Original method: German wine producers are returning to the steep, rocky slopes of the Mosel river Credit: Photo: CHRISTOPHER ARNOLDI There are worse places to be on a late summer’s afternoon ...

The Mosel River (Moselle in France) flows over 300 miles from the Vosges Mountains in eastern France to Germany’s Rhine River. Meandering through northeastern France, it heads north to the ...

Trittenheim, West Germany–”Mosel wines should be like biting into a fresh apple,” says Johannes Selbach, a member of a wine-producing family from the village of Zeltingen. ”… ...

Wines from the Rheingau, says Weil, are marked by fine acidity, a distinctive mineral tone, and complexity. Riesling, typically plusher and silkier in mouthfeel than those in the Mosel, makes up ...

True or false: German wines are a hard sell in the U.S. because the Gothic type and multisyllabic names on the labels are hard to decipher. Answer: Absolutely true. Those labels intimidate most of ...

The wines are not all sweet and they’re not all riesling (or white wine, for that matter). While you can spend a lot of money (usually on riesling), a lot of truly great German wines come in ...

The Mosel Valley, Germany's oldest wine region, is world-renowned for its steep vineyards, slate soils and incredible riesling. ... German wines to look for on Arkansas shelves.

The only German member of Primum Familiae Vini (First Families of Wine), Egon Müller has been making wine since 1797 and owns a very large plot in the famous Mosel vineyard called Scharzhofberg.

Riesling is a cold-hardy, German grape from the northern most vineyards in Europe. It is also significantly planted in Washington, Alsace, Austria, Finger Lakes, Oregon, South Africa and Australia.

Quiet influence, loud wines: Inside RieslingKenner’s mission to bring German wine to Chicago Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook ...