To drink Riesling?

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Apparently Riesling is the low of the low of whites according to dp? Wtf?
In his words it’s one of the chav white wines.
Aibu to think that it’s perfectly acceptable and drinkable? I’ve never really given much thought to what wine is considered “chav”?!

Try a Clare Valley Riesling.

Riesling isn’t a dessert wine though.

I am German and there are good and bad Rieslings. Btw, the best places to drink them are the tiny, very basic wine bars aling the Rhine.

... along the Rhine!

Yanbu. I love Riesling. It has taken me a long while to find a wine that I enjoy drinking. Pieroth do a lovely (but expensive) Riesling which has a lovely appley flavour. It’s one of my favourites but saved for best occasions.

Riesling is like the Australian equivalent of prosecco so secretly v chavy under the guise of a middle class trend.

Yeah, if it’s 1987 and you’re drinking from a box of Coolabah goon.

If anything, nasty mass produced Kiwi Sauvignon blanc (Oyster Bay/Villa Maria/etc) is the bogan wine drinker’s varietal of choice. Clare Valley makes terrific world class Riesling.

Goosegrass

Most Rieslings are not dessert wines, but some are, eg German trockenbeerenauslese which is made with botrytised Riesling.

Wine is a complex subject...

I love a nice Riesling, nothing wrong with it, and I belong to a wine club. I hosted a Riesling evening a couple of years ago and it went down very well.

I only drink Riesling as I’m not very into wine and I have a sweet tooth. Red wine gives me a headache. My only problem is that I have a brain fart about it’s pronounciation. I can never remember if it’s rice-ling or rees-ling.

And anything is better than bloody prosecco.

Sommelier here. Tell you husband he's talking out of his arse

Like any wines you can get some lovely ones. Tell him to go to majestic and chat to them or better yet vinoplois or similar

Australian Rieslings are delicious- drier and not sickly sweet, not like Rieslings of earlier times.
Annies Lane is my fav (not sure if you can get it in UK though)

Riesling is like the Australian equivalent of prosecco so secretly v chavy under the guise of a middle class trend. Just drink it if you enjoy it. Drinking dessert wine without dessert is a bit weird regardless of what kind it is so who cares?

... and yet another one who knows fuck all about wine but thinks they are so superior.

There’s a grape variety and I cannot remember its name but it’s horrible and it used to get passed off as Riesling which caused real Riesling ‘s reputation to suffer. Genuine Riesling is lovely. It’s irritating when people try to show off about wine and put other people down especially when they don’t know much. A relative tried this on me for drinking a rosé and I pinned his ears back properly.

One rare occasion when it would actually be a good idea to show dh the thread

Someone better tell our own dear Queen, I recall Riesling is a favourite in Buck house

I think very many sommeliers and wine critics would disagree. Your husband needs to try some of the stunning Rieslings coming out of South Australia and the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Grosset’s ‘Polish Hill’ and Singlefile are particularly good.

Dear god. So much misinformation on this thread. Rieslings go from dessert wine sweet to bone dry and it's certainly not chavvy as it's usually pretty pricy and has never been a popular wine except in the 1970s under those terrible brands. It's a fantastic and hugely versatile wine.
Same with people saying they don't like Chardonnay. Usually people try a sickly sweet vanillary oaked Chardonnay for £6 a bottle and surprisingly don't find it to their taste. They believe themselves to be super knowledgeable by declaring they don't like it yet would snaffle down a Chablis... made from Chardonnay.

Well said Naked

I like that fizzy Chardonnay stuff. Champagne 🥂, they call it.

Will someone please tell me how to pronounce it properly? I feel a twat when I get it wrong but I just can’t remember!

Reesling
I did German O level

Riesling is like the Australian equivalent of prosecco so secretly v chavy under the guise of a middle class trend. Just drink it if you enjoy it. Drinking dessert wine without dessert is a bit weird regardless of what kind it is so who cares?

is someone actually lecturing others about the quality of Reisling while thinking they are all dessert wines?
That's hilarious!

Ignore. They clearly know nothing about wine. DH is a wine enthusiast, and uses the IWC app on his phone when he wants to buy wine. There are many Rieslings on there.

Gruner Veltliner is not "Austrian Riesling" though. They are different grape varieties.

Anyway, drink what you enjoy and stuff the wine snobs.