Beverage

Riesling

Riesling is a cool-climate aromatic white prized for crystalline acidity, pure fruit, and an ability to range from bone-dry to lusciously sweet while still tasting of the vineyard. Classic notes run lime, green apple, white peach, petrol with age, and slate or flint in German Mosel and Rheingau bottlings. Alsace and Austria favour drier, weightier expressions; Australia’s Clare and Eden Valleys deliver lime-zest dry Riesling with ageing potential few whites match. In the kitchen dry Riesling brightens pork, duck with fruit glaze, and spicy Southeast Asian dishes where residual sugar would clash. Off-dry bottles temper chili heat and pair with pâté or smoked fish. Use sparingly in reductions—its perfume is delicate—and prefer drinking match over long simmering. Aged dry Riesling shines with roast poultry and mild washed-rind cheese.

Also known as: Riesling