“Eeeeewww, too sweet, I hate Riesling!”

Solving crimes against wine one tasting at a time, we continue the “For Haters” series with one of the world’s most misunderstood and misrepresented wines: Riesling. For many, whose limited experience may have stopped with Liebfraumilch in the dreaded blue bottle, chosing Riesling over almost anything else constitutes a breach of the “I’m a serious wine drinker” contract.

Well, folks, let’s fix this. Tonight we dive into the world of serious Riesling for serious wine people. We’ll focus on fresh, crisp, dry versions from some of the world’s most renowned production sites, explore the grape’s ability to age, and examine how acid and sugars play with one another to form a complex organoleptic experience.

Seven wines this time, all! Bring your “A-game".”

Manni Nossing Sudtirol Eisacktaler (Sudtirol/Alto-Adige)

Immich-Baatterieberg, Mosel Extra Brut Riesling ‘Detonation Bubbles’ (Mosel, Germany)

Fuhrgassl-Huber Riesling Ried Preussen Nussberg (Vienna, Austria)

Weingut Brand Trocken (Pfalz)

Marietta NADI Riesling (Cienega Valley, CA)

Gonzales (Columbia Valley, OR)

Donnhoff Westhofener Trocken (Nahe, Germany)

$24/person. 6-8pm.