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Riesling
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Riesling
grape grown in Germany and California, producing a dry or sweet white wine. [Ger. Hist.: Misc.]
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Riesling 

a mid-season variety of wine grape.

The Riesling grape comes from the Rhine River Valley. It is cultivated in the Federal Republic of Germany, where it is used to make the famous Rhine and Moselle light table wines. In the USSR it is grown in the Krasnodar and Stavropol’ krais of the RSFSR and the Ukrainian SSR, Moldavian SSR, Kazakh SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, and Middle Asian republics. The cluster is small or of average size, cylindrical or cylindrical-conical in shape, and compact or loose. The berry is small or of medium size (11–15 mm in diameter), round, and greenish white, with scattered brown dots that are characteristic of the variety. Riesling grapes are used to make table wines, and in Middle Asia, fortified and dessert wines.

Italian Riesling (Colombard), an Italian wine variety, has been regionalized in the Ukrainian SSR and Moldavian SSR.
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Byline: Tim Curran South Australia's Clare Valley, located north of Adelaide, is best known for white wines and you'll find that rieslings get a new lease of life from this area.
Wines of the week by The Mirror (London, England)
Maybe the Germans send us their surplus and keep the best for themselves, because it is generally accepted as the greatest producer in the world, with its stunning, longlived Rieslings much sought after - and with prices to match.
There's no reason to snub Riesling; Raise A Glass by Birmingham Mail (England)
Most people think it is cheap, sweet and Germanic - but these days it is more likely to be dry, even in Germany, where two-thirds of the Rieslings are off-dry or have no residual sugar at all.
Riesling stars by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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