Riesling Week Special – In Pursuit of Dry German Riesling - (featuring Weingut Keller G Max – The King of Dry Rieslings) [Finished]

Join us in celebrating Riesling Week in collaboration with Wines of Germany. Riesling fans are in for a treat as we taste through an incredible lineup from the most notable winemakers across the Mosel, Rheinhessen and Nahe regions. In recent years, there has been a shift away from the traditionally sweet styles of the Auslese and beyond, with many producers opting to focus on drier styles in order to better reflect the terroir in which they come from. The legendary Klaus-Peter Keller of Weingut Keller in the Rheinhessen are among one of the most notable to break from this tradition, and his dry Riesling, the G-Max, has since become his estate’s most celebrated and sought-after crown jewel. Weingut Tesch in the Nahe Valley speaks of the same story, with microbiologist turned winemaker Dr Martin Tesch who pioneered single vineyard bottlings of dry Rieslings in the villages of Langenlonsheim and Laubenheimer, going against the grain of what was expected of him by other local vignerons, but very soon proved the quality in this style of winemaking. Among other celebrated producers to taste tonight are biodynamic practitioners Clemens Busch from the steep slopes of the Mosel Valley, whose dry-mineral Rieslings grown on different colored slate soil form their different bottlings and vineyards. Dr Loosen, Egon Muller and Joh Jos Prum are also among the old-school winemakers who have long established their reputation in the Mosel Valley as some of the greatest Riesling producers there are in the world.

This is a Riesling tasting you will not want to miss as we journey through the different regions and villages of Germany and understand more about this variety and the terroir in its much-celebrated birth home.