Alsace RieslingAlthough Alsace produces some of the most interesting white wines made in France, they’ve never been a particularly easy sell in the U.S. For one, they tend to come in tall, slender, Germanic-looking bottles, which only confuses matters. Though Alsace belonged to Germany from 1871 to 1918, its Rieslings have a style distinct from that of the German Rieslings associated with that bottle shape. Some fault, too, lies with the producers, who don’t seem to focus overmuch on making their wines better understood by Americans. And the way the wines are categorized and sold here certainly doesn’t help. When I went...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 24, 2019 13:41 UTC