When was riesling first planted

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Media releases Articles Market bulletin China investigations. About us Stories of Australian wine. Stay in touch with Wine Australia. Please enter your first name. They have found sites with blustery Pacific winds, extreme diurnal shifts, and rocky, well-draining soils ranging from the Ribbon Ridge appellation in North and as far south as the Illinois Valley in the Siskiyou Mountains.

The resulting wines are transparent, textured and concentrated, driven by minerality, and framed by unwavering acidity.

Tatomer is first an individual and rigorous endeavor; in its particular commitments and breadth, it is by and large a peerless pursuit in this small corner of California. California has long been host to Riesling plantings — few of which have weathered the vacillations of the American palate — and Santa Barbara County is no exception. Their peers, too, planted Riesling in the seventies, and Graham is privileged today to work with two surviving sites — Lafond along the Santa Ynez, planted in , and Rancho Sisquoc, which hosts own-rooted Riesling the Santa Maria Valley.

At Sisquoc, the year-old Riesling is planted on a low norther-facing riverbed of loam, silt, and cobblestones. Frigid winds coming off of the cold Pacific Ocean waters flow through this vineyard daily; helping to keep it cool and dry. The Kick On ranch Riesling receives a little extra skin contact and is aged in neutral wood, influenced by his time in Austria.

In Graham traveled to the Wachau, Austria, and found mentorship — and a second family — among the Knolls. A harvest internship in was the beginning of a four-year engagement with Weingut Knoll and the Wachau at large, balanced with time in Santa Barbara working alongside Adam Tolmach, of Ojai Vineyard.

This investment continues to pay in dividends. Today, Graham makes wines of a clear Austrian pedigree — they are haltingly alluring in their presentation of power, precision, and detail — but their tenor is wholly idiosyncratic: they belong to the soils and climes of Santa Barbara. Hermann J. Search Search for:. Post navigation Previous Post. They were bought and sold at very high prices throughout the world — often fetching prices far higher than wines of Bordeaux.

Today, at the beginning of the 21st century, German Riesling is once again recognized worldwide as an expression of high quality with guaranteed authenticity. It again numbers among the most expensive white wines of the world. Many of the best Rieslings in the world originate from German vineyards. History of Riesling. Alcohol should be consumed in moderation, abuse may damage your health.