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Floral aromas harmonize with flavors of pear and apple, delivering a crisp lingering finish to give this wine a high...
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#16 TOP 100 BEST BUY 2022. Ripe pineapple and mango aromas meld with sunny lemon and iced-tea accents on the nose....
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RATED BEST DOMESTIC SHERRY-STYLE WINE 2022. Dark brown color. Aromas of dark sautéed almonds drizzled with sherry...
750ml
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So youthful and pristine, this is a tense and dramatic dry riesling. Plenty of flint, fennel seed and minerality with...
375ml
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Honeyed apricot, lemon zest and gentle florals lead. There's a musky, mushroomy underbelly. The palate is dry and...
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"Hermann J. Wiemer, an immigrant from the Mosel Valley, was one of the pioneering modern winemakers in the Finger...
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A counterpart to our HJW Bio, this wine is fresh and exuberant in nature and is dry with an almost playful...
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$31.93
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$31.29
From Wiemer's original block of now 45-year-old vines, this is a concentrated, opulent Riesling, with class and...
750ml
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Staggering aromas of white flowers, apricot and exotic fruit with delicate baking spice notes. However, it's the...
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This enticing rendition of Riesling is crafted in the traditional German Spätlese style; with moderate natural...
750ml
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A stunner year over year, this single-vineyard Riesling delves into earthy aromas of fennel pollen and sunbaked field...
750ml
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This wine spotlights unique characteristics from all three of Wiemer’s vineyard sites. Small selections of grapes...
750ml
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For an entry-level wine this is simply delicious, with stacks of stone-fruit and floral aromas, the balance of...
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Crackles nicely with pippin apple, lime and slate notes. Reveals flashes of yellow apple and chamomile on the finish,...
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"Naomi", a name that has run in the Hosmer family for some time, is said to mean 'pleasantness'. A fitting word to...
750ml
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$16.94
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I love the honeysuckle and wild-rose aromas, and that suggests this could be a light wine. But it has impressive...
750ml
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Both joyful and well-structured, this Finger Lakes dry riesling has a slew of pear, kiwi and apple-blossom aromas and...
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Brimming with melon, citrus and fresh mint, this is effusive and vibrant with whiplash acidity that absorbs the touch...
Brandy Riesling Sherry United States New York
Riesling grapes have been grown in and around central Europe for centuries, and over time, they became the lasting symbol of south Germany's ancient and proud wine culture. Whilst the reputation of German wines abroad has in the past been mixed, the Germans themselves take an enormous amount of pride in their wineries, and Riesling grapes have now spread around the globe, growing anywhere with the correct climate in which they can thrive. Riesling grape varietals generally require much cooler climatic conditions than many other white grapes, and they are generally considered to be a very 'terroir expressive' varietal, meaning that the features and characteristics of the terroir they are grown on comes across in the flavors and aromas in the bottle. It is this important feature which has allowed Riesling wines to be elevated into the category of 'fine' white wines, as the features of the top quality bottles are generally considered to be highly unique and offer much to interest wine enthusiasts.
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
New York state has a wine history which stretches back to the mid-17th century, when Dutch settlers first began cultivating grape vines in the Hudson Valley. Since then, the wine industry of New York has grown from strength to strength, mixing the old with the new as wineries continue to experiment with modern techniques alongside their traditional heritage. Indeed, certain wineries in New York state hold a claim to being amongst the oldest and most well established in the New World, with at least one dating back over three hundred and fifty years. New York state is responsible for a relatively small range of grape varietals, due to its cooler, damper climate, but many varietals such as Riesling and Seyval Blanc thrive in such conditions and produce wines a of singular quality.