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What does my hero Jancis Robinson see for 2010? She wishes for better wine service and other improbables, but sets her own agenda with rich practicality: Drink more and more Rieslings.
“It is relatively low in alcohol, high in flavour, develops beautifully in bottle, expresses terroir and goes very happily with so many of the foods we eat now. It doesn’t have to be sweet either.” www.ft.com/robinson
You go, girl. Riesling
2007 Joh. Jos. Prum Riesling Kabinett Graacher Himmelreich ($29.99)
is indeed noble and certainly one of the finest whites with food, from sushi to pad Thai and fritto misto.
If you want to take up this challenge too, try the three corners of Planet Riesling.
From Germany, JJ Prum’s 2007 Kabinett Riesling from Graacher Himmelreich; round clean easy drinking, with the green freshness of the Mosel and lovely spices ($29.99).
Scoot down under where the Aussies have a longstanding fondness for Riesling; the 2008 Jacobs Creek Reserve shows why and how a ten-buck white made it to the Spectator’s top 100 list ($9.99).
Back home, the Riesling champions are appropriately in Washington state, and recognized by no less than the Mosel’s Ernie Loosen. He linked up with Chateau Ste. Michelle to make the elegant Eroica, now in its 2007 iteration. Like a mountain stream in a citrus grove. Buy a couple more for the cellar ($17.99)
- Chris Sherman
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