Trocken? A Great Dry Riesling

Trocken is the German word for dry and it is used often with Riesling wine. The good types of this white wine are White and Johannisberg. It is only grown well in a few regions in the world, Germany, Alsace and New York state to name a few. Eastern European rizlings are a different type of wine entirely. Be careful.

Other types, are likely sweet, unflavorful and not worth the time. That is my opinion. If you disagree, great! I would love to be proved wrong and to have someone introduce me to some other great wine of this variety.

These wines age well, and have been know to age better than some of the Bordeaux reds. It is a light bodied type of white wine, exactly the opposite of a Chardonnay. It smells like diesel fuel, tires. Once you've smelled one of these wines, it's hard to forget. It tastes of apples, pears, peach and goes well with foods like poultry and fish. Great with Asian foods. In fact, I know people that have lived in Asia and they drank almost nothing else.

This white wine is more about finesse than bravado. It is clean. As in, it seems to cleanse your palate.

It also takes on the flavors of where it is from. Depending on its terroir, it may taste of minerals such as slate, be fruity like peach, flowery, or herbaceous. This type of white wine is best with some age under its cork but can be good young as well. It has been known to age better than some Bordeauxs.

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