Riesling has been called the wine for all occasions, and luckily, there’s plenty available in Washington.
It’s one of the most versatile white wine grapes and can be made in styles to fit almost any mood or occasion and to match a wide range of foods.
You can find a good one for under $6 a [...]

Riesling has been called the wine for all occasions, and luckily, there’s plenty available in Washington.

It’s one of the most versatile white wine grapes and can be made in styles to fit almost any mood or occasion and to match a wide range of foods.

You can find a good one for under $6 a bottle retail, and it is often the lowest-cost wine on restaurant wine lists.

Rieslings are versatile because they come in all measures of sweetness — from bone dry to syrupy sweet. The most popular seems to be off dry, with about 2 to 3.6 percent residual sugar.

Nat’s Decants, www.nataliemaclean.com says wine and food matches for Riesling include Muenster cheese, spicy chicken wings, mild coconut curry, many Mexican dishes, Hawaiian pizza, poached salmon, the turkey holiday dinner and Greek salad.

Here are a few of the better ones now on the market:

Pacific Rim 2007 Dry Riesling, Columbia Valley, $10 — This offers great balance and flavors, like taking a bite of apple crisp with a peach on top.

Woehler on Wine: Top Northwest Rieslings

A visit to the Pacific Rim winery, an industrial box on the dusty outskirts of Richland, Washington, is always enlightening. The creative brain of Randall Grahm, the business and marketing savvy of Nicolas Quillé, the dedication to immaculate winemaking with a focus on Washington riesling, all make this an exceptional project. But there is always [...]

A visit to the Pacific Rim winery, an industrial box on the dusty outskirts of Richland, Washington, is always enlightening. The creative brain of Randall Grahm, the business and marketing savvy of Nicolas Quillé, the dedication to immaculate winemaking with a focus on Washington riesling, all make this an exceptional project. But there is always more going on than just great winemaking, though there is plenty of that.

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No doubt, Riesling is still the most misunderstood white wine. It’s also probably the most versatile, as I was reminded the other night at a dinner featuring the wines of Pacific Rim in Washington state.
Riesling: getting past the ‘sweet’ thing

No doubt, Riesling is still the most misunderstood white wine. It’s also probably the most versatile, as I was reminded the other night at a dinner featuring the wines of Pacific Rim in Washington state.

Riesling: getting past the ‘sweet’ thing