Riesling

And I'm sure you're well aware, you know, all 50 states make wine.

New York, in particular, in the Finger Lakes region, as well as in Long Island and other areas, is really renowned for particularly Cabernet Franc, you know, unoaked wines, Riesling, many other varieties.

And a lot of it is the geology of those lakes, you know, how extraordinary that is.

But then the temperate effect as well.

producing distinctively elegant and mineral-driven Pinot Noir and white varieties compared to the warmer basin floor regions.

The Wanaka wine region is worth visiting because it combines world-class cool climate wines, especially acclaimed Pinot Noir and vibrant Riesling, with some of the most dramatic lake and mountain views in New Zealand.

That is true.

The slow, ripening season yields elegant, finely structured wines with bright natural acidity and mineral-driven finishes.

To see a different one is very interesting.

The next one is the Riesling category.

Now there was a few options here but one just stuck out to me and I thought this surely will win the trophy.

pretty uh pretty big statement it's the uh Maud dry Riesling so yeah we'll see how this goes you know Central Otago Riesling and dry I think it's something that Central Otago shouldn't roast I think they can do it very well because they can get that fruit intensity to contrast against the um the acidity so you can get that balance but at a drier Riesling you know where other regions like Waipara does better with a little bit more residual sugar you know

to get

that balance there so I would like to see more dry Rieslings from Central so I'm hoping that this picks up the trophy and more people look at dry Riesling from Central Pinot Gris.

Now, I've included three in this class because, you know, I just

felt like I had

And it again has a bit of, I kind of hone in on some regions that have a bit of a unique combination of varieties that they're synonymous with.

So the Grampians is really synonymous with Riesling and then Shiraz, which I think is an unusual combination.

And they really, they're at the bottom of this Pyrenees ranges.

It's an incredibly beautiful area.

And several of those producers have won the Jimmy Watson's best wines, which has been going from the 1800s.

What are those producers? So Mount Langie is a benchmark producer.

They're really synonymous with both Riesling and Shiraz.

And Best Wines, they've been going since the 1800s and still run by Viv Thompson, who'd be into his 80s and multi-generational family, incredible underground sellers.

And it was like

Riesling and Gruner, so it was high acid.

And I had warned everybody to bring their acid pills.

They were going to give you a slab of pills.

After I beat

you in the blind tasting.

Yes, because particularly out in Oregon, the Rieslings, they have the coat.

We're joking because we did a Riesling up from the Finger Lakes that forever.

And the wines that you can produce out of Calardis Blanc are extremely versatile.

They can range often between Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc.

You can do a lot with the yeast that you use and also the maceration time and things like that.

And in the end, you usually have a, I'd say, rather light, little bit exotic white wine that is really perfect for warm summer evenings outside at the patio or I don't know.

So which are the specific diseases the grower has at their site? So which varieties are best suited to prevent those diseases? And of course, this improves our sustainability.

But the third part is the marketability.

So the biggest challenge we have is if your growers in Germany are used to Riesling or your classic varieties of vinifera, this is going to be a problem everywhere where vinifera has dominated for so many decades.

And even in newer regions that are developing where the consumer is used to buying Merlot, Cabernet, Chardonnay, Riesling, all of these big names.

Correct.

And it's especially famous for their Riesling.

Yes.

Which I know a little bit about because I'm from Germany and that's where it's from.

And I brought you... a little bottle of

Riesling.

Very nice.

It might not be as