Rethinking Riesling
Capable of producing everything from bone-dry to lusciously sweet styles, this month we’re putting Riesling under the spotlight. While Riesling has long been a trade favourite, today it is experiencing a revival, finding favour with sommeliers and wine critics alike. Find out more about the grape and its varied styles below.
Our dry selection
These inviting, elegant and food-friendly wines combine wonderful aromatics with crisp acidity and a bone-dry finish.
Medium-dry wines
Pitched perfectly between dry and sweet, these wines are sure to hit the mark, and are especially good with spicy dishes.
Our dry selection
These inviting, elegant and food-friendly wines combine wonderful aromatics with crisp acidity and a bone-dry finish.
Medium-dry wines
Pitched perfectly between dry and sweet, these wines are sure to hit the mark, and are especially good with spicy dishes.
Sweet Riesling
While some Riesling gains its sweetness from noble rot, others are eiswein – made from grapes harvested while frozen; both styles are extraordinary.
Browse all Rieslings
Explore our whole range of Riesling, from a steely, lime-filled Eden Valley wine and deliciously light off-dry Mosel through to rich and luscious Eiswein.
Sweet Riesling
While some Riesling gains its sweetness from noble rot, others are eiswein – made from grapes harvested while frozen; both styles are extraordinary.
Browse all Rieslings
Explore our whole range of Riesling, from a steely, lime-filled Eden Valley wine and deliciously light off-dry Mosel through to rich and luscious Eiswein.
"German? It must be sweet - I won't like it..."
With complicated labels, never-ending wine names and a mysterious classification system, it can be hard to know whether the wine in a German bottle is lusciously sweet or thrillingly dry. Here, Catriona Felstead MW tells you how.