vineyard -- California's Coastal Valleys -- Claiborne Vineyard -- Corda Ranch -- Greenwood Ridge Vineyards -- Kick-On Ranch -- Paragon Vineyard -- Platt Family Vineyard -- Smith-Madrone Estate Vineyard -- Stony Hill Vineyard -- Ventana Vineyard.

Local Note:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term:

Riesling (Wine).

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2016

Publication Information:

Berkerley :

University of California Press,

2016.

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Summary

"What makes the book so encompassing, informative, and relevant is that Haeger has avoided focusing on viticulture or enology or economy in isolation, and has instead looked at all of them in their historic and contemporary scientific and socio-cultural context. . . . Not everyone loves Riesling, but those of us who do will find our passion articulately explained and expressed in Haeger's book."--Anne Krebiehl, MW, The World of Fine Wine "If you haven't been sold on dry riesling, this is required reading; if you're already a fan, it's an essential reference to add to your shelf."-- Wine & Spirits
Riesling is the world's seventh most-planted white wine grape variety and among the fastest growing over the past twenty years. It is a personal favorite of many sommeliers, chefs, and other food and wine professionals for its appealing aromatics, finesse, and minerality; for its uncanny ability to reflect terroir; and for its impressive versatility with cuisines of all types. It is stylistically paradoxical, however. Now usually made dry in most of Europe and Australia, and assumed dry by most German consumers, Riesling is made mostly sweet or lightly sweet in North America and is believed sweet in the American marketplace irrespective of origin. Riesling is thus consequently--but mistakenly--shunned by the mainstream of American wine drinkers, whose tastes and habits have been overwhelmingly dry for two generations.

Riesling Rediscovered looks at the present state of dry Riesling across the Northern Hemisphere: where it is grown and made, what models and objectives vintners have in mind, and what parameters of grape growing and winemaking are essential when the goal is a delicious dry wine. John Winthrop Haeger explores the history of Riesling to illuminate how this variety emerged from a crowded field of grape varieties grown widely across northern Europe. Riesling Rediscovered is a comprehensive, current, and accessible overview of what many consider to be the world's finest and most versatile white wine.

Author Notes

Haeger John Winthrop :

John Winthrop Haeger is a sinologist, historian, and academic administrator who has written about wine since 1985 for Connoisseur , Wine & Spirits , Saveur , and other publications. He is the author of North American Pinot Noir (2004) and Pacific Pinot Noir (2008), both published by UC Press.