The new bottles showing up on your local shelves of German Riesling from 2003 -- the warmest year in these parts since 1540 -- are supposed to be epically, historically good. I never touch the stuff, but listen to the experts, who down to the last red-nosed vineaste sound as if they've stepped out of the movie Sideways: "Not since vintages such as 1959, 1937 and 1921 have we witnessed such glorious, naturally sweet Rieslings without a speck of rot and with just the right amount of botrytis to give the wines a sensuous complexity that is utterly beguiling."
posted by Michael Scott Moore |
2:32 PM
