346 wine producers submitted their best dry Riesling for the 2013 competition. The Feinschmecker Riesling Cup 2013 went to Weingut Horst Sauer, Volkach, Franken, for the Escherndorf Am Lumpen Riesling trocken Großes Gewächs.
For previous years, see on schiller-wine:
Germany’s Best Dry Rieslings – Feinschmecker Riesling Cup 2013
Germany’s Best Dry Rieslings – Feinschmecker Riesling Cup 2012
Germany’s Best Dry Rieslings - Feinschmecker Riesling Cup 2011
The 11 Top German Dry Rieslings – Feinschmecker German Riesling Cup 2010 (Vintage 2009)
The 13 Top German Dry Rieslings – Feinschmecker German Riesling Cup 2009 (Vintage 2008)
Riesling Cup 2009 - Germany's Top Dry 2007 Rieslings
Riesling
Worldwide, there are about 34.000 hectares planted with Riesling. Germany – with 22.400 hectares – accounts for 2/3 of the total. The second largest Riesling producer is Australia, with 4500 hectares. But this is only about 1/10 of the total. Nevertheless, Australia was a bit underrepresented at the 1st International Riesling Symposium. Alsace follows with 3500 hectares. Austria, the US with Washington State and New York State as well as New Zealand make up the remainder. But overall Riesling is really a niche wine, accounting for only less than 1 percent of total wine production in the world - but a very special niche wine.
The Top 14 Wines
1. Escherndorf Am Lumpen Riesling trocken Großes Gewächs, Weingut Horst Sauer, Volkach (Franken)
2. Niederberg-Helden Riesling trocken Großes Gewächs, Weingut Schloss Lieser, Lieser (Mosel)
3. Eppelsheimer Felsen Kalkstein Riesling Spätlese trocken, Weingut Russbach, Eppelsheim (Rheinhessen)
4. Schlossböckelheimer Felsenberg Riesling Großes Gewächs trocken, Weingut Dönnhoff, Oberhausen (Nahe)
See:
An Afternoon with Riesling Star Winemaker Helmut Doennhoff at Weingut Doennhoff in Oberhausen in the Nahe Valley, Germany
The German Winemakers at the 4th Riesling Rendezvous in Seattle, USA
5. Meddersheimer Rheingrafenberg Riesling trocken "S", Weingut Edelberg, Weiler (Nahe)
6. Wachenheimer Fuchsmantel Riesling Spätlese trocken, Weingut Zimmermann, Wachenheim (Pfalz)
7. Muschelkalk Riesling trocken, Weingut Friedrich Becker, Schweigen-Rechtenbach (Pfalz)
Picture: Christian G.E.Schiller and Helena Becker in Frankfurt am MainSee:
5 Top Wine Makers at Premier Cru Wein Bistro in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
8. Wickerer Nonnenberg Riesling Erstes Gewächs trocken, Weingut Joachim Flick, Flörsheim (Rheingau)
See:
FairChoice Certified Wine in Germany: Weingut Joachim Flick in the Rheingau
Five Hochheim (Rheingau) Winemakers Presented their Vintage 2011 Wines in Hochheim, Germany
Headwind (Gegenwind) – A Protest Wine against the Unbridled Exploitation of Culture and Nature
9. Ockfener Bockstein Riesling trocken Großes Gewächs, Weingut von Othegraven, Kanzem (Saar)
10. Kiedricher Turmberg Riesling trocken, Weingut Robert Weil, Kiedrich (Rheingau)
See for ombiasy PR and WineTours:
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German Wine and Culture Tour by ombiasy, 2013
American Whiskey Producers in Germany
See for Weingut Weil:
Visiting Wilhelm Weil at his Weingut Robert Weil in Kiedrich, Germany
Tasting with Wilhelm Weil the 2010 Weingut Weil Wines in Kiedrich, Germany
The German Winemakers at the 4th Riesling Rendezvous in Seattle, USA
German Riesling and International Grape Varieties – Top Wine Makers Wilhelm Weil and Markus Schneider at Kai Buhrfeindt’s Grand Cru in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
11. Plauelrain Riesling trocken Großes Gewächs, Weingut Andreas Laible, Durbach (Baden)
12. Maikammer Heiligenberg Riesling Spätlese trocken, Weingut August Ziegler, Maikammer (Pfalz)
13. Graacher Himmelreich Riesling trocken Großes Gewächs, Weingut Willi Schaefer, Graach (Mosel)
14. Johannisberg Hölle Riesling trocken Großes Gewächs, Weingut Johannishof - Eser, Geisenheim (Rheingau)
15. Dalsheim Hubacker Riesling trocken Großes Gewächs, Weingut Keller, Flörsheim-Dalsheim (Rheinhessen)
The Jury
Max Gerstl (Wine Retail, Switzerland), Gianluca Mazzella (Journalist, Italy), Daniel Gantenbein (Winemaker, Switzerland), Wolfgang Pfeifer (Hochschule Geisenheim), Karl-Josef Krötz (Bremer Ratskeller) as well as Dieter Braatz, Ingo Swoboda, Kenny Machaczek, Ulrich Sautter (all Feinschmecker).
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