Crossword clues for riesling
riesling
- Fragrant white wine from the Rhine valley or from California
- Fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California
- White grape grown in Europe and California
- Wine series linguist embraces
- Some Tories linger for alcoholic drink
- Dry white wine (German)
- White wine
- White wine grape
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1833, from German Riesling (15c.), the name of the grape, of uncertain origin.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative case form of Riesling English)
Wikipedia
Riesling is a white grape variety which originated in the Rhine region of Germany. Riesling is an aromatic grape variety displaying flowery, almost perfumed, aromas as well as high acidity. It is used to make dry, semi-sweet, sweet, and sparkling white wines. Riesling wines are usually varietally pure and are seldom oaked. As of 2004, Riesling was estimated to be the world's 20th most grown variety at (with an increasing trend), but in terms of importance for quality wines, it is usually included in the "top three" white wine varieties together with Chardonnay and Sauvignon blanc. Riesling is a variety which is highly " terroir-expressive", meaning that the character of Riesling wines is greatly influenced by the wine's place of origin.
In cool climates (such as many German wine regions), Riesling wines tend to exhibit apple and tree fruit notes with noticeable levels of acidity that are sometimes balanced with residual sugar. A late-ripening variety that can develop more citrus and peach notes is grown in warmer climates (such as Alsace and parts of Austria). In Australia, Riesling is often noted for a characteristic lime note that tends to emerge in examples from the Clare and Eden Valley in South Australia. Riesling's naturally high acidity and pronounced fruit flavors give wines made from the grape exceptional aging potential, with well-made examples from favorable vintages often developing smokey, honey notes, and aged German Rieslings, in particular, taking on a " petrol" character.
In 2006, Riesling was the most grown variety in Germany with 20.8% and , and in the French region of Alsace with 21.9% and . In Germany, the variety is particularly widely planted in the Mosel, Rheingau, Nahe and Pfalz wine regions. There are also significant plantings of Riesling in Austria, Serbia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Luxembourg, northern Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, China, Ukraine, Washington, California and New York.
Usage examples of "riesling".
Also called Johannisberg Riesling or white Riesling, this is the grape from which most of the great wines of Germany are made.
The Babbitts then visit the even more unhappily married Rieslings, where Babbitt bullies clever, bitter Zilla Riesling into letting Paul go with him.
Shasa was delighted with their bargain, and though he seldom drank more than a glassful, this afternoon he finished the rest of the Riesling while he and the boys cooked their lunch on the barbecue pit.
The dry whites can't compete with Sichuan seasonings, the reds overwhelm the subtle flavors of the nonspicy dishes, and the Rieslings are sometimes just too sweet for anything but fortune cookies.
The Babbitts and Rieslings sat doubtfully on stone-hard brocade chairs in the small living-room of the flat, with its mantel unprovided with a fireplace, and its strip of heavy gilt fabric upon a glaring new player-piano, till Mrs.
It seems to be settled now, isn't it—though of course Zilla keeps rooting for a nice expensive vacation in New York and Atlantic City, with the bright lights and the bootlegged cocktails and a bunch of lounge-lizards to dance with—but the Babbitts and the Rieslings are sure-enough going to Lake Sunasquam, aren't we?
Hope it doesn't break just when we and the Rieslings get ready to go to Maine.
Starcher said weanly "Look, I can get an other sailor Ten thousand can buy most of the ship captains in Miami for the night I chose you because of old ties, nothing more Because Riesling always said you weren't afraid of anything The money would be enough to get you settled wherever you want And if I can pull anything at all off in Havana, you won't have to worry about being followed for the rest of your life So if you can't believe me, then just turn the offer down " He looked down at the 38 "Hell, go ahead and pull the trigger, if you're that crazy "